That's the point of FirefoxOS. At least I hope it is, because otherwise it would be a waste. FirefoxOS provides web APIs (in JS) that allow access to local resources : files, camera, sensors, etc... with a permission system of course. The idea is that you can do anything from a browser, including working offline. In fact FirefoxOS is nothing but a bootable browser.
The "18% higher revenue" figure specifically applies to companies with more than 1000 workers, while companies with fewer workers may average more revenue per employee if they have male CEOs.
It could have been titled "male-run companies do better" (specifically applies to companies with less than 1000 workers). I hope the actual article is better than this
This me-too crapware is here for a reason : Samsung doesn't want to be the slave of Google. Why do you think Samsung has an OS that no one uses (Tizen) ? Simply so that if for some reason, Google decides to stop playing nice, Samsung can make the switch relatively quickly. And Samsung software is not all bad. It often has a few nice features, some may even end up being copied by Google.
The difference between modern and pre-20th century science is that we now have very good mathematical models and very poor representations. Our human minds simply cannot understand general relativity and quantum mechanics intuitively. So we don't disprove the big bang but we disprove formula A and replace it with formula B which may be a scientific revolution but may still match the global idea of a big bang.
- Plants don't need to be built, they can build themselves with local resources - Biofuel is easy to store, solar panels are only efficient when connected to a power grid. Batteries are still too expensive and lacking in energy density in many cases.
You may want to try ZFS (raidz3 mode for 3 parity disks). It has several advantages over mdadm, in particular it eliminates the "write hole" problem. I went from a mdadm/ext4 array to RAID-Z and I don't regret it. And note that RAID isn't a backup solution, even with 100% fault tolerance, there are plenty of things RAID won't protect you from such as fire, power surges, theft, bugs, virus, user error, etc... For this you need a reasonable backup plan. And IMHO, that third parity disk would be much more useful as an external backup drive for your sensitive data. Ah and a final advice, in RAID arrays that are not RAID-0, avoid buying all the same disks all at once. Disks from the same series, subjected to the same workload have a higher chance of failing all at the same time.
However, a good team programmer knows how OTHER typical programmers think and read code, and writes code that is easy for them to navigate, digest, and change. Team programming is more like authoring a good technical manual, not clever gee-whiz tricks.
Screw typical programmers. Expert programmers should write code that is easy for experts to navigate, digest and change.
You have the original Pascal, Delphi, Object Pascal, etc... Even if all these language are based on the same syntax, they are all different. It is like saying that ObjectiveC and C++ are C, we can take it even funther and say that Java is C because they share the same operators and have similar syntaxes.
begin/end vs braces and:= vs = doesn't matter much in the choice of language, that's just syntaxic sugar.
1. C++ still doesn't let you query a C-style array to determine its size, even though that functionality is tracked in dynamic arrays anyway, and can be calculated from staticly defined arrays within their own scope.
So every function using C-style arrays must also pass in a size_t holding the array size. This hurts readibility by wasting room on the parameter list, and exposes you to buffer overflow errors.
And how can the compiler consistently know the size of C-style arrays ? In C, an array is just a pointer to a block of memory and while the lack of size information can cause buffer overflows, it also makes them much more powerful for high performance or system programming. For example you can allocate several arrays at once with a single malloc() or new[] call. The array can also be located on a device rather than in RAM (useful for kernel level programming). Also, when the size can be known from elsewhere, why waste memory storing it ? If you don't need low level control, just use STL vectors.
BTW, when performance is important, wasting memory is very bad. Don't be fooled by the gigabytes of RAM modern computers have. RAM is slow, and you only have a few kB of really fast memory (L1 cache) for both code and data.
It is much more than an evolutionary change, really, it is like jumping 1m high vs jumping 3m high. And your argument is flawed : if everyone think "someone else will do it" then no one will do it.
Not the same thing. 6 years ago, there was a void in the mobile market : iOS is only for iPhones, Symbian is designed for low-specs devices with little scalability and Windows CE/Mobile is a mess. We needed an open system for modern smartphones and Android came out ahead.
Nowadays, we have no such needs. In fact, in most cases, the only reason for wanting something other than Android is to stay away from Google : a political reason rather than a technical reason. And this can partly be archived by just using AOSP, like some Chinese manufacturers do.
Drinking too much water is bad too as it tends to flush out essential electrolytes, like sodium. Sports drinks like Gatorade are supposed to alleviate this problem by providing the necessary electrolytes but they also contain sugars, which are good when you are exercising but bad when you are just sitting on your butt.
Interestingly there were a few cases of "overhydratation" with users of stimulant drugs like MDMA (aka ecstasy). Because it is easy to get dehydrated while under the influence of these drugs, it is recommended for users to drink a lot of water, even if not thirsty. This has led to some people drinking too much, resulting in a potentially fatal condition known as hyponatremia.
Note : Too much water is more than maybe 1 liter per hour. That's a lot.
Is is your company's computer or your own personal computer ? Businesses usually have different sets of requirements than individuals. Businesses, especially large companies like standard configurations, good custommer service and the backing of big name manufacturers. Mac Pros totally fit this model along with Dell, HP,... workstations. The story is different for individuals. You can build a PC that is maybe twice cheaper than your Mac Pro with at least as good specs, including silence and quality of components. It won't be as pretty but it will work just as well.
The "pro" in "Mac pro" really means "for professionals". It's not like with the Macbook pro which is no more professional than the original Macbook, only better speced.
We don't need to allow the trees to decompose. They can be buried (effectively putting petrol back into the earth), or converted into charcoal. I don't know how feasible it this though. My guess is that it is technically possible but that it would require measures so drastic that it won't be done.
And what will signing it do ? I've yet to see a petition actually change anything. Even officially sanctioned "we the people" petitions only trigger nicely written reports and possibly reminders of the changes they already planned or done before the petition. What if might do is help the government refine their algorithms monitoring public opinion. And there is a very small chance that by signing the petition, they may consider clemency as a move that will get them more votes. It may also have the opposite effect : they may notice that very few of a class of people they thought were pro-Snowden signed the petition. What Snowden revealed is that, as suspected, the government already knows a lot of things about you, and it includes your opinion about all this affair. And to be clear, the "you" I am talking about is not you personally, it is "you" as part of the voting population : they don't need 100% accuracy about a person as long as the errors balance out when the numbers are added up.
Right, a few years ago, a musician told me : the real threat to the majors is not bittorrent, it's myspace. i.e. indie artist getting known via social networks and self-publishing. Piracy may lower their profits, but if they lose control of promotion and distribution, they are dead.
The N1 isn't lousy, it's old, it has a tiny internal flash memory by todays standards and may have trouble running the latest apps but beside this, it should run perfectly fine. The crashes are not normal. Wipe, install a good, stable ROM, don't try to do more than the hardware is capable of and you should be OK, unless you have hardware problems of course.
And if people tell you to upgrade, it's not just because of the throw-away culture, it's because they see that you are not satisfied with your phone. Proof is : you are complaining.
Here we are not talking about keeping devices for many years, we are talking about people who buy outdated technology for inflated prices. Keeping a N900 for 5 years = smart, buying a N900 in 2014 for $1000 = stupid Buying an iPod third-hand for $30 = smart, buying the same iPod for $500 = stupid There are exceptions of course, like when the old product has a niche feature you really need that isn't present in the newer models. Or in a professional setting, where the device is part of a system and you just want a replacement rather than a very costly upgrade.
So you are saying that the only reason that people do anything is for recognition or money?
Are you?
It is not the only reason but for a large part : yes. Yeah, some people genuinely love their jobs, and unfortunately, it looks like they are a minority. And even those who love their jobs wouldn't do it if they couldn't earn enough money from it. And useful work that's done for neither recognition nor money... yes, it happens, in the same way that a coin can land on its edge. We may do small things out of pure generosity but science is no small thing. It requires time and skill and I believe it is normal for scientists to expect something in return.
Advertisements do not pay for the internet. The net existed long before advertisers got a hold of it and ruined it. Advertisers are not sponsoring the net there just cashing in on its popularity. The article calls the bots "a criminal network." it should call them heroes of the fucking universe.
Ads do pay for part of the internet. Yes, the net existed before ads, and it probably even had a greater proportion of quality content. But in term of quantity (of both good and bad content) and diversity, today's internet have much, much more to offer. Search technology have improved a lot too (and I'm not only talking about Google). And while ads weren't the only thing that made the internet better, they certainly helped. You see, generosity only gets you so far and at some point, people have to get paid. And how do these people get paid ? Pay-per-view ? Do you want a price tag on every link ? Subscription ? Good for large news sites but how about people who publish irregularly. ISP or state sponsoring ? Too much abuse potential. "Global license" ? You run into many problems, like metering. Ads work because it allows content makers to make money based on popularity, that there is no central authority and that you don't have to ask money to every viewer, it is a relatively fair system. Of course, it is not perfect but I can't think of an viable alternative "less bad" system.
As for the bot network, they are not heroes, they take money they don't deserve by gaming the system. And you don't want ads to devalue. You see, the goal of ads is to get your attention, which means that the more valuable ads are, the more valuable your attention is. In fact, I believe it is the biggest problem we have with ads right now, they are not valuable enough, and as a result, we get more and more, further devaluing them.
Not totally irrelevant. Mobile has its share of high efficiency code written in C. Furthermore, Objective-C, the standard language for iOS apps, is a superset of C.
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That's the point of FirefoxOS. At least I hope it is, because otherwise it would be a waste.
FirefoxOS provides web APIs (in JS) that allow access to local resources : files, camera, sensors, etc... with a permission system of course. The idea is that you can do anything from a browser, including working offline. In fact FirefoxOS is nothing but a bootable browser.
The "18% higher revenue" figure specifically applies to companies with more than 1000 workers, while companies with fewer workers may average more revenue per employee if they have male CEOs.
It could have been titled "male-run companies do better" (specifically applies to companies with less than 1000 workers).
I hope the actual article is better than this
This me-too crapware is here for a reason : Samsung doesn't want to be the slave of Google.
Why do you think Samsung has an OS that no one uses (Tizen) ? Simply so that if for some reason, Google decides to stop playing nice, Samsung can make the switch relatively quickly.
And Samsung software is not all bad. It often has a few nice features, some may even end up being copied by Google.
Anonymous hacker Jeremy Hammond on a secret terrorist watchlist
So, if I understand correctly, there is an named anonymous hacker on a widely publicized secret list...
The difference between modern and pre-20th century science is that we now have very good mathematical models and very poor representations. Our human minds simply cannot understand general relativity and quantum mechanics intuitively.
So we don't disprove the big bang but we disprove formula A and replace it with formula B which may be a scientific revolution but may still match the global idea of a big bang.
"your anus" *is* the proper pronounciation. The alternative used by serious people is just a well accepted alternative.
- Plants don't need to be built, they can build themselves with local resources
- Biofuel is easy to store, solar panels are only efficient when connected to a power grid. Batteries are still too expensive and lacking in energy density in many cases.
You may want to try ZFS (raidz3 mode for 3 parity disks). It has several advantages over mdadm, in particular it eliminates the "write hole" problem. I went from a mdadm/ext4 array to RAID-Z and I don't regret it.
And note that RAID isn't a backup solution, even with 100% fault tolerance, there are plenty of things RAID won't protect you from such as fire, power surges, theft, bugs, virus, user error, etc... For this you need a reasonable backup plan. And IMHO, that third parity disk would be much more useful as an external backup drive for your sensitive data.
Ah and a final advice, in RAID arrays that are not RAID-0, avoid buying all the same disks all at once. Disks from the same series, subjected to the same workload have a higher chance of failing all at the same time.
However, a good team programmer knows how OTHER typical programmers think and read code, and writes code that is easy for them to navigate, digest, and change. Team programming is more like authoring a good technical manual, not clever gee-whiz tricks.
Screw typical programmers. Expert programmers should write code that is easy for experts to navigate, digest and change.
You have the original Pascal, Delphi, Object Pascal, etc...
Even if all these language are based on the same syntax, they are all different. It is like saying that ObjectiveC and C++ are C, we can take it even funther and say that Java is C because they share the same operators and have similar syntaxes.
begin/end vs braces and := vs = doesn't matter much in the choice of language, that's just syntaxic sugar.
In many cases "-é" in French is like "-ed" in English.
In this case "niche" means "nest" and "niché" means "nested".
Investing in "unbreakable coin" looks a lot like traveling on an "unsinkable ship" to me.
1. C++ still doesn't let you query a C-style array to determine its size, even though that functionality is tracked in dynamic arrays anyway, and can be calculated from staticly defined arrays within their own scope.
So every function using C-style arrays must also pass in a size_t holding the array size. This hurts readibility by wasting room on the parameter list, and exposes you to buffer overflow errors.
And how can the compiler consistently know the size of C-style arrays ?
In C, an array is just a pointer to a block of memory and while the lack of size information can cause buffer overflows, it also makes them much more powerful for high performance or system programming.
For example you can allocate several arrays at once with a single malloc() or new[] call. The array can also be located on a device rather than in RAM (useful for kernel level programming). Also, when the size can be known from elsewhere, why waste memory storing it ?
If you don't need low level control, just use STL vectors.
BTW, when performance is important, wasting memory is very bad. Don't be fooled by the gigabytes of RAM modern computers have. RAM is slow, and you only have a few kB of really fast memory (L1 cache) for both code and data.
It is much more than an evolutionary change, really, it is like jumping 1m high vs jumping 3m high.
And your argument is flawed : if everyone think "someone else will do it" then no one will do it.
Not the same thing. 6 years ago, there was a void in the mobile market : iOS is only for iPhones, Symbian is designed for low-specs devices with little scalability and Windows CE/Mobile is a mess.
We needed an open system for modern smartphones and Android came out ahead.
Nowadays, we have no such needs. In fact, in most cases, the only reason for wanting something other than Android is to stay away from Google : a political reason rather than a technical reason. And this can partly be archived by just using AOSP, like some Chinese manufacturers do.
Drinking too much water is bad too as it tends to flush out essential electrolytes, like sodium.
Sports drinks like Gatorade are supposed to alleviate this problem by providing the necessary electrolytes but they also contain sugars, which are good when you are exercising but bad when you are just sitting on your butt.
Interestingly there were a few cases of "overhydratation" with users of stimulant drugs like MDMA (aka ecstasy). Because it is easy to get dehydrated while under the influence of these drugs, it is recommended for users to drink a lot of water, even if not thirsty. This has led to some people drinking too much, resulting in a potentially fatal condition known as hyponatremia.
Note : Too much water is more than maybe 1 liter per hour. That's a lot.
Is is your company's computer or your own personal computer ?
Businesses usually have different sets of requirements than individuals. Businesses, especially large companies like standard configurations, good custommer service and the backing of big name manufacturers. Mac Pros totally fit this model along with Dell, HP,... workstations.
The story is different for individuals. You can build a PC that is maybe twice cheaper than your Mac Pro with at least as good specs, including silence and quality of components. It won't be as pretty but it will work just as well.
The "pro" in "Mac pro" really means "for professionals". It's not like with the Macbook pro which is no more professional than the original Macbook, only better speced.
We don't need to allow the trees to decompose. They can be buried (effectively putting petrol back into the earth), or converted into charcoal. I don't know how feasible it this though. My guess is that it is technically possible but that it would require measures so drastic that it won't be done.
Sign it.
And what will signing it do ? I've yet to see a petition actually change anything. Even officially sanctioned "we the people" petitions only trigger nicely written reports and possibly reminders of the changes they already planned or done before the petition.
What if might do is help the government refine their algorithms monitoring public opinion. And there is a very small chance that by signing the petition, they may consider clemency as a move that will get them more votes. It may also have the opposite effect : they may notice that very few of a class of people they thought were pro-Snowden signed the petition.
What Snowden revealed is that, as suspected, the government already knows a lot of things about you, and it includes your opinion about all this affair. And to be clear, the "you" I am talking about is not you personally, it is "you" as part of the voting population : they don't need 100% accuracy about a person as long as the errors balance out when the numbers are added up.
Right, a few years ago, a musician told me : the real threat to the majors is not bittorrent, it's myspace.
i.e. indie artist getting known via social networks and self-publishing. Piracy may lower their profits, but if they lose control of promotion and distribution, they are dead.
The N1 isn't lousy, it's old, it has a tiny internal flash memory by todays standards and may have trouble running the latest apps but beside this, it should run perfectly fine. The crashes are not normal. Wipe, install a good, stable ROM, don't try to do more than the hardware is capable of and you should be OK, unless you have hardware problems of course.
And if people tell you to upgrade, it's not just because of the throw-away culture, it's because they see that you are not satisfied with your phone. Proof is : you are complaining.
Here we are not talking about keeping devices for many years, we are talking about people who buy outdated technology for inflated prices.
Keeping a N900 for 5 years = smart, buying a N900 in 2014 for $1000 = stupid
Buying an iPod third-hand for $30 = smart, buying the same iPod for $500 = stupid
There are exceptions of course, like when the old product has a niche feature you really need that isn't present in the newer models. Or in a professional setting, where the device is part of a system and you just want a replacement rather than a very costly upgrade.
So you are saying that the only reason that people do anything is for recognition or money?
Are you?
It is not the only reason but for a large part : yes.
Yeah, some people genuinely love their jobs, and unfortunately, it looks like they are a minority. And even those who love their jobs wouldn't do it if they couldn't earn enough money from it.
And useful work that's done for neither recognition nor money... yes, it happens, in the same way that a coin can land on its edge. We may do small things out of pure generosity but science is no small thing. It requires time and skill and I believe it is normal for scientists to expect something in return.
Advertisements do not pay for the internet.
The net existed long before advertisers got a hold of it and ruined it. Advertisers are not sponsoring the net there just cashing in on its popularity. The article calls the bots "a criminal network." it should call them heroes of the fucking universe.
Ads do pay for part of the internet.
Yes, the net existed before ads, and it probably even had a greater proportion of quality content. But in term of quantity (of both good and bad content) and diversity, today's internet have much, much more to offer. Search technology have improved a lot too (and I'm not only talking about Google).
And while ads weren't the only thing that made the internet better, they certainly helped. You see, generosity only gets you so far and at some point, people have to get paid. And how do these people get paid ? Pay-per-view ? Do you want a price tag on every link ? Subscription ? Good for large news sites but how about people who publish irregularly. ISP or state sponsoring ? Too much abuse potential. "Global license" ? You run into many problems, like metering.
Ads work because it allows content makers to make money based on popularity, that there is no central authority and that you don't have to ask money to every viewer, it is a relatively fair system. Of course, it is not perfect but I can't think of an viable alternative "less bad" system.
As for the bot network, they are not heroes, they take money they don't deserve by gaming the system. And you don't want ads to devalue. You see, the goal of ads is to get your attention, which means that the more valuable ads are, the more valuable your attention is.
In fact, I believe it is the biggest problem we have with ads right now, they are not valuable enough, and as a result, we get more and more, further devaluing them.
To mobile application market? Irrelevant.
Not totally irrelevant. Mobile has its share of high efficiency code written in C. Furthermore, Objective-C, the standard language for iOS apps, is a superset of C.