You've characterized the slashdot reader very well. They are libertarian as long as their jobs are safe and their lifestyle is not threatened. They want no government interference whether it's job market or drug ban. But put THEM in a market, start evaluating options for replacing them, they become protectionist!
Sure, as soon as you accept any product imported from US will have an automatic 20% extra "US tax" in other countries. You want to sell your products in other countries, but you want to outlaw other countries selling their products or services! That is not hypocritical, at all!
Hey don't diss Yahoo! mail. That's what I use to signup to various websites so my regular email is not spammed by websites that I used only once in my life.
On my laptops, I do the same - run FB in either a different browser altogether, or a different Firefox user profile. I wish Firefox supported multiple processes simultaneously with each one under a different profile. But I have succumbed and installed it on my phone, but the new permissions are making me think. I have not updated my FB yet, but will probably delete it and check it through browser if I ever need to.
I heard Japan does honor and respect age, but it is not true in India. Definitely not in the IT industry (when I say IT, I include software development as well). Every product company publicly talks about how they want more "senior people" in technical ladder, but in reality, very few believe or support much. Managers will always be nudging you to gain more "visibility" and show more contribution. Even if you do the work of 5 people at your work, it will not count. Instead if you just don't fuckup the regular job, but talk bs or write a white paper (that nobody reads), you will be considered a super star. Because you know the managers want "well rounded" people at senior positions.
I have one issue with this argument. Replication - a mechanic or a doctor can keep repeating their act all their lives (on different people/machines) and get paid every time. And each act of theirs takes a few hours, or a few days at most. A programmer, an author, a research scientist have to do something new every time to get paid and each act of theirs takes weeks, months or in some cases years, to complete. And paying once irrespective how useful it is and how many people use it seems illogical.
This improves the standby and talk time, and may be network power consumption. Most of the other stuff the apps use - like CPU, GPU, sensors will not be any different because of this. So to claim double of battery life is exaggeration. It may double the standby time and probably improve the talk time by a considerable percentage.
A sling, rock or a pocket knife are very dissimilar from what feels like a toy. Say what you will to the kid, but it still feels like a toy and the harm it causes it not "obvious".
I have been using mobile phones for around a decade and have not once had to replace a battery before the phone broke or became outdated,...
Thanks for the insight. I have been living for 38 years, and never had the use for my life insurance so far. I think I will stop wasting money on that;-)
Wrt search, Google is getting handsomely compensated for it by their search ads. So, we don't have to pay for it through our information. Our intent (which we disclose through the search term) is enough.
I keep hearing this comparison of Facebook and Myspace and a prediction that Facebook will suffer the same fate as some other cooler social network catches the fancy of people. I don't believe that. I think Facebook has won the social networking war. I think social networking went through its "evolution" phase and Facebook is the winner. While it is possible that some other social network ousts Facebook, I think it is not very likely. Now, I don't mean Facebook will be the king forever, it will be killed, but by something else, not another social network. The industry goes through these cycles and the prize keeps changing. Microsoft wasn't unseated by another OS or office software company. It was unseated by Google. Microsoft (or Yahoo! which was a predominant web property then) didn't consider search to be important at the initial stages. Similarly Google was unseated by something it didn't consider significant until Facebook became huge. And now it is playing catchup, just like how MS is trying with Google. Same way, some other activity which is non-existent or insignificant now will become a predominant use of the web/net/technology and THAT will oust Facebook. That is what Mark Z feared Instagram could become and he paid such a huge premium to acquire it.
PS: You may dispute that MS is unseated by G or G is unseated by FB by citing revenues, market cap or something else. But I'm talking about popular imagination. G is very afraid of FB now (if nothing else, in terms of employee drain), just as MS was of G.
You know, I have a friend whose grandparents died while he was few months old. He turned out just fine. So, let's kill all the grandparents. What kind of idiotic logic is that? Your family has used the means available to them at the time to stay in touch. Now that there are better means of communication available, is it wrong to take advantage of them? What's with all the "new is evil" mentality?
Disclaimer: I'm not a kid, nor even a first worlder. We did not have access to a phone till I was 10 years old - so the only means of communication was letters and telegrams. It's not like I'm scarred, but I do like the fact that my parents and my kids can see each other (over skype) and talk to each other over phone.
But I think the more pertinent question is, why did Toshiba have to collect so much personal details just for a competition? Why do they need the date of birth? Just ask for age, that too, only if necessary for some legal / regulatory reasons.
Right on. And most of the time it is the worker bees that get canned while the actual bloat - the clueless middle management, and the incompetent first-line management are saved because they are buddies with the higher-ups. The old boys club and all... And they reward themselves with retention bonuses after throwing the hard-working folks on road.
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You've characterized the slashdot reader very well. They are libertarian as long as their jobs are safe and their lifestyle is not threatened. They want no government interference whether it's job market or drug ban. But put THEM in a market, start evaluating options for replacing them, they become protectionist!
Sure, as soon as you accept any product imported from US will have an automatic 20% extra "US tax" in other countries. You want to sell your products in other countries, but you want to outlaw other countries selling their products or services! That is not hypocritical, at all!
Is it 10-days? I thought it's immediate.
Also, they say it's rented on market prices and is open to outsiders, so the "24-hours to vacate" may not be reality.
Hey don't diss Yahoo! mail. That's what I use to signup to various websites so my regular email is not spammed by websites that I used only once in my life.
I'ven't followed it, but if what you said is right, then the biggest culprit here is the federal court.
Thanks. I feel so stupid for not checking!
Wish I had mod points! This app seems really useful! Installed it, and kicked Facebook off my phone.
On my laptops, I do the same - run FB in either a different browser altogether, or a different Firefox user profile. I wish Firefox supported multiple processes simultaneously with each one under a different profile.
But I have succumbed and installed it on my phone, but the new permissions are making me think. I have not updated my FB yet, but will probably delete it and check it through browser if I ever need to.
I heard Japan does honor and respect age, but it is not true in India. Definitely not in the IT industry (when I say IT, I include software development as well). Every product company publicly talks about how they want more "senior people" in technical ladder, but in reality, very few believe or support much. Managers will always be nudging you to gain more "visibility" and show more contribution. Even if you do the work of 5 people at your work, it will not count. Instead if you just don't fuckup the regular job, but talk bs or write a white paper (that nobody reads), you will be considered a super star. Because you know the managers want "well rounded" people at senior positions.
I have one issue with this argument. Replication - a mechanic or a doctor can keep repeating their act all their lives (on different people/machines) and get paid every time. And each act of theirs takes a few hours, or a few days at most. A programmer, an author, a research scientist have to do something new every time to get paid and each act of theirs takes weeks, months or in some cases years, to complete. And paying once irrespective how useful it is and how many people use it seems illogical.
you need to get your sarcasm detector checked.
This improves the standby and talk time, and may be network power consumption. Most of the other stuff the apps use - like CPU, GPU, sensors will not be any different because of this. So to claim double of battery life is exaggeration. It may double the standby time and probably improve the talk time by a considerable percentage.
Seriously, we need +1 Sarcastic! Otherwise, some moron mods may downmod some very insightful comments because they don't get the sarcasm.
Whoosh!
Prakash is a name. It should not be preceded with "the". That (I guess) is the point the GP is trying to make.
A sling, rock or a pocket knife are very dissimilar from what feels like a toy. Say what you will to the kid, but it still feels like a toy and the harm it causes it not "obvious".
I have been using mobile phones for around a decade and have not once had to replace a battery before the phone broke or became outdated,...
Thanks for the insight. I have been living for 38 years, and never had the use for my life insurance so far. I think I will stop wasting money on that ;-)
Skydrive offers phenomenal storage (especially for older users) and very potent web apps.
I am almost forty years old. What does it get me?
you're a retart if you can't type on the ipad.
Awesome retort, bro! I bet you posted it from your iPad, too.
are you being sarcastic? How the hell does Bush's Iraq war compare with WWII? Forget relative to WWII, how on earth can you justify Bush's war?
Wrt search, Google is getting handsomely compensated for it by their search ads. So, we don't have to pay for it through our information. Our intent (which we disclose through the search term) is enough.
I keep hearing this comparison of Facebook and Myspace and a prediction that Facebook will suffer the same fate as some other cooler social network catches the fancy of people. I don't believe that. I think Facebook has won the social networking war. I think social networking went through its "evolution" phase and Facebook is the winner. While it is possible that some other social network ousts Facebook, I think it is not very likely. Now, I don't mean Facebook will be the king forever, it will be killed, but by something else, not another social network. The industry goes through these cycles and the prize keeps changing. Microsoft wasn't unseated by another OS or office software company. It was unseated by Google. Microsoft (or Yahoo! which was a predominant web property then) didn't consider search to be important at the initial stages. Similarly Google was unseated by something it didn't consider significant until Facebook became huge. And now it is playing catchup, just like how MS is trying with Google. Same way, some other activity which is non-existent or insignificant now will become a predominant use of the web/net/technology and THAT will oust Facebook. That is what Mark Z feared Instagram could become and he paid such a huge premium to acquire it.
PS: You may dispute that MS is unseated by G or G is unseated by FB by citing revenues, market cap or something else. But I'm talking about popular imagination. G is very afraid of FB now (if nothing else, in terms of employee drain), just as MS was of G.
You know, I have a friend whose grandparents died while he was few months old. He turned out just fine. So, let's kill all the grandparents. What kind of idiotic logic is that? Your family has used the means available to them at the time to stay in touch. Now that there are better means of communication available, is it wrong to take advantage of them? What's with all the "new is evil" mentality?
Disclaimer: I'm not a kid, nor even a first worlder. We did not have access to a phone till I was 10 years old - so the only means of communication was letters and telegrams. It's not like I'm scarred, but I do like the fact that my parents and my kids can see each other (over skype) and talk to each other over phone.
Are you telling me that this is gonna kill Facebook and Twitter? Really? REALLY?
Naa, you're just saying it to make me happy!
But I think the more pertinent question is, why did Toshiba have to collect so much personal details just for a competition? Why do they need the date of birth? Just ask for age, that too, only if necessary for some legal / regulatory reasons.
Right on. And most of the time it is the worker bees that get canned while the actual bloat - the clueless middle management, and the incompetent first-line management are saved because they are buddies with the higher-ups. The old boys club and all... And they reward themselves with retention bonuses after throwing the hard-working folks on road.