teen social media users do not express a high level of concern about third-parties (such as businesses or advertisers) accessing their data
And two year olds haven't learnt to balance on their feet yet. At what point of intrusive monitoring of minors do we consider this illegal without parental consent?
I know this is just another lame government cover up
Don't be silly. This was the testing of a 50 year old missile platform causing a previously unseen anomoly thousands of miles from the launch site of said missile.
I'll support it. Javascript is a thoroughly horrible language with anachronistic syntax that requires specialised skills to understand. If Dart has the potential to rid my life of Javascript, please Google.. get it out there!!
As I learned in Boy Scouts... if you're going to break the law, don't get caught
My nightmares will be filled with visions of boyscout gangs wearing ponchos wielding 20 year old axes tieing up old ladies with second hand climbing rope and mugging them for their pension money.
Or the next GFC/Global Warning/Asteroid strike will have reduced us to scrabbling in the ruins for AA batteries to drive our Nintendos
Don't lose hope. Just because the population of the earth is reduced to 500 million it doesn't mean the government black ops in their bunkers won't keep the power plants running.
is that as a not a developer, that was perfectly readable. Is that actually COBOL
Pretty much. Try translating it into any other language and making it readabe. That's something that all of the snarkers will never know about COBOL.. it actually encourages the use of extremely self explanatory variable names and code which is easily readable. File format definitions in COBOL far surpass anything which has happened since (in terms of configuration readability and changability) and printed output can be generated like butter. 88 levels (by definition) make code more readable.. and no other language has ever integrated this concept.
If you have a look at reporting today, there's nothing as capable as COBOL at spitting out reams upon reams of reports. The kind of regulatory reporting required by governments and tax agencies. Trying pushing 30,000 pages out of any modern reporting software and see how far you get. COBOL systems chew up and spit out this kind of work. It's not a question of the cost of upgrading to something better, if you need 20 boxes of paper reports.. there is nothing to replace COBOL.
The haters will hate and there's 2 bazillion idealistic programmers all lined up behind them laughing at COBOL's flaws. If you want it to die, you'll need to replace it first. Because to date, nobody's done that.. 50 YEARS.
And BTW: If you want to earn a shedload of cash as a contractor, there's no better language to learn.
The new example will be displayed at Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, Wash. alongside the only other example
Oh good. So if you want to see a Howell Torpedo, you're not going to get confused about where to go. These are definitely the people training dolphins to perform military operations.
"No, ma'am. No dipshit"
.. William Shatner as Kirk in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Use the seawater to cool the servers directly rather than using the seawater to cool the nuclear power plant which generates the electricity to power the cooling. So it's got to be a bit of a win for the environment too right? Improved thermal efficiency is a good thing.
Nice to see a plan which is a win for the environment on top of being a money saver.
For the last while, Firefox has improved and performed well. A while back the Firefox team made an interface change to the browser which made it harder to use. I posted a note to the team talking about why it was wrong etc. They thanked me, and changed it back. That's more that can be said for the Ubuntu team.
This is just another excuse for unification across the Ubuntu platforms which is the Ubuntu headlong charge into obscurity. Nighty night Ubuntu, fare thee well.
this decision is largely irrelevant to the majority of Ubuntu users
It's a whitewash to make it look like a 'considered' decision while Canonical is drooling over the potential tablet market. Not only is the decision irrelevant, the publicising of the decision is irrelevant and the front page on/. only announces how irrelevant Ubuntu has become.
Yahoo was the mostest winningest search platform for years, until they implemented pop-up advertising. Users immediately jumped ship to Google because it's fast, clean and accurate. Sticking to the 'lean mean searching machine' is what keeps Google on top. Others try to copy it and they fail.
Google shouldn't be trying to out-Facebook Facebook, they should be creating a 'lean mean social machine'.. because that's what they're good at.
Google has a handsome-looking platform, one that performs certain activities with a high degree of polish and zip—but is that enough to counter Facebook?
It's not necessary to counter Facebook, Facebook will do that themselves. Facebook is already getting whipped for privacy violations. All Google needs is a 'lean mean social machine' ie. a simple social platform which respects the user's privacy. Quit adding knuckleheaded features and focus on privacy and security. The short game is shiny widgets, the long game is for the win.
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An opponent of the Neocons got found guilty for something by the legal system put in place by the Neocons?? Who would have ever expected that.
teen social media users do not express a high level of concern about third-parties (such as businesses or advertisers) accessing their data
And two year olds haven't learnt to balance on their feet yet. At what point of intrusive monitoring of minors do we consider this illegal without parental consent?
I know this is just another lame government cover up
Don't be silly. This was the testing of a 50 year old missile platform causing a previously unseen anomoly thousands of miles from the launch site of said missile.
No need to get all worked up, the article is talking about electricity infrastructure, your bridge is still safe.
My hat has just sploded off my head! 5%
.. Google Google Google Google Google Google
Let's start a chant
Yaaayy GOOGLE!
Iran had airgaps too, but that didn't protect them against Stuxnet
Precisely. What if Stuxnet attacked US power plants??
most sites are mandated to have air-gaps between their intrenal and external networks
The air isn't the problem, it's the wires.
It may even be time to panic.
Now the terrorists know it, too
I think you're going too far calling the US congress terrorists.
Can't they spend $40 on a Linksys router and call it good?
You can never spend $40 on a Linksys router and call it good.
What about the script-kiddie is on US soil?
The DOD's charter covers domestic terrorism.
I'll support it. Javascript is a thoroughly horrible language with anachronistic syntax that requires specialised skills to understand. If Dart has the potential to rid my life of Javascript, please Google .. get it out there!!
As I learned in Boy Scouts ... if you're going to break the law, don't get caught
My nightmares will be filled with visions of boyscout gangs wearing ponchos wielding 20 year old axes tieing up old ladies with second hand climbing rope and mugging them for their pension money.
Yeah, we should actually just stop thinking altogether and let google take over
Google "Google's plan to take over the world" and you'll find much information.
Or the next GFC/Global Warning/Asteroid strike will have reduced us to scrabbling in the ruins for AA batteries to drive our Nintendos
Don't lose hope. Just because the population of the earth is reduced to 500 million it doesn't mean the government black ops in their bunkers won't keep the power plants running.
who the heck wants 20 boxes of paper reports?
Pretty much anyone trying to hide something.
They've been making custom powered chairs in the US for a hundred years.
is that as a not a developer, that was perfectly readable. Is that actually COBOL
Pretty much. Try translating it into any other language and making it readabe. That's something that all of the snarkers will never know about COBOL .. it actually encourages the use of extremely self explanatory variable names and code which is easily readable. File format definitions in COBOL far surpass anything which has happened since (in terms of configuration readability and changability) and printed output can be generated like butter. 88 levels (by definition) make code more readable .. and no other language has ever integrated this concept.
.. there is nothing to replace COBOL.
.. 50 YEARS.
If you have a look at reporting today, there's nothing as capable as COBOL at spitting out reams upon reams of reports. The kind of regulatory reporting required by governments and tax agencies. Trying pushing 30,000 pages out of any modern reporting software and see how far you get. COBOL systems chew up and spit out this kind of work. It's not a question of the cost of upgrading to something better, if you need 20 boxes of paper reports
The haters will hate and there's 2 bazillion idealistic programmers all lined up behind them laughing at COBOL's flaws. If you want it to die, you'll need to replace it first. Because to date, nobody's done that
And BTW: If you want to earn a shedload of cash as a contractor, there's no better language to learn.
The new example will be displayed at Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, Wash. alongside the only other example
Oh good. So if you want to see a Howell Torpedo, you're not going to get confused about where to go. These are definitely the people training dolphins to perform military operations.
.. William Shatner as Kirk in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
"No, ma'am. No dipshit"
Use the seawater to cool the servers directly rather than using the seawater to cool the nuclear power plant which generates the electricity to power the cooling. So it's got to be a bit of a win for the environment too right? Improved thermal efficiency is a good thing.
Nice to see a plan which is a win for the environment on top of being a money saver.
Read the article
Quit trolling.
Google doesn't know what I think
I could have sworn I just heard 20,000 hard disks spin up.
For the last while, Firefox has improved and performed well. A while back the Firefox team made an interface change to the browser which made it harder to use. I posted a note to the team talking about why it was wrong etc. They thanked me, and changed it back. That's more that can be said for the Ubuntu team.
This is just another excuse for unification across the Ubuntu platforms which is the Ubuntu headlong charge into obscurity. Nighty night Ubuntu, fare thee well.
this decision is largely irrelevant to the majority of Ubuntu users
It's a whitewash to make it look like a 'considered' decision while Canonical is drooling over the potential tablet market. Not only is the decision irrelevant, the publicising of the decision is irrelevant and the front page on /. only announces how irrelevant Ubuntu has become.
Google shouldn't be trying to out-Facebook Facebook, they should be creating a 'lean mean social machine'
Google has a handsome-looking platform, one that performs certain activities with a high degree of polish and zip—but is that enough to counter Facebook?
It's not necessary to counter Facebook, Facebook will do that themselves. Facebook is already getting whipped for privacy violations. All Google needs is a 'lean mean social machine' ie. a simple social platform which respects the user's privacy. Quit adding knuckleheaded features and focus on privacy and security. The short game is shiny widgets, the long game is for the win.