Why should he and his "supposed" group NOT work for Microsoft?
Halfway through that video he was almost apologetic for being at Microsoft. If he were at, say, Google, I think this demo would be greeted with much more enthusiasm. I imagine he also figures that instead of something everyone can use, his terrific work is probably going to only function fully on computers running Windows.
One especially annoying thing in those emails is that this self-proclaimed "just a developer" Jason Weber kept calling this guy's work a "hack," and not in a good way. And it doesn't appear that old Jason spends very much time at all doing any actual developing.
No. A Smart CIO will standardize on MS Office products because the average Joe and Jane knows their ways around Office Suite. Throw in something slightly different and people start freaking out because they look different.
Yup. That's why at my company we're still using paper and pencil. The average Jane and Joe here know their way around it. I tried to introduce computers, but people started freaking out because they looked different. I keep thinking maybe I should just hire slightly more competent people, but hey, if it ain't broke...
What's that? long-term thinking? Please. What are you, some kind of egg-headed "visionary"?
The phone has no sound feedback to tell you where your finger is in 2d space. I'm not exactly sure how you'd use that to tell you what number your finger is hovering over...
I didn't say that it did, but rather that it could. I'm sure it's non-trivial, but I've no doubt that sound feedback could be developed that would give you a very good sense of where your finger is. I don't know how sensitive to force the pad is, but if it can tell the difference between a light touch and a press then that's all you'd need.
watch a small portion of the community shut that vendor out. Then, target the next distro.
It more like rooting out the distos that are willing to sell out. I'd say it's a good service Microsoft is providing. And they can't get them all. Even if every single one is willing to sell out, all that does is create a cottage industry of new distros waiting their turn in line.
Now, I have to either put it on speakerphone (bad at work), or be ready to pull the phone away from my ear, hit the button, then get the phone back into position.
Or use an ear piece. Also, sound can be a surprisingly good replacement for tactile feedback. If it's giving you an indication of where you're touching you could easily learn to use it without looking at it. (I have no idea if they actually do this.)
If you're some sort of tragic square who needs to run Windows...Sometimes I wonder if it wouldn't be better to just round up these so-called "Mac users"
So would their squareness make it more difficult to round them up?
So what makes Windows suddenly relevant to us now?
It enabled me to finally convince my boss to dump his Windows box, for one thing. Without Parallels that would never have happened, because he thought he needed it. In reality there was not a single thing he does that required Windows, but this gave him the security blanket. And now he no longer switches to Windows at all.
You searched for keystroke loggers for other platforms, found some, and then concluded "nobody is immune." So clearly you thought that fact was important. When that silly notion was dispelled you're coming up with another one - that physical access makes it possible to eavesdrop.
Laws don't stop crime, they just provide a means of cleaning up after the fact.
So you're saying that if tomorrow it were no longer illegal to rob people that robberies would not increase? What if it were legal on odd days and illegal on even days? Don't you think more robberies would happen on the odd days?
Did they randomize which track was played first? If not they can throw out the whole thing. It's a well-established phenomenon than given a choice between two roughly equivalent items people will overwhelmingly choose the second one. That's how, for instance, Pepsi always did so well in the "Pepsi Challenge."
Sweet! So you think a $10 chip at the casino will cost maybe $6.50?
I know you're joking, but with offshore internet sports betting prices actually did decline. Before there was no way you'd ever lay less than 110 to 100, whereas with the competition you lay 104 in some places, and get all sorts of bonuses on top of it. Now with the recent legislation those deals have dried up, at least for US residents.
But of course gambling is bad for you, and the government is just looking to protect you. Unless they are the beneficiary. Then it's a good thing, that they actively promote.
I was a Teaching Assistant of 'Concurrent Algorithms'. There used to be 30 students for that class. For a given assignment there used to be 30 different solutions and many used to be wrong.
I think that would have been pretty much the case no matter the subject.
A hundred meters of fishing line weighs a coupe of grams at most, if it didn't snag that would be no problem for the cat.
I was thinking more of the friction than the weight, but I don't know the answer. And your point about motivating the cat to go all the way through, moving ahead into complete darkness.
Maybe they tied the string to the end of what they were trying to shove through in the first place, tossed the cat in there, then "chased" it with the wire. The cat then effectively routing the wire through the twists and turns. Still seems pretty darn unlikely.
If it is the case that God made the universe from nothing then He does deserve to be worshipped.
He might deserve it, but why would he care if you didn't? Do you really think it'll be "So, I see you treated people well and lived a good life. People loved you, and you loved too. Go ahead on....Hang on just a second. You didn't tell Me how wonderful I was? I'm sorry, but you can't go in. I'm going to have to set you on fire instead."
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Halfway through that video he was almost apologetic for being at Microsoft. If he were at, say, Google, I think this demo would be greeted with much more enthusiasm. I imagine he also figures that instead of something everyone can use, his terrific work is probably going to only function fully on computers running Windows.
One especially annoying thing in those emails is that this self-proclaimed "just a developer" Jason Weber kept calling this guy's work a "hack," and not in a good way. And it doesn't appear that old Jason spends very much time at all doing any actual developing.
And a better OS underneath it. And a better computer inside it. And a better screen on it. And a better browser in it. etc.
I don't think there were any missing.
Yup. That's why at my company we're still using paper and pencil. The average Jane and Joe here know their way around it. I tried to introduce computers, but people started freaking out because they looked different. I keep thinking maybe I should just hire slightly more competent people, but hey, if it ain't broke...
What's that? long-term thinking? Please. What are you, some kind of egg-headed "visionary"?
I didn't say that it did, but rather that it could. I'm sure it's non-trivial, but I've no doubt that sound feedback could be developed that would give you a very good sense of where your finger is. I don't know how sensitive to force the pad is, but if it can tell the difference between a light touch and a press then that's all you'd need.
It more like rooting out the distos that are willing to sell out. I'd say it's a good service Microsoft is providing. And they can't get them all. Even if every single one is willing to sell out, all that does is create a cottage industry of new distros waiting their turn in line.
Or use an ear piece. Also, sound can be a surprisingly good replacement for tactile feedback. If it's giving you an indication of where you're touching you could easily learn to use it without looking at it. (I have no idea if they actually do this.)
So would their squareness make it more difficult to round them up?
It enabled me to finally convince my boss to dump his Windows box, for one thing. Without Parallels that would never have happened, because he thought he needed it. In reality there was not a single thing he does that required Windows, but this gave him the security blanket. And now he no longer switches to Windows at all.
I hear he lifted that from Lincoln, but left off the "and seven years" part.
Well that's another big duh.
Well duh. Recording the keystrokes is not the hard part. It's getting it installed that's the challenge.
So you're saying that if tomorrow it were no longer illegal to rob people that robberies would not increase? What if it were legal on odd days and illegal on even days? Don't you think more robberies would happen on the odd days?
Did they randomize which track was played first? If not they can throw out the whole thing. It's a well-established phenomenon than given a choice between two roughly equivalent items people will overwhelmingly choose the second one. That's how, for instance, Pepsi always did so well in the "Pepsi Challenge."
Thats from the article.
No, That's on second.
I know you're joking, but with offshore internet sports betting prices actually did decline. Before there was no way you'd ever lay less than 110 to 100, whereas with the competition you lay 104 in some places, and get all sorts of bonuses on top of it. Now with the recent legislation those deals have dried up, at least for US residents.
But of course gambling is bad for you, and the government is just looking to protect you. Unless they are the beneficiary. Then it's a good thing, that they actively promote.
Or maybe the submitter could have cut down on the rambling and windy post.
I think that would have been pretty much the case no matter the subject.
I was thinking more of the friction than the weight, but I don't know the answer. And your point about motivating the cat to go all the way through, moving ahead into complete darkness.
Maybe they tied the string to the end of what they were trying to shove through in the first place, tossed the cat in there, then "chased" it with the wire. The cat then effectively routing the wire through the twists and turns. Still seems pretty darn unlikely.
I figured you'd changed from "Far from crappy" but left the from in there.
Could a cat really pull hundreds of meters of string?
I took that to mean you could hook up three sets without paying extra. Do you think it mean you need three boxes to use with a single TV set?
He might deserve it, but why would he care if you didn't? Do you really think it'll be "So, I see you treated people well and lived a good life. People loved you, and you loved too. Go ahead on....Hang on just a second. You didn't tell Me how wonderful I was? I'm sorry, but you can't go in. I'm going to have to set you on fire instead."
I think there was also something similar in Oh God.