This struck me as particularly odd. Surely even while the government is trying desperately to copy the U.S. in things that don't matter, Australia's population would lobby for better service?
It may have more to do with the fact EA stock went from $40 to $20 since he took office and there are plenty within and without the company that want to move into mobile gaming more and he's in the way. The board may also believe fresh blood will bring in a new way of doing things in the gaming sphere. I hope they take this opportunity to actually do some worthwhile changes; first being getting rid of or at least finding a better DRM mechanism (since I'm sure there are some dinosaurs who think DRM is still a workable system) and branch out.
They should learn a lesson from Atari. Inheritence isn't how you hold on to the throne. If blood must be spilled, then so be it.
They would still need to implement those "air shower" type apparatus in clean rooms to dust away the spacesuites as much as possible before getting out of them. Still there would be some exposure. The the seals around the airlocks would still be roughed up by some of these particulates which will eventually require frequent maintenance and maybe even replacement.
I like TrentTheThief's static cleaner suggestion as that will have the fewest problems from blockage.
We had better work out all these issues on the Moon though. The Moon, as you say, is harsher than Mars so anything we take there would have to work nextdoor first.
Lunar dust is a recipe for Silicosis. It looks like broken shards of glass under a microscope and that's because there's no weathering, nothing to smooth the edges, and breathing in this stuff for any length of time will make short work of your lungs. If they're gonna build it with melted lunar dust, it would have to be bloody well melted and that's including the floor. If bits and pieces chip off as you're walking or bringing in machinery from the outside, it's still no good.
The moon ain't Tatooine. You can't just slap together some domes, filter the air and make it habitable. If the astronauts are still confined to suites, that would get old pretty quick.
The astronauts will still have to wear filtering masks even if they manage to maintain a normal atmosphere inside. Living/sleeping quarters will effectively have to be clean rooms. Can their "bio-regenerative life support system" take care of the airborne stray particles of lunar dust? If HEPA type filtering is involved, they'll become useless pretty quick. Talk about swimming up a waterfall.
The problem with flash are the developers. ActionScript can do a lot of things... that doesn't mean those things should have been done. Of course if sandboxing was foolproof, things would have worked better for both technologies. Hopefully HTML5 can fill the gap for both and we can finally do away with both plugins.
I can picture the NY Times doing it, but definitely not Top Gear or else Clarkson would be setting the world on fire the very next episode. Unless of course, they kept it quite from him. But this seems very unlikely.
The cynic in me thinks it's the Apple method, but the hopeful part says, they genuinely earned(ing) enough.
If there's something new, we have the vendor do a presentation and we look into whether we hire someone new or whether one or more people can go train at a vendor specified camp (usually their corporate offices) and our company pays for it. It's very poor form to let an employee pay for technology training with the hope of becoming useful when they wouldn't have if management didn't express interest in the first place. Now if they want to learn on their own for the future, that's a different story. If you let them take the training first, that's still double the burden to both train and find a way to manage expenses.
Regardless, it's a tax write-off on your end.
And by apprenticeship, I don't mean "intern", I mean a trained employee takes the new employee on the job (usually just around the server room) and do regular work including on some software. But our boss, thankfully, doesn't value certification over competence.
There have been many occasions where new tech was less than stellar under the microscope so we ended up avoiding it altogether. This is what happened when we evaluated a bunch of NoSQL dbs a while back and elected to stay with Postgres.
It's "Death from Above due to incompetence" too? That makes me feel so much better. Overall, the people who're advocating these back in the States are missing on little detail: Yes, ostensibly, you will feel like you're actually doing something to curb crime, make the neighborhood safer [insert some other thinly veiled justification for surveillance] etc... But these are not foolproof devices. There are always better fools.
Well... some of us are. I've got a Twitter account, I blog and regularly visit forums and all of that records some aspect of my life and mood at the time.
Of these, I think Twitter may be in a way a "life stream" if you will, with photos moments of joy, terror, embarrassment and intrigue are captured for us (and the rest of the world) to see. Fleeting memories can be condensed (or expounded to multiple Tweets) to snippets of insight into who we are. That's still pictures and text though, if you're recording video, well YouTube is already there for you and storage is getting cheaper.
Now the tricky bit, as you say, is privacy. You can decide what aspect of your life you want to share, but by that very act, you're sharing bits of other people's lives; those you interract with even in some small way. Privacy as it pertains to a TOS is by and large unenforcable IMO as all one needs is the means to access a private stream and it's out for the world to see. The bigger problem is what other people can do with that stream.
I feel the inhibitions to being recorded as part of someone else's "life stream" will decline as long as we trust the platform we use can't distort that recording. Else we'll need to counter with our own "life stream". Lying will become quite a bit harder and maybe some of us will lose an inner monologue, but overall, we'll still be us.
That's horrible. And it's well within their MO; they always target the infirm and the weakest first since they're more likely to fall pray to this. Modern day vultures
He has already been sentenced to a lifetime of cooperation with the feds in exchange for a pittance and an assurance he won't do hard time... or any time maybe. The courts are just a formality at this point; just to placate those calling for his and Anonymous' head.
Also, VR will make a massive comback if, as I suspect, Google Glass takes off and competitors crop up. This isn't a new idea, since Steve Mann has been wired for VR since, what? The 80's? I think its time has come.
That's not really fair for folks who don't even know about Linux (or think it's some kind of hacker thing... and there are still plenty of those). Is it fair for grandma to get a drive-by download because she got a new computer from Walmart that came with Windows? Is the web only meant for savvy users who build their own PC and sudo their way out of problems or into new functionality?
Your web oligarchy is a dystopia, with a twisted sense of survival of the fittest, that I'm glad I'll never see as long as level heads prevail. The/. crowd may run mostly Linux/BSD, but last I checked, a fair percentage are empathetic human beings that are all too aware the web is meant for everybody, savvy or not, technical or not, creative or not. I'd go as far as to say, the web is a fundamental right now that a significant portion of our ability to communicate is tied to it. If Google is doing its part to keep malware at bay, that's a plus.
Back on topic, RIAA is not protecting the world from malware and terrorism, so there's no reason for Google to give them the same level of respect.
I still don't see this at just the act of a bored person or someone just passing the time, since there's just too much time and effort spent (if it's a human) just to get some extra bandwidth. An AC above mentioned this could be the work of malware, which I think is far more likely. It could be a compromised computer, router or even a mobile device (though that may be a bit of a stretch).
GP is making me feel like a lazy bum;) . I do walk quite a bit, but maybe not as much as I should. And I certainly don't always save as much as I could, just because of convenience.
Malware is something I haven't considered and far more likely. Surely someone would be clever enough to write as of yet unknown malware that surreptitiously turns a compromised wireless device/computer into a hotspot of sorts.
A bored NEET would be unlikely IMO since there are much easier ways of siphoning bandwidth. This appears to be a deliberate attempt at hiding the origin of network traffic.
On my Android phone, it will detect the closest Wifi signals and you may be able to pinpoint where exactly this evil twin is. A directional antenna may help, but without knowing exactly where to direct it to, you may be aiding the leech. You can try disabling SSID broadcast and reducing transmit power.
No one will trouble themselves this much just to avoid paying a monthly fee and just by the fact they're knowledgable in these means they've spent a lot of time online already. My guess is that this individual is conducting illegal activities through yours and your neighbor's connections, so you or your neighbors may get a visit from law enforcement pretty soon.
A lot of comments above are already full of hate:/ And I don't get why they blame Apple for this when clearly Oracle is at fault for letting Java stagnate this much.
When Cisco took over Linksys we ended up with lackluster hardware. No big deal. But when Oracle let their bought product stagnate, the damage is a lot more severe if only due to its sheer ubiquity and dependence.
Lot of folks stay off Twitter because it can be a little addictive and because they don't see much use in it. Also, some people start and then stop Twitter as it can get overwhelming at times for some people. People may be posting pics on Facebook and occassionally commenting, replying to messages etc... but I doubt happy people heavily socialise on social media.
I do get some enjoyment from Twitter. Granted a lot of it is meaningless rubbish, but you'd be surprised how pithy someone can be in under 140 characters.
Yes, but don't forget, a lot of people *visit* Hawaii as well, which would really add to those Tweets. Who doesn't let the world know they're enjoying their vacation these days (or suffering, whichever the case). I mean it's a lovely place to be, if you're already well off or have the means to support yourself. As you added, employment and inertia are key here, since you can keep in touch with friends and family over Skype.
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This struck me as particularly odd. Surely even while the government is trying desperately to copy the U.S. in things that don't matter, Australia's population would lobby for better service?
It may have more to do with the fact EA stock went from $40 to $20 since he took office and there are plenty within and without the company that want to move into mobile gaming more and he's in the way. The board may also believe fresh blood will bring in a new way of doing things in the gaming sphere. I hope they take this opportunity to actually do some worthwhile changes; first being getting rid of or at least finding a better DRM mechanism (since I'm sure there are some dinosaurs who think DRM is still a workable system) and branch out.
They should learn a lesson from Atari. Inheritence isn't how you hold on to the throne. If blood must be spilled, then so be it.
They would still need to implement those "air shower" type apparatus in clean rooms to dust away the spacesuites as much as possible before getting out of them. Still there would be some exposure. The the seals around the airlocks would still be roughed up by some of these particulates which will eventually require frequent maintenance and maybe even replacement.
I like TrentTheThief's static cleaner suggestion as that will have the fewest problems from blockage.
We had better work out all these issues on the Moon though. The Moon, as you say, is harsher than Mars so anything we take there would have to work nextdoor first.
Lunar dust is a recipe for Silicosis. It looks like broken shards of glass under a microscope and that's because there's no weathering, nothing to smooth the edges, and breathing in this stuff for any length of time will make short work of your lungs. If they're gonna build it with melted lunar dust, it would have to be bloody well melted and that's including the floor. If bits and pieces chip off as you're walking or bringing in machinery from the outside, it's still no good.
The moon ain't Tatooine. You can't just slap together some domes, filter the air and make it habitable. If the astronauts are still confined to suites, that would get old pretty quick.
The astronauts will still have to wear filtering masks even if they manage to maintain a normal atmosphere inside. Living/sleeping quarters will effectively have to be clean rooms. Can their "bio-regenerative life support system" take care of the airborne stray particles of lunar dust? If HEPA type filtering is involved, they'll become useless pretty quick. Talk about swimming up a waterfall.
The moment someone else needs access, you have to bring down a wall to let them in.
The problem with flash are the developers. ActionScript can do a lot of things... that doesn't mean those things should have been done. Of course if sandboxing was foolproof, things would have worked better for both technologies. Hopefully HTML5 can fill the gap for both and we can finally do away with both plugins.
I can picture the NY Times doing it, but definitely not Top Gear or else Clarkson would be setting the world on fire the very next episode. Unless of course, they kept it quite from him. But this seems very unlikely.
The cynic in me thinks it's the Apple method, but the hopeful part says, they genuinely earned(ing) enough.
If there's something new, we have the vendor do a presentation and we look into whether we hire someone new or whether one or more people can go train at a vendor specified camp (usually their corporate offices) and our company pays for it. It's very poor form to let an employee pay for technology training with the hope of becoming useful when they wouldn't have if management didn't express interest in the first place. Now if they want to learn on their own for the future, that's a different story. If you let them take the training first, that's still double the burden to both train and find a way to manage expenses.
Regardless, it's a tax write-off on your end.
And by apprenticeship, I don't mean "intern", I mean a trained employee takes the new employee on the job (usually just around the server room) and do regular work including on some software. But our boss, thankfully, doesn't value certification over competence.
There have been many occasions where new tech was less than stellar under the microscope so we ended up avoiding it altogether. This is what happened when we evaluated a bunch of NoSQL dbs a while back and elected to stay with Postgres.
Still no one gets it.
It's "Death from Above due to incompetence" too? That makes me feel so much better. Overall, the people who're advocating these back in the States are missing on little detail: Yes, ostensibly, you will feel like you're actually doing something to curb crime, make the neighborhood safer [insert some other thinly veiled justification for surveillance] etc... But these are not foolproof devices. There are always better fools.
No... long answer, no way in hell and you can take my PGP from cold dead hands.
Well... some of us are. I've got a Twitter account, I blog and regularly visit forums and all of that records some aspect of my life and mood at the time.
Of these, I think Twitter may be in a way a "life stream" if you will, with photos moments of joy, terror, embarrassment and intrigue are captured for us (and the rest of the world) to see. Fleeting memories can be condensed (or expounded to multiple Tweets) to snippets of insight into who we are. That's still pictures and text though, if you're recording video, well YouTube is already there for you and storage is getting cheaper.
Now the tricky bit, as you say, is privacy. You can decide what aspect of your life you want to share, but by that very act, you're sharing bits of other people's lives; those you interract with even in some small way. Privacy as it pertains to a TOS is by and large unenforcable IMO as all one needs is the means to access a private stream and it's out for the world to see. The bigger problem is what other people can do with that stream.
I feel the inhibitions to being recorded as part of someone else's "life stream" will decline as long as we trust the platform we use can't distort that recording. Else we'll need to counter with our own "life stream". Lying will become quite a bit harder and maybe some of us will lose an inner monologue, but overall, we'll still be us.
That's horrible. And it's well within their MO; they always target the infirm and the weakest first since they're more likely to fall pray to this. Modern day vultures
He has already been sentenced to a lifetime of cooperation with the feds in exchange for a pittance and an assurance he won't do hard time... or any time maybe. The courts are just a formality at this point; just to placate those calling for his and Anonymous' head.
You mean "Tock"?
Also, VR will make a massive comback if, as I suspect, Google Glass takes off and competitors crop up. This isn't a new idea, since Steve Mann has been wired for VR since, what? The 80's? I think its time has come.
That's not really fair for folks who don't even know about Linux (or think it's some kind of hacker thing... and there are still plenty of those). Is it fair for grandma to get a drive-by download because she got a new computer from Walmart that came with Windows? Is the web only meant for savvy users who build their own PC and sudo their way out of problems or into new functionality?
Your web oligarchy is a dystopia, with a twisted sense of survival of the fittest, that I'm glad I'll never see as long as level heads prevail. The /. crowd may run mostly Linux/BSD, but last I checked, a fair percentage are empathetic human beings that are all too aware the web is meant for everybody, savvy or not, technical or not, creative or not. I'd go as far as to say, the web is a fundamental right now that a significant portion of our ability to communicate is tied to it. If Google is doing its part to keep malware at bay, that's a plus.
Back on topic, RIAA is not protecting the world from malware and terrorism, so there's no reason for Google to give them the same level of respect.
I'm a bad speller :(
I still don't see this at just the act of a bored person or someone just passing the time, since there's just too much time and effort spent (if it's a human) just to get some extra bandwidth. An AC above mentioned this could be the work of malware, which I think is far more likely. It could be a compromised computer, router or even a mobile device (though that may be a bit of a stretch).
GP is making me feel like a lazy bum ;) . I do walk quite a bit, but maybe not as much as I should. And I certainly don't always save as much as I could, just because of convenience.
Malware is something I haven't considered and far more likely. Surely someone would be clever enough to write as of yet unknown malware that surreptitiously turns a compromised wireless device/computer into a hotspot of sorts.
A bored NEET would be unlikely IMO since there are much easier ways of siphoning bandwidth. This appears to be a deliberate attempt at hiding the origin of network traffic.
On my Android phone, it will detect the closest Wifi signals and you may be able to pinpoint where exactly this evil twin is. A directional antenna may help, but without knowing exactly where to direct it to, you may be aiding the leech. You can try disabling SSID broadcast and reducing transmit power.
No one will trouble themselves this much just to avoid paying a monthly fee and just by the fact they're knowledgable in these means they've spent a lot of time online already. My guess is that this individual is conducting illegal activities through yours and your neighbor's connections, so you or your neighbors may get a visit from law enforcement pretty soon.
A lot of comments above are already full of hate :/ And I don't get why they blame Apple for this when clearly Oracle is at fault for letting Java stagnate this much.
When Cisco took over Linksys we ended up with lackluster hardware. No big deal. But when Oracle let their bought product stagnate, the damage is a lot more severe if only due to its sheer ubiquity and dependence.
Lot of folks stay off Twitter because it can be a little addictive and because they don't see much use in it. Also, some people start and then stop Twitter as it can get overwhelming at times for some people. People may be posting pics on Facebook and occassionally commenting, replying to messages etc... but I doubt happy people heavily socialise on social media.
I do get some enjoyment from Twitter. Granted a lot of it is meaningless rubbish, but you'd be surprised how pithy someone can be in under 140 characters.
They'll raise the hurdles higher and spray paint protests over them. Ask a silly question...
Yes, but don't forget, a lot of people *visit* Hawaii as well, which would really add to those Tweets. Who doesn't let the world know they're enjoying their vacation these days (or suffering, whichever the case). I mean it's a lovely place to be, if you're already well off or have the means to support yourself. As you added, employment and inertia are key here, since you can keep in touch with friends and family over Skype.
Funny name for a company that exists only due to its customers suppressing that line of thought when they place their bets
It's just a race to the bottom in terms of dollar amount spent on manpower. It's basically outsourcing without having the workforce overseas.