There won't be any need for lots of different companies. They're inefficient.
Scientific industrial policy can being much greater efficiencies to bear.
As it happens, I've been further developing my idea this afternoon. I even came up with a good name for the scientific industrial planning organization: Unified Societal Solutions Regulator.
I think it's got quite a ring to it.
"Shill" is such an ugly word. I prefer "internet public relations consultant".
Well, back to the grind. Only 4.5 hours left to go before I can hit the bunk. I will have funny stories to tell my dorm-mates as we drift off to sleep.
Well it is true that I work 16 hours days for approximately $.50 per hour from my company's astroturfing center in Shenzhen.
But actually I am very grateful for my job, because it is better than slinging mud on my father's rice paddy, and my manager even lets me have 2 bathroom breaks per shift so I hardly ever have an accident anymore.
If I hadn't spent 8 years learning English I would be in the factory building glorious iPads, or maybe back at home standing knee deep in leech infested water.
I'm wondering what the advantage of so many different - and incompatible - OSs on Phones is. iOS, Android, Blackberry, now Windows Phone, et cetera. Each with different APP stores, different SDKs and Apps... What's the point of it all? What does it matter where a Smart Phone with hardware specs XX runs Android, iOS or Windows Phone. ---------- The whole things seems like a waste of software developers' finite resources to me...
Hey! I think you're right, and you've just given me a great idea.
As a society, we can have some sort of planning organization that decides what the specs will be, then to avoid duplication of effort in manufacturing, the planning board can arrange for the production too. With advanced scientific, statistical analysis, it shouldn't be any problem to figure out exactly how many devices need to be produced, so that we don't waste raw materials by making too many.
In fact, it seems to me like we could take this sort of centralized planning approach with pretty much any industrial product. It's really just a matter of applying scientific principles to industry for the good of society. It would eliminate waste and duplication of effort and make sure that all necessary industrial products are designed and manufactured with optimal efficiency.
No upgrade path does indeed suck.
But on the other hand, it's better to say straight up that you can't upgrade, than to imply that you can, eventually, when the device manufacture has skinned the OS, and the carrier has signed off on it, 18 months from now, when the next-next version has already been released... Android...
You don't need iTunes to install software on an iPad.
I use remote desktop on my iPad all the time to log into my Windows server and do work there. The lack of a physical keyboard and mouse does make it a bit clunky, however it does work.
Finally someone has made real progress in solving one of the world's most pressing problems.
Now that jigsaw puzzles can be solved much more quickly, world peace is an achievable goal!.
Those scientists wouldn't be angry to have heated offices in the summer. Germany can be downright chilly in the summer. I remember some beautiful July days in Berlin with highs in the 50s.
On top of that, heated offices will make the German scientists think they're in Mallorca or Costa del Sol and they'll be partying all day and night to the hot techno beats.
That's what I came here to point out. This is no time for whining, griping, teeth-grinding.
This is the time for real hackers to get in there and fix the problem! After all, that's what open source is all about!
So no complaining, no misplaced hacker rage, just lift up your head, let your neckbeard jut out proudly, suck in the cheetos-gut, make sure mom hasn't moved and/or turned off the wifi router, and get hacking!
I was just going to post on the story "Single Day Exploits Largest Customer: U.S. Government", posted by timothy, and suddenly it wasn't there anymore.
Well, magnetic core was pretty new back then. Choosing to go with mercury delay lines is the kind of choice you'd make as a designer because you were familiar with the technology and were confident it would do the job.
In 1949, that was true.
But it was not uncommon for 1st generation computers to be modified several times over their operating lifetime to support newer technologies.
In 1949, mercury delay line memory was ok, but by 1955 it was hopelessly outdated.
I'm pretty surprised they didn't retrofit with core memory at some point, but then again, the rats nest of wiring in those photos doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in the upgradeability of the system.
Just the other day I was looking at my Galaxy Nexus and thinking "I wonder if this thing is safe, or if maybe I'm slowly frying my brain. After all the FCC hasn't updated their guidelines for maximum radiation levels for mobile devices since 1996".
You know I'm feeling relieved now.
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There won't be any need for lots of different companies. They're inefficient.
Scientific industrial policy can being much greater efficiencies to bear.
As it happens, I've been further developing my idea this afternoon. I even came up with a good name for the scientific industrial planning organization: Unified Societal Solutions Regulator.
I think it's got quite a ring to it.
So we know where the bar goes.
What's the next most important item? Life support?
"Shill" is such an ugly word. I prefer "internet public relations consultant".
Well, back to the grind. Only 4.5 hours left to go before I can hit the bunk. I will have funny stories to tell my dorm-mates as we drift off to sleep.
Well as Finnish prisons are widely said to be comparable to caribbean resort hotels, I'm sure he's quaking in his boots at the prospect.
Well it is true that I work 16 hours days for approximately $.50 per hour from my company's astroturfing center in Shenzhen.
But actually I am very grateful for my job, because it is better than slinging mud on my father's rice paddy, and my manager even lets me have 2 bathroom breaks per shift so I hardly ever have an accident anymore.
If I hadn't spent 8 years learning English I would be in the factory building glorious iPads, or maybe back at home standing knee deep in leech infested water.
I'm wondering what the advantage of so many different - and incompatible - OSs on Phones is. iOS, Android, Blackberry, now Windows Phone, et cetera. Each with different APP stores, different SDKs and Apps... What's the point of it all? What does it matter where a Smart Phone with hardware specs XX runs Android, iOS or Windows Phone. ---------- The whole things seems like a waste of software developers' finite resources to me...
Hey! I think you're right, and you've just given me a great idea.
As a society, we can have some sort of planning organization that decides what the specs will be, then to avoid duplication of effort in manufacturing, the planning board can arrange for the production too. With advanced scientific, statistical analysis, it shouldn't be any problem to figure out exactly how many devices need to be produced, so that we don't waste raw materials by making too many.
In fact, it seems to me like we could take this sort of centralized planning approach with pretty much any industrial product. It's really just a matter of applying scientific principles to industry for the good of society. It would eliminate waste and duplication of effort and make sure that all necessary industrial products are designed and manufactured with optimal efficiency.
No upgrade path does indeed suck.
But on the other hand, it's better to say straight up that you can't upgrade, than to imply that you can, eventually, when the device manufacture has skinned the OS, and the carrier has signed off on it, 18 months from now, when the next-next version has already been released... Android...
You don't need iTunes to install software on an iPad.
I use remote desktop on my iPad all the time to log into my Windows server and do work there. The lack of a physical keyboard and mouse does make it a bit clunky, however it does work.
Well at least it makes sense this time.
Yes.
Slow insertion.
Finally someone has made real progress in solving one of the world's most pressing problems.
Now that jigsaw puzzles can be solved much more quickly, world peace is an achievable goal!.
Those scientists wouldn't be angry to have heated offices in the summer. Germany can be downright chilly in the summer. I remember some beautiful July days in Berlin with highs in the 50s.
On top of that, heated offices will make the German scientists think they're in Mallorca or Costa del Sol and they'll be partying all day and night to the hot techno beats.
It could be used to power a truly awesome joy buzzer.
Not a hacker.
That was because of broken wireless access points.
It's a completely different situation.
Exactly!
That's what I came here to point out. This is no time for whining, griping, teeth-grinding.
This is the time for real hackers to get in there and fix the problem! After all, that's what open source is all about!
So no complaining, no misplaced hacker rage, just lift up your head, let your neckbeard jut out proudly, suck in the cheetos-gut, make sure mom hasn't moved and/or turned off the wifi router, and get hacking!
I was just going to post on the story "Single Day Exploits Largest Customer: U.S. Government", posted by timothy, and suddenly it wasn't there anymore.
Good point!
Well, magnetic core was pretty new back then. Choosing to go with mercury delay lines is the kind of choice you'd make as a designer because you were familiar with the technology and were confident it would do the job.
In 1949, that was true.
But it was not uncommon for 1st generation computers to be modified several times over their operating lifetime to support newer technologies.
Don't tell me.
You're working on digital cheese?
So, in other words... buy a Mac.
You're proud of being responsible for "mechanised cheese making"?
In 1949, mercury delay line memory was ok, but by 1955 it was hopelessly outdated.
I'm pretty surprised they didn't retrofit with core memory at some point, but then again, the rats nest of wiring in those photos doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in the upgradeability of the system.
Well there are a few bonobos...
Just the other day I was looking at my Galaxy Nexus and thinking "I wonder if this thing is safe, or if maybe I'm slowly frying my brain. After all the FCC hasn't updated their guidelines for maximum radiation levels for mobile devices since 1996".
You know I'm feeling relieved now.