Oh Come on now! This is the most obvious karma fraud I've seen.
Nice algo: 1) Find any article that relates to privacy or rights or freedom 2) Post the same quote from Benjamin Franklin 3) Do nothing!!! 4) Rake in some insightful comment
Let my karma burn, but I'll call bullshit off you. If I had mod points, I would have given you -1 (Redundant).
Why is it so dumb? They may say that because the power required is reduced soo much. I don't know how much of power generation today results in CO2 emissions though.
I'm trying to understand why there is to be so much reluctance on part of/. crowd to accept this. Every fifth post seems to be calling this vaporware, or saying the business is flawed or some such negative comment, instead of any discussion about the technology/feasibility. Contrast this with the announcement from Transmeta and the enthusiastic welcome that/. crowd gave it. Makes me wonder if this is all sour grapes, as Apple already committed to move to x86, and this seems to make Power a decent option for laptops again.
Just because you're a fanboy of Apple, doesn't make Apple the be-all and end-all of PowerPC. Apple's share in the whole PowerPC market was miniscule (less than 5% AFAIK). These guys can still make profits big time without caring a fuck about Apple.
But yeah, this is/. and if you say the world comes to an end if it doesn't care for Apple, you are bound to be modded up.
If their entire industry is based on the existance of the iPod, doesn't Apple have the authority to ask for a cut of the sales?
That is very much similar to the argument by one of the music company guys - "Apple is earning so much by selling iPods. We want a cut of it"! Every/.er posted about what a greedy bunch music industry is. If Apple does the same thing, it is somehow ok?
There are many more studies which do not establish a certain connection between cell phone usage and the damage to eyes, (mostly because the study has nothing to do with cell phones or eyes;-)
From TFA The intranet in Google is super transparent. Teams are actively encouraged to share the most intimate details of their projects with the rest of the company. This happens through tech talks, design docs, lunch table conversations, etc.
That is the advantage of being an ISV. In companies where you work under non-disclosure agreements with some other software provider, liberties are limited. (I know, that would not be the case if everyone in the world uses open-source, but that is not the case, yet). Yes, there will still be opportunities to share good ideas in the form of utilities and stuff, but there certainly are limits to what you can share with other teams without infringing on NDA.
Hell, a few companies I know (in particular software contract-companies), have different access cards for different groups - preventing physical access. Sometimes it is imposed by client. But many times it's just the wisdom(!) of the PHBs who impose policies like, everything will be shared on a "need-to-know" basis!
In India, the handset and the carrier are pretty much detached. Lot of people by the handset they like separately and then simply buy the SIM card from the service provider. Allows them to change carrier/number etc pretty easily as there is no network locking or anything. Of course, we don't get the handset for free, tho.
Try this experiment: install OS X and connect to the Internet. Leave it connected for a week. Now install Windows and connect to the Internet. Leave it connected for 30 minutes. Which one will be hacked?
I don't know enough about OS security stuff and so am not commenting on your claims that OS X is more secure. But, just that your experiment does not _prove_ that OS X is more secure than windows. Your experiment does not beat the traditional M$ sympathizers' argument that OS-X (or Linux) is still not widely attacked, because it gives less bang for the effort.
In short, there's no magic to learning a language. It is a grotty, tedious, intense and rather lonely project involving memorization, dictionaries and lots of time.
Sorry your statement is true only if you're the only person around that has interest in that language. I am guessing you do not live in Japan. You are ignoring the other major community of language learners - foreigners - they have to learn the language of the place they are in. In that case, it is not all that you describe. Instead it will be a nice experience - as they can seek help from most people around them. It also helps them build social networks.
Funny how people are upset with globalization when it is their job that is on the line. It was all fine as long as they simply get to sell their products the world over and win (with superior quality/price ratio - I'm not complaining about that). But when someone is able to sell services with the same USP - better value for money - you cry murder. You will be ignored just the same way - all the anti-globalization folks in small countries were ignored when they protested against opening up of markets to the world. Rightly so.
But I guess this is/. and probably I will be modded troll while you are modded insightful.
I would recommend you read what Joel has to say, since he say it so much better than I have time to do.
I generally respect Joel, but I think he makes too broad statements too easily. Sometimes a bad design needs to be thrown out.
Just to prove the point, he criticized the effort of rewriting Netscape - the mozilla project! If we didn't do it, we wouldn't have had Firefox today. I rest my case.
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Oh Come on now! This is the most obvious karma fraud I've seen.
Nice algo:
1) Find any article that relates to privacy or rights or freedom
2) Post the same quote from Benjamin Franklin
3) Do nothing!!!
4) Rake in some insightful comment
Let my karma burn, but I'll call bullshit off you. If I had mod points, I would have given you -1 (Redundant).
Like "It will be the Slashdot of the Information World." Of course what is meant by that?
That's easy. It means that resident expert will be beatles-beatles, and most of the articles will have dupes.
Better leave the moderation of /. posts to chimps
Oh, I'm sure they can do a better job
I hope I get modded +1, sarcastic!
it is my parents' fault that I'm such a lazy bum. Now I can fwd this link to them.
Why is it so dumb? They may say that because the power required is reduced soo much. I don't know how much of power generation today results in CO2 emissions though.
I'm trying to understand why there is to be so much reluctance on part of /. crowd to accept this. Every fifth post seems to be calling this vaporware, or saying the business is flawed or some such negative comment, instead of any discussion about the technology/feasibility. Contrast this with the announcement from Transmeta and the enthusiastic welcome that /. crowd gave it. Makes me wonder if this is all sour grapes, as Apple already committed to move to x86, and this seems to make Power a decent option for laptops again.
I know, I would most probably be modded a troll.
Just because you're a fanboy of Apple, doesn't make Apple the be-all and end-all of PowerPC. Apple's share in the whole PowerPC market was miniscule (less than 5% AFAIK). These guys can still make profits big time without caring a fuck about Apple.
/. and if you say the world comes to an end if it doesn't care for Apple, you are bound to be modded up.
But yeah, this is
If their entire industry is based on the existance of the iPod, doesn't Apple have the authority to ask for a cut of the sales?
/.er posted about what a greedy bunch music industry is. If Apple does the same thing, it is somehow ok?
That is very much similar to the argument by one of the music company guys - "Apple is earning so much by selling iPods. We want a cut of it"! Every
I first misread the title as "Microchips Dangerous for Animals?" Sadly, that doesn't seem to be a consideration
Don't worry. The comments will more than make up for it.
Most of the other people in the class got caught stealing lipstick prom a department store, and other such things. It was no fun.
Dude! What I'd have given to be in a class with mostly girls!
(inspired by "Yes Minister")
;-)
There are many more studies which do not establish a certain connection between cell phone usage and the damage to eyes, (mostly because the study has nothing to do with cell phones or eyes
Lotus notes does it perfectly well too
and sue the "leakers"?
Err, in this case, Adobe itself leaked! ahem!
From TFA
The intranet in Google is super transparent. Teams are actively encouraged to share the most intimate details of their projects with the rest of the company. This happens through tech talks, design docs, lunch table conversations, etc.
That is the advantage of being an ISV. In companies where you work under non-disclosure agreements with some other software provider, liberties are limited. (I know, that would not be the case if everyone in the world uses open-source, but that is not the case, yet). Yes, there will still be opportunities to share good ideas in the form of utilities and stuff, but there certainly are limits to what you can share with other teams without infringing on NDA.
Hell, a few companies I know (in particular software contract-companies), have different access cards for different groups - preventing physical access. Sometimes it is imposed by client. But many times it's just the wisdom(!) of the PHBs who impose policies like, everything will be shared on a "need-to-know" basis!
I doubt if anyone takes these people seriously.
;-)
If anyone does, well, they're just not too bright to start with.
Open source does want to be taken seriously by managers.
How many "bright" managers do ya know?
I guess they mean don't expect to be paid, or rewarded for review :-)
In India, the handset and the carrier are pretty much detached. Lot of people by the handset they like separately and then simply buy the SIM card from the service provider. Allows them to change carrier/number etc pretty easily as there is no network locking or anything. Of course, we don't get the handset for free, tho.
Try this experiment: install OS X and connect to the Internet. Leave it connected for a week. Now install Windows and connect to the Internet. Leave it connected for 30 minutes. Which one will be hacked?
I don't know enough about OS security stuff and so am not commenting on your claims that OS X is more secure. But, just that your experiment does not _prove_ that OS X is more secure than windows. Your experiment does not beat the traditional M$ sympathizers' argument that OS-X (or Linux) is still not widely attacked, because it gives less bang for the effort.
In short, there's no magic to learning a language. It is a grotty, tedious, intense and rather lonely project involving memorization, dictionaries and lots of time.
Sorry your statement is true only if you're the only person around that has interest in that language. I am guessing you do not live in Japan. You are ignoring the other major community of language learners - foreigners - they have to learn the language of the place they are in. In that case, it is not all that you describe. Instead it will be a nice experience - as they can seek help from most people around them. It also helps them build social networks.
Open Source geeks challenged M$ to make windows the most secure OS.
US challenged China to be most democratic country
blah blah
Mod me down as troll, but what makes anyone think M$ cares about a challenge from a competitor?!
but seriously folks, maybe this will make companies think twice about relocating overseas?
Yeah, right! They have shut down wall street and all the investment firms etc moved to the west coast after 9/11. Have they?
Funny how people are upset with globalization when it is their job that is on the line. It was all fine as long as they simply get to sell their products the world over and win (with superior quality/price ratio - I'm not complaining about that). But when someone is able to sell services with the same USP - better value for money - you cry murder. You will be ignored just the same way - all the anti-globalization folks in small countries were ignored when they protested against opening up of markets to the world. Rightly so.
/. and probably I will be modded troll while you are modded insightful.
But I guess this is
many a time i wanted to throttle the fool on the other end of the phone in bangalore...
I guess you are not a member of open source community. In our community it is always the user who is the fool!
I would recommend you read what Joel has to say, since he say it so much better than I have time to do.
I generally respect Joel, but I think he makes too broad statements too easily. Sometimes a bad design needs to be thrown out.
Just to prove the point, he criticized the effort of rewriting Netscape - the mozilla project! If we didn't do it, we wouldn't have had Firefox today. I rest my case.