Of course there's a technical benefit -- more power means you can use the phone further from a tower. If you're in an area where coverage is scarce, wouldn't you trade a decrease in battery life for an increase in signal?
Coming up with a new language and teaching it to people is a fun exercise, but unless there's proper tools (IDE, build system, support libraries, binding generators, etc.) then forget it.
Professional programmers don't bother with toy languages unless they're just screwing around.
Wait, what? They're removing a watered-down YouTube app made by Apple, and now you'll have the option to install an official one instead (or just use the website.)
In so many of these cases, the only reason anyone finds out that a site or service was hacked was that the hackers were nice enough to brag about it in public or leave some kind of obvious trail.
It makes one wonder: how much black hat hacking goes undetected? A small company isn't likely to have security experts on staff, and even if they do there's no guarantee those experts will catch every break-in.
I say this as a free software developer: At some point, you just want software and don't care about the politics. Not everything has to be political -- just look at Chick-Fil-A as an example of how this way of thinking can backfire.
I play games for entertainment, not to make a political statement. Let's keep the two worlds separate.
Seems like this could be great for ad-hoc wifi. Hide enough tiny routers in power strips (or even light fixtures, etc) and you can spread your signal without anyone noticing.
1. After Google+, I could no longer delete my Buzz account. The link was still there, but it took me to the wrong page.
2. In the "Settings" page, the big "Edit Profile" link at the very top leads to a 404. Many help documents point you to this link.
Google's account management started going off the rails around the time they merged Apps accounts with their standard accounts, but it was the introduction of Plus when things really went to crap.
Based on the decline in quality, it seems like they must be deprecating non-Plus account services. I realize I could just "upgrade" to Plus, but I'm not terribly enthused by it and don't see any compelling reason to use it.
I'd say it's made a pretty big splash for those of us who haven't "upgraded" our accounts to use Google+. If you're not a Plus member, many links and settings in Google services no longer work or take you to 404 pages. And some of the help docs have been re-written in such a way that they only apply to Plus users.
Gnome 3 and Unity isn't the answer. It's the question, and judging on user reaction, the answer is "no".
To be fair, the main reasons for the backlash are the same:
Released too early with major bugs
Linux users are notoriously change-averse
No marketing effort aimed at showing how the new is better than the old
In fact, the response to KDE 4 was quite similar. The Linux desktop folks need to learn how to test properly and to take some marketing lessons from Apple. It's the least they could do.
How is your employer able to do that, exactly? Doesn't your browser give you a big "OMG DONT DO THIS" warning every time you try to connect due to the certificate error?
Dividing the cost of the construction by the number of employees doesn't give you the cost of the jobs. Or any meaningful information, for that matter.
1. Tell everyone you're leaving an environmental program 2. Issue press release saying you're not leaving 3. Use this chance to tell reporters that your products are more environmentally friendly than the competition
When some guy owns a warehouse that is selling stolen goods, you don't arrest the person who built the road.
If it's a toll road and the people running it aware of the criminal activity down the street, that would make them an accomplice. So yes, you absolutely arrest them.
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But according to Scientology, there's millions of Scientologists around the world who appreciate the works of L. Ron Hubbard!
To call Microsoft's app store "new tech" is extremely generous.
Of course there's a technical benefit -- more power means you can use the phone further from a tower. If you're in an area where coverage is scarce, wouldn't you trade a decrease in battery life for an increase in signal?
Coming up with a new language and teaching it to people is a fun exercise, but unless there's proper tools (IDE, build system, support libraries, binding generators, etc.) then forget it.
Professional programmers don't bother with toy languages unless they're just screwing around.
Wait, what? They're removing a watered-down YouTube app made by Apple, and now you'll have the option to install an official one instead (or just use the website.)
So no, it's the exact opposite of what you said.
Reading the article is hard, I know. But come on, at LEAST read to the end of the summary.
In so many of these cases, the only reason anyone finds out that a site or service was hacked was that the hackers were nice enough to brag about it in public or leave some kind of obvious trail.
It makes one wonder: how much black hat hacking goes undetected? A small company isn't likely to have security experts on staff, and even if they do there's no guarantee those experts will catch every break-in.
I say this as a free software developer: At some point, you just want software and don't care about the politics. Not everything has to be political -- just look at Chick-Fil-A as an example of how this way of thinking can backfire.
I play games for entertainment, not to make a political statement. Let's keep the two worlds separate.
There aren't too many Academy Award winning hackers out there!
It's also a catastrophe if your business model involves running a 3rd party app store. Good luck competing against Microsoft, Gabe.
Eventually, AI will outpace the output and quality of even the most creative person. What then?
Seems like this could be great for ad-hoc wifi. Hide enough tiny routers in power strips (or even light fixtures, etc) and you can spread your signal without anyone noticing.
Off the top of my head:
1. After Google+, I could no longer delete my Buzz account. The link was still there, but it took me to the wrong page.
2. In the "Settings" page, the big "Edit Profile" link at the very top leads to a 404. Many help documents point you to this link.
Google's account management started going off the rails around the time they merged Apps accounts with their standard accounts, but it was the introduction of Plus when things really went to crap.
Based on the decline in quality, it seems like they must be deprecating non-Plus account services. I realize I could just "upgrade" to Plus, but I'm not terribly enthused by it and don't see any compelling reason to use it.
I'd say it's made a pretty big splash for those of us who haven't "upgraded" our accounts to use Google+. If you're not a Plus member, many links and settings in Google services no longer work or take you to 404 pages. And some of the help docs have been re-written in such a way that they only apply to Plus users.
Blah, blah, blah. Throwing a bunch of buzzwords together doesn't make a coherent sentence, let alone anything resembling an argument.
If you're going to take the time to say something, at least take the extra second or two to add actual content.
This is relevant to the topic.... how, exactly?
I'd ask "How did you come to that conclusion after reading the article," but we both know you didn't read it.
This feature doesn't let websites run native code on your machine. Try it yourself and see.
To be fair, the main reasons for the backlash are the same:
In fact, the response to KDE 4 was quite similar. The Linux desktop folks need to learn how to test properly and to take some marketing lessons from Apple. It's the least they could do.
And yet, it doesn't seem to do all that much more than the old WYSIWYG office apps that ran on DOS and used 2 megabytes of RAM.
MS Office is like the Madden games -- every couple years we fork over money for an updated version, but football itself didn't change in the interim.
How is your employer able to do that, exactly? Doesn't your browser give you a big "OMG DONT DO THIS" warning every time you try to connect due to the certificate error?
Dividing the cost of the construction by the number of employees doesn't give you the cost of the jobs. Or any meaningful information, for that matter.
1. Tell everyone you're leaving an environmental program
2. Issue press release saying you're not leaving
3. Use this chance to tell reporters that your products are more environmentally friendly than the competition
I have to admit it's a clever strategy.
What makes you think that? Like many folks in Europe, Germans aren't big on GMO foods.
Sounds a bit like a certain once-dominant Linux desktop...
If it's a toll road and the people running it aware of the criminal activity down the street, that would make them an accomplice. So yes, you absolutely arrest them.