That's not sour grapes, that is deliciously sardonic.
He has a point, how often do you see someone saying "my Android is the bomb because it's open and I don't need Apple's permission to install software." Apparently you need the permission of Samsung and/or T-Mobile.
Surprise, every vendor in the world wants to love you in, and Android isn't the silver bullet.
I think it's fair to say that the military would find ways to use civilian technology in relevant fields, and space exploration has some pretty big overlaps.
And, indeed, that much of what we now consider to be civilian technology was developed initially for military applications. The internet, for example, was funded by DARPA. So was GPS -- can't lay my hands on a good list, but I'm sure it's quite extensive.
In other news, you meet a lot of people who have the same birthday as you, or the same birthday as other people you know.
Yes, it's called the birthday provlem -- by about 23 people you have a 50% chance of a duplicate birthday, and at 57 people, it's 99%.
However, you'd like to think the odds are lower with the car locks. Otherwise, they're not very secure at all. There's lots of people here citing a vastly bigger space than the number of possible birthdays.
It's my contention that those who have a nice career and a deep knowledge of math and/or science should consider spending the last few years working as a (fully qualified) teacher.
And put up with the headaches of putting up with a bunch of bored, spoiled brats who don't give a damn in the first place?
No thanks. High school sucked, reliving it every day to put up with crap from teenagers just isn't worth it.
I generally agree with what you're saying, I just don't see the reward as being worth the hassles.
Apparently my mother in law used to have a civic with keyless entry... in a small town of <30,000 there was another Civic of the exact same color which used the same code.
They found out one time at the mall that they could each open the other's car.
I bet there's not nearly enough uniqueness and security in these things.
Not that there is anything wrong with only wanting a mobile to make calls, but it is pretty easy to find the value in having a smart phone.
Oh, I am somewhat intrigued with some of the things you can do with smartphones. I've seen people checking in at the airport with their screen showing the barcode of their boarding pass -- that was kinda cool.
But, for both my wife and I to get smartphones would add at least $100/month to our already large cable/internet/phone/cell bill -- I know someone who says his smart phone costs him around $200/month. Until data plans become more reasonable, I'll hold off for now.
I'm not at all interested in reading Mark Twain censored. Next thing you know, they start in some really offensive authors, and we have nothing to rely on.
I've seen edited versions of stuff from the Marquis de Sade... by the time you cut out all of the stuff people find objectionable, there's little point in having the book at all because there's almost nothing left. It ends up sounding trivial like "and they were mean to me".
The lesser of the 2 evils I think is to run the book with the word n***r censored that way, so every on is placated, and the students can have a discussion about it.
I think censoring is far more evil than running the risk of offending people.
That's an awfully slippery slope, and before long you're assassinating people who disagree with a law against blasphemy.
Yes, that's an intentionally over-the-top example, but changing reality to fit someone's beliefs/hopes/sensitivities is just plain bad for a free society.
Does this mean when I say "slave" I'm actually saying "nigger?"
Don't laugh too hard... I've actually heard of some organizations in which someone goes on a program to try to make everybody stop referring to "master server/slave server". Trying to make someone understand that this is an industry term and they need to stop being overly sensitive can be an awfully tricky thing. (I once saw someone actually object to the use of the term "black" when it was... get this... descriptive of the color of an inanimate object on the grounds that it could be offensive.)
Some people seem to go out of their way to be sure that it's not possible to give offense. I find it especially sad that what is a really good depiction of what life was really like at that time is being "cleansed" so that we can all pretend that there wasn't racial tension in the South at that time.
I don't support people going around using the N word all over the place -- but this is a piece of literature, and should be allowed to stand. What next, altering Merchant of Venice so that Shylock wasn't Jewish? (I'm not supporting the anti-Semitic stereotypes, merely that the play is 400+ years old, and it's a little late for political correctness.)
No, not really. Xorg on a handheld computer. A phone dialling app on the same computer.
See, I don't want a hand-held computer -- I want a phone.:-P
Partly because I'm unwilling to shell out the $$ for a smartphone (I already pay enough for my two land-lines, two cell phones, TV and internet)... and partly because a lot of things people do with phones nowadays simply doesn't interest me.
I don't text, use Facebook, or Twitter. I have no interest in reading my email on my phone. Heck, I don't even play games on my phone. Receive calls, place calls, check voicemail -- that's about it.
I know I'm in a vanishing minority of tech people (or, people in general apparently) who just don't "get" the whole smartphone thing. For me, it's just not a set of features that I want. The idea of running X on my phone is kind of a big WTF for me.:-P
When I'm away from my desk, I prefer to be away... not tethered for life to something like a Blackberry that I can't go 30 seconds without looking at it. Life it just too damned short.
I'm sure I'll be last in line for the neural shunt when it becomes available too.
Apple makes it easier to buy software for their PC and you somehow interpret this has making a step closer to the end of PC? That's some fancy reasoning you have there.
I believe the fancy reasoning (as I've seen it on Slashdot) goes something like "Zomg! Teh App Store is going to take away our freedoms and make us all rent software and not be able to own our own computers".
Personally, I have no idea why a simplified mechanism of software distribution is causing people to get their knickers in a twist. Given that there are free apps in there, is this fundamentally any different than getting a package for my Ubuntu install? Choose software, say "make go now", wait a bit, run software.
Looks like CmdrTaco has been studying at the Fox News School of Journalistic Neutrality.
Or, you could notice the fact that the story starts with "Orome1 writes " and that the text is a direct quote from TFA.
So, maybe someone just refrained from editorializing to suit your tastes.
We could equally say "SirGarlon (845873) needlessly pisses and moans about articles he feel should be slanted to his tastes".
When Firefox (or whatever piece of software floats your boat) gets its next announcement on Slashdot, are you going to whine that it doesn't swoon enough? Or is it just stories about Apple that cause this insistence that the summary have an opinion instead of reporting on the article as it is?
"People", as in "end users", just want it to work without hassles.
I'm sure to a lot of people who have no interest in fiddling with downloading and installing software will like this. You think Apple hasn't asked people?
I'm sure for someone like my parents (in their 70s) would find an App Store model far easier to work with.
It runs real Linux with real root (out of the box). It has a real xterm and bash is installable. It runs xorg. It's a fantastic phone.
Can you place calls with it?:-P
I continue to be astounded at the stuff you kids do with your phones nowadays. On behalf of those of us who remember this big bakelite phones screwed to the kitchen wall with 15 feet of twisted up cord and a rotary dial... WTF? Xorg on a phone?? Really??
Were they ever, or should we assume that the modern Dr. Who has decided that doesn't need to be canonical?
I should think that the fearsome Daleks who can already fly aren't too put off by a set of stairs. And, these Daleks have always been able to fly (the ones in this series that is), and they're remnants from the last Time War.
Wow, the only likely thread in which this isn't off-topic.:-P
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How's them sour grapes tasting?
That's not sour grapes, that is deliciously sardonic.
He has a point, how often do you see someone saying "my Android is the bomb because it's open and I don't need Apple's permission to install software." Apparently you need the permission of Samsung and/or T-Mobile.
Surprise, every vendor in the world wants to love you in, and Android isn't the silver bullet.
Oh, the platform is open.
So open that the vendors can make it closed.
Sad, really.
And, indeed, that much of what we now consider to be civilian technology was developed initially for military applications. The internet, for example, was funded by DARPA. So was GPS -- can't lay my hands on a good list, but I'm sure it's quite extensive.
Yes, it's called the birthday provlem -- by about 23 people you have a 50% chance of a duplicate birthday, and at 57 people, it's 99%.
However, you'd like to think the odds are lower with the car locks. Otherwise, they're not very secure at all. There's lots of people here citing a vastly bigger space than the number of possible birthdays.
And put up with the headaches of putting up with a bunch of bored, spoiled brats who don't give a damn in the first place?
No thanks. High school sucked, reliving it every day to put up with crap from teenagers just isn't worth it.
I generally agree with what you're saying, I just don't see the reward as being worth the hassles.
I believe you are either describing slasher films, or porn, not ghost stories. :-P
Don't much care what you think -- this has been corroborated by several people who were there.
Apparently my mother in law used to have a civic with keyless entry ... in a small town of <30,000 there was another Civic of the exact same color which used the same code.
They found out one time at the mall that they could each open the other's car.
I bet there's not nearly enough uniqueness and security in these things.
But, they could probably get away with Pii. :-P
And Shit Cap. :-P
So are crayons, that doesn't mean we don't have nice pens.
Oh, I am somewhat intrigued with some of the things you can do with smartphones. I've seen people checking in at the airport with their screen showing the barcode of their boarding pass -- that was kinda cool.
But, for both my wife and I to get smartphones would add at least $100/month to our already large cable/internet/phone/cell bill -- I know someone who says his smart phone costs him around $200/month. Until data plans become more reasonable, I'll hold off for now.
Ahh, the classics. Those never go out of style. :-P
Speaking of evil things. :-P
God, I hate that thing ... yes, I know I'm writing in the passive voice, dammit!
I've seen edited versions of stuff from the Marquis de Sade ... by the time you cut out all of the stuff people find objectionable, there's little point in having the book at all because there's almost nothing left. It ends up sounding trivial like "and they were mean to me".
Is Huck Finn something you would read to pre-schoolers?
It's not what you'd call a kids book -- more like high school for most people I should think.
I think censoring is far more evil than running the risk of offending people.
That's an awfully slippery slope, and before long you're assassinating people who disagree with a law against blasphemy.
Yes, that's an intentionally over-the-top example, but changing reality to fit someone's beliefs/hopes/sensitivities is just plain bad for a free society.
Don't laugh too hard ... I've actually heard of some organizations in which someone goes on a program to try to make everybody stop referring to "master server/slave server". Trying to make someone understand that this is an industry term and they need to stop being overly sensitive can be an awfully tricky thing. (I once saw someone actually object to the use of the term "black" when it was ... get this ... descriptive of the color of an inanimate object on the grounds that it could be offensive.)
Some people seem to go out of their way to be sure that it's not possible to give offense. I find it especially sad that what is a really good depiction of what life was really like at that time is being "cleansed" so that we can all pretend that there wasn't racial tension in the South at that time.
I don't support people going around using the N word all over the place -- but this is a piece of literature, and should be allowed to stand. What next, altering Merchant of Venice so that Shylock wasn't Jewish? (I'm not supporting the anti-Semitic stereotypes, merely that the play is 400+ years old, and it's a little late for political correctness.)
See, I don't want a hand-held computer -- I want a phone. :-P
Partly because I'm unwilling to shell out the $$ for a smartphone (I already pay enough for my two land-lines, two cell phones, TV and internet) ... and partly because a lot of things people do with phones nowadays simply doesn't interest me.
I don't text, use Facebook, or Twitter. I have no interest in reading my email on my phone. Heck, I don't even play games on my phone. Receive calls, place calls, check voicemail -- that's about it.
I know I'm in a vanishing minority of tech people (or, people in general apparently) who just don't "get" the whole smartphone thing. For me, it's just not a set of features that I want. The idea of running X on my phone is kind of a big WTF for me. :-P
When I'm away from my desk, I prefer to be away ... not tethered for life to something like a Blackberry that I can't go 30 seconds without looking at it. Life it just too damned short.
I'm sure I'll be last in line for the neural shunt when it becomes available too.
Don't forget vuvuzela and air horns. :-P
I believe the fancy reasoning (as I've seen it on Slashdot) goes something like "Zomg! Teh App Store is going to take away our freedoms and make us all rent software and not be able to own our own computers".
Personally, I have no idea why a simplified mechanism of software distribution is causing people to get their knickers in a twist. Given that there are free apps in there, is this fundamentally any different than getting a package for my Ubuntu install? Choose software, say "make go now", wait a bit, run software.
Scary stuff! Lock up your children!
Or, you could notice the fact that the story starts with "Orome1 writes " and that the text is a direct quote from TFA.
So, maybe someone just refrained from editorializing to suit your tastes.
We could equally say "SirGarlon (845873) needlessly pisses and moans about articles he feel should be slanted to his tastes".
When Firefox (or whatever piece of software floats your boat) gets its next announcement on Slashdot, are you going to whine that it doesn't swoon enough? Or is it just stories about Apple that cause this insistence that the summary have an opinion instead of reporting on the article as it is?
"People", as in "end users", just want it to work without hassles.
I'm sure to a lot of people who have no interest in fiddling with downloading and installing software will like this. You think Apple hasn't asked people?
I'm sure for someone like my parents (in their 70s) would find an App Store model far easier to work with.
Can you place calls with it? :-P
I continue to be astounded at the stuff you kids do with your phones nowadays. On behalf of those of us who remember this big bakelite phones screwed to the kitchen wall with 15 feet of twisted up cord and a rotary dial ... WTF? Xorg on a phone?? Really??
Were they ever, or should we assume that the modern Dr. Who has decided that doesn't need to be canonical?
I should think that the fearsome Daleks who can already fly aren't too put off by a set of stairs. And, these Daleks have always been able to fly (the ones in this series that is), and they're remnants from the last Time War.
Wow, the only likely thread in which this isn't off-topic. :-P