or someone else buys it and boosts the price like crazy. Apple's loan is wiped out in the bankruptcy, and they have to pay, pay, pay. iWatch jumps to $999. People still buy it, use it for a week, then put it in their sock drawers.
It's not "pirating" - the preview is open for anyone to download directly from Microsoft's servers. Sheesh. There is only one key for the whole world - and people who need to do a re-install might not be able to find the scrap of paper they wrote it on.
That simply won't work. Aside from running old versions of SimCity, I don't really *need* Windows (and I can always run SimCity in an emulator or a virtual machine running my old copy of Win9x or WinXP).
It also won't pass muster with OEMs, who will have to explain to customers that while they're buying a computer, they have to pay a monthly fee for the OS. They'll just sell androidbooks instead.
It's too bad that they aren't allowed to say "Look, we'll continue the work. If we lose, we eat the money we've spent. If we don't, then pay us under the terms of the original contract." That would allow work to continue without adding costly delays, and save the money having to pay for those delays if SpaceX prevails.
My thoughts exactly, which is why I had added "Sierra Nevada's orbiter resembles a mini space shuttle. That alone (remember the problems with the tiles) should have been enough to disqualify them." It got dropped in the final version, but that's okay.
The necessary design compromises can't be overcome at this time, and you end up with a "space plane" that flies like a brick. If you really want wings, buy a box of Kotex.
Of course the preview is time-limited. So what? It's like crack - the first hit is free. Then, when the "product" (crack or the time-bombed preview" is withdrawn, the customer comes to YOU (there's a Soviet Microsoft joke there somewhere, but I leave that as an exercise for the readers:-)
You don't need to actually know the content of the packets - just the destination. "I've got NO additional software installed, most services turned off, and yet every x minutes my computer contacts aa.bb.cc.dd... anyone else notice this behavior?" would be enough to get people to start sleuthing.
The real reason that minorities get quicker action has nothing to do with political correctness.
When a problem affects a small portion of a majority, you run into the "somebody, everybody, anybody, nobody" situation. "Somebody should fix this. Anybody can fix this. Everybody knows it should be fixed. So it ends up being the job of Nobody." This eventually devolves into the attitude that "since this affects the majority, it's the government's job to fix it." I call this the "complacency of the majority."
When a minority group is affected, they *know* that if they don't stand up and speak out, nothing's going to change. The majority may not notice there's a problem, since it doesn't affect them, or they may be reasoning "If you can't be arsed to do something about this, and it directly affects you, why should I bother?"
That's why most social change in society originates with minorities - the majority sees no urgent reason to change things that work for them. Two examples: The driver didn't say to Rosa Parks "Madame, you look tired, why don't you just set down here in the front of the bus?" and it was only after AIDS became recognized as a problem for heterosexuals that the majority took note and put real resources into the fight. I'm sure you can think of more.
I know better than to go against the LGBTQOMGWTFBBQ crowd with a real name. They'll hunt you down, harass you, try and get you fired, try and get people to boycott your business, etc., etc. Which is incredibly ironic considering how "persecuted" they claim to be and how much they demand "tolerance." Ironic and sad.
Unfortunately there are bad actors in every group, and it's hard for many to "turn the other cheek" when they've been targeted at such a personal level.
Me, I choose instead to try to educate, except in the most egregious cases - such as the ones where the person was doing intentional harm for personal gain of one type or another. I don't post anonymously - the only difference between my user name and the one on my bank statement is that my bank statement has a space between the first, middle, and last names whereas here I don't use my middle name.
If you were logged in, you'd see my.sig says "this post brought to you by the letter ' t ' in LGBTt (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender, transsexual)". I have no need for, nor wish for, anonymity, either on the net or in real life. However, I understand that other transsexuals, as well as members of the LGBT (no small t at the end) community have their concerns, and those concerns are legitimate. Physical assault is a real possibility. As are all the other concerns that you mentioned - "They'll hunt you down, harass you, try and get you fired, try and get people to boycott your business, etc., etc. "
Sowing fear and hatred - on either side - is ignorance in action. Both are equally unjustifiable, and I can see, given your fears, that you don't want to become a target. But that doesn't mean I'm going to accept an opinion that transsexuality is crazy, or that there isn't hard scientific evidence to back it up in the last couple of decades.
I'd suggest that you meet with a few transsexuals to see that we're not nutbars - but you probably already have without even realizing it. We're pretty much everywhere nowadays.
If you're that worried, then don't use it. But you shouldn't be using it for day-to-day use anyway - this is a preview for business and developers, not end users.
The most successful were based on so-called "deformable parts models" that recognize human figures by looking for body parts rather than the entire form.
It's the same key - there's only one. This is handy for people who didn't bother to write it down, screw up the install, and need to re-install without going "where did I put the **** key!" It's not like Microsoft is worried that people are going to pirate something that's free. Quite the contrary - they want to get it into as many hands as possible, since the preview is also a marketing tool.
Any bets that MS will "forget" to turn this off in the RTM?
If it weren't turned off in the RTM version, people would figure it out within a few hours. It's not like everyone's going to accept Microsoft's statement at face value, so they'll be logging packets, etc. Microsoft knows this.
I don't know about you, but I don't think I could properly evaluate it if I had to avoid browsing to any website where I might need to enter a password, or unzip password-protected zip files, or, well, do anything that would involve me entering a password.
Why would you use a pre-alpha release of ANY os on your main computer? Or you can download the ISO, enter the key (it's all over the net), and set up an entirely fake user account. It's not like Microsoft has the same "real names" policy as facebook.
That could also explain why people over-eat when sitting in front of the couch. They're stuffing their face on autopilot. Ditto with sitting in front of their computer or packing on their cell phone - so we could say that facebook makes you fat (give people another reason to stop using it so much). So it's not the physical inactivity per se, but the behaviors associated with it.
I think fight or flight is more complex, because in dangerous situations you often don't the time to think - you're already reacting by the time it dawns on your conscious mind what's going on.
As for f***ing, the lack of time because of people on facebook, netflix, etc. means that all relationships are becoming "high maintenance." People are getting a lot less sleep, there's too much to do in a day (the workload continues to go up and there's an increasing tendency, aided by technology, for the workplace to intrude in the home), and too many other extraneous sources of distraction.
After all, sex, when done properly, is hot, sweaty, dirty work. Who's got the time?
That is somewhat clunky lifestyle, which in turn is the reason why so many want to be in Facebook despite the datamining concerns.
Is it? A few 5-minute phone calls, a few text messages, a few emails as opposed to people watching a deluge of irrelevant posts for an hour or more a day and not being able to remember 99% of them? Interrupting meals (as *real* time to socialize) to check facebook, to post, etc. because they might "miss something."
"The fat woman was actually an actress wearing a fat suit." It must have been too difficult to find an obese person in Illinois.
No, this was to reduce the number of variables in the experiment. Same woman, same hair color, same face, same eye color, etc, but different apparent body build.
Even if "everyone knows" or "it's common knowledge", we still have to dot every "i" and cross every "t". After all, "everyone knew" that heavier objects fell faster than lighter objects. And that "bleeding someone" was good for them. And that "trains going faster than a horse could run would suck the oxygen out of their passenger's lungs." And "We can see canals, water canals, and plants growing on Mars with our telescopes."
Portion control is a huge problem. In the original submission, I had added "BTW, who says pasta is unhealthy? We're omnivores, not rabbits." Pasta is a more energy-dense source of calories - but people have been conditioned to eat until they're "full", not until they're "not hungry any more." Which is why I wrote "a waste is a terrible thing to mind." There are so many opportunities to sabotage yourself, more so when there are others around doing the same. We're social animals, and we tend not to think with our heads all that much before doing something (just look at divorce stats if you doubt it:-)
Well, while they're in there, they could always implant some cameras inside to check on the health of the fetus - you know, a "womb with a view":-)
Though knowing people, other women would want the same, so that they can constantly update their facebook status with the latest pics of their unborn child. Or worse, a live stream. And then the cops will get involved, because in their efforts to expand their budgets, that too falls under the definition of producing and distributing child pornography. And then kids running around in bathing suits. And then school uniforms "because some people have a school uniform fetish." And eventually kids will have to go around with burkas "just in case", because even terr'ists get treated better than pornographers.
Too bad that geneticist disagree with you. That's one reason why the latest revision of the APA's DSM doesn't consider transsexuality as a mental disorder any more. And remember those 2D:4D digit ratio studies, the ones that indicated that something hormonal happened before birth that can influence both gender and sexual orientation? Well, scientists have been able to replicate the influence of sex hormones by manipulating sex hormone levels in utero
Cohn and Zheng, also members of the UF Genetics Institute, found that the developing digits of male and female mouse embryos are packed with receptors for sex hormones. By following the prenatal development of the limb buds of mice, which have a digit length ratio similar to humans, the scientists controlled the gene signaling effects of androgen — also known as testosterone — and estrogen.
Essentially, more androgen equated to a proportionally longer fourth digit. More estrogen resulted in a feminized appearance. The study uncovered how these hormonal signals govern the rate at which skeletal precursor cells divide, and showed that different finger bones have different levels of sensitivity to androgen and estrogen.
We know that the 2D:4D digit ratio shows a correlation to both sexual orientation and gender identity. So, now the influence (or lack thereof) has been tied to what happens before you're born. My 2D:4D digit ratio is female. Thank you for playing.
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or someone else buys it and boosts the price like crazy. Apple's loan is wiped out in the bankruptcy, and they have to pay, pay, pay. iWatch jumps to $999. People still buy it, use it for a week, then put it in their sock drawers.
Nobody would buy such a computer. They already tried to float that boat, and it sank.
It's not "pirating" - the preview is open for anyone to download directly from Microsoft's servers. Sheesh. There is only one key for the whole world - and people who need to do a re-install might not be able to find the scrap of paper they wrote it on.
That simply won't work. Aside from running old versions of SimCity, I don't really *need* Windows (and I can always run SimCity in an emulator or a virtual machine running my old copy of Win9x or WinXP).
It also won't pass muster with OEMs, who will have to explain to customers that while they're buying a computer, they have to pay a monthly fee for the OS. They'll just sell androidbooks instead.
It's too bad that they aren't allowed to say "Look, we'll continue the work. If we lose, we eat the money we've spent. If we don't, then pay us under the terms of the original contract." That would allow work to continue without adding costly delays, and save the money having to pay for those delays if SpaceX prevails.
My thoughts exactly, which is why I had added "Sierra Nevada's orbiter resembles a mini space shuttle. That alone (remember the problems with the tiles) should have been enough to disqualify them." It got dropped in the final version, but that's okay.
The necessary design compromises can't be overcome at this time, and you end up with a "space plane" that flies like a brick. If you really want wings, buy a box of Kotex.
Of course the preview is time-limited. So what? It's like crack - the first hit is free. Then, when the "product" (crack or the time-bombed preview" is withdrawn, the customer comes to YOU (there's a Soviet Microsoft joke there somewhere, but I leave that as an exercise for the readers :-)
You don't need to actually know the content of the packets - just the destination. "I've got NO additional software installed, most services turned off, and yet every x minutes my computer contacts aa.bb.cc.dd ... anyone else notice this behavior?" would be enough to get people to start sleuthing.
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You have clearly discriminated against the Spelling Nazis by not mis-spelling "grammar". No wonder you posted anonymously :-)
When a problem affects a small portion of a majority, you run into the "somebody, everybody, anybody, nobody" situation. "Somebody should fix this. Anybody can fix this. Everybody knows it should be fixed. So it ends up being the job of Nobody." This eventually devolves into the attitude that "since this affects the majority, it's the government's job to fix it." I call this the "complacency of the majority."
When a minority group is affected, they *know* that if they don't stand up and speak out, nothing's going to change. The majority may not notice there's a problem, since it doesn't affect them, or they may be reasoning "If you can't be arsed to do something about this, and it directly affects you, why should I bother?"
That's why most social change in society originates with minorities - the majority sees no urgent reason to change things that work for them. Two examples: The driver didn't say to Rosa Parks "Madame, you look tired, why don't you just set down here in the front of the bus?" and it was only after AIDS became recognized as a problem for heterosexuals that the majority took note and put real resources into the fight. I'm sure you can think of more.
I know better than to go against the LGBTQOMGWTFBBQ crowd with a real name. They'll hunt you down, harass you, try and get you fired, try and get people to boycott your business, etc., etc. Which is incredibly ironic considering how "persecuted" they claim to be and how much they demand "tolerance." Ironic and sad.
Unfortunately there are bad actors in every group, and it's hard for many to "turn the other cheek" when they've been targeted at such a personal level.
Me, I choose instead to try to educate, except in the most egregious cases - such as the ones where the person was doing intentional harm for personal gain of one type or another. I don't post anonymously - the only difference between my user name and the one on my bank statement is that my bank statement has a space between the first, middle, and last names whereas here I don't use my middle name.
If you were logged in, you'd see my .sig says "this post brought to you by the letter ' t ' in LGBTt (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender, transsexual)". I have no need for, nor wish for, anonymity, either on the net or in real life. However, I understand that other transsexuals, as well as members of the LGBT (no small t at the end) community have their concerns, and those concerns are legitimate. Physical assault is a real possibility. As are all the other concerns that you mentioned - "They'll hunt you down, harass you, try and get you fired, try and get people to boycott your business, etc., etc. "
Sowing fear and hatred - on either side - is ignorance in action. Both are equally unjustifiable, and I can see, given your fears, that you don't want to become a target. But that doesn't mean I'm going to accept an opinion that transsexuality is crazy, or that there isn't hard scientific evidence to back it up in the last couple of decades.
I'd suggest that you meet with a few transsexuals to see that we're not nutbars - but you probably already have without even realizing it. We're pretty much everywhere nowadays.
Have you even looked? "What information does Windows 8 collect" or "What information does Windows 8 send to Microsoft" both work.
If you're that worried, then don't use it. But you shouldn't be using it for day-to-day use anyway - this is a preview for business and developers, not end users.
The most successful were based on so-called "deformable parts models" that recognize human figures by looking for body parts rather than the entire form.
Cue CSI and all those other shows ... and give me a minute to whip up a visual basic interface for it so we can track down the killer :-)
It's the same key - there's only one. This is handy for people who didn't bother to write it down, screw up the install, and need to re-install without going "where did I put the **** key!" It's not like Microsoft is worried that people are going to pirate something that's free. Quite the contrary - they want to get it into as many hands as possible, since the preview is also a marketing tool.
I didn't think Putin was interested in running in the Ukraine, just running it.
Any bets that MS will "forget" to turn this off in the RTM?
If it weren't turned off in the RTM version, people would figure it out within a few hours. It's not like everyone's going to accept Microsoft's statement at face value, so they'll be logging packets, etc. Microsoft knows this.
I don't know about you, but I don't think I could properly evaluate it if I had to avoid browsing to any website where I might need to enter a password, or unzip password-protected zip files, or, well, do anything that would involve me entering a password.
Why would you use a pre-alpha release of ANY os on your main computer? Or you can download the ISO, enter the key (it's all over the net), and set up an entirely fake user account. It's not like Microsoft has the same "real names" policy as facebook.
That could also explain why people over-eat when sitting in front of the couch. They're stuffing their face on autopilot. Ditto with sitting in front of their computer or packing on their cell phone - so we could say that facebook makes you fat (give people another reason to stop using it so much). So it's not the physical inactivity per se, but the behaviors associated with it.
I think fight or flight is more complex, because in dangerous situations you often don't the time to think - you're already reacting by the time it dawns on your conscious mind what's going on.
As for f***ing, the lack of time because of people on facebook, netflix, etc. means that all relationships are becoming "high maintenance." People are getting a lot less sleep, there's too much to do in a day (the workload continues to go up and there's an increasing tendency, aided by technology, for the workplace to intrude in the home), and too many other extraneous sources of distraction.
After all, sex, when done properly, is hot, sweaty, dirty work. Who's got the time?
Intelligent octopus? Scientists are testing the brain-power of the mysterious and mythic octopus.
That is somewhat clunky lifestyle, which in turn is the reason why so many want to be in Facebook despite the datamining concerns.
Is it? A few 5-minute phone calls, a few text messages, a few emails as opposed to people watching a deluge of irrelevant posts for an hour or more a day and not being able to remember 99% of them? Interrupting meals (as *real* time to socialize) to check facebook, to post, etc. because they might "miss something."
"The fat woman was actually an actress wearing a fat suit." It must have been too difficult to find an obese person in Illinois.
No, this was to reduce the number of variables in the experiment. Same woman, same hair color, same face, same eye color, etc, but different apparent body build.
Even if "everyone knows" or "it's common knowledge", we still have to dot every "i" and cross every "t". After all, "everyone knew" that heavier objects fell faster than lighter objects. And that "bleeding someone" was good for them. And that "trains going faster than a horse could run would suck the oxygen out of their passenger's lungs." And "We can see canals, water canals, and plants growing on Mars with our telescopes."
Portion control is a huge problem. In the original submission, I had added "BTW, who says pasta is unhealthy? We're omnivores, not rabbits." Pasta is a more energy-dense source of calories - but people have been conditioned to eat until they're "full", not until they're "not hungry any more." Which is why I wrote "a waste is a terrible thing to mind." There are so many opportunities to sabotage yourself, more so when there are others around doing the same. We're social animals, and we tend not to think with our heads all that much before doing something (just look at divorce stats if you doubt it :-)
Though knowing people, other women would want the same, so that they can constantly update their facebook status with the latest pics of their unborn child. Or worse, a live stream. And then the cops will get involved, because in their efforts to expand their budgets, that too falls under the definition of producing and distributing child pornography. And then kids running around in bathing suits. And then school uniforms "because some people have a school uniform fetish." And eventually kids will have to go around with burkas "just in case", because even terr'ists get treated better than pornographers.
Cohn and Zheng, also members of the UF Genetics Institute, found that the developing digits of male and female mouse embryos are packed with receptors for sex hormones. By following the prenatal development of the limb buds of mice, which have a digit length ratio similar to humans, the scientists controlled the gene signaling effects of androgen — also known as testosterone — and estrogen.
Essentially, more androgen equated to a proportionally longer fourth digit. More estrogen resulted in a feminized appearance. The study uncovered how these hormonal signals govern the rate at which skeletal precursor cells divide, and showed that different finger bones have different levels of sensitivity to androgen and estrogen.
We know that the 2D:4D digit ratio shows a correlation to both sexual orientation and gender identity. So, now the influence (or lack thereof) has been tied to what happens before you're born. My 2D:4D digit ratio is female. Thank you for playing.