Agreed: They are "leaking" those cables because they can. It gives the impression of a spoiled child... If they would publish the same informations with the russians ot the chinese, i would give them kudos.
IMHO Wikileak is taking the easy way. Taking secrets of the US is like shooting fish in a barrel. You get their secrets easier than with other countries and you run lower risks: you don't have to check your tea for Polonium every day.
The problem is, that you don't understand your own question.
E.g. Thin Client vs. Desktop vs. Notebook is not a universal truth. Nearly everything on the IT market exists for a reason. If you are mostly working on large images, thin clients would usually not be the very first choice. A desktop PC may not be well fitting for your much traveling CEO. Laptops in call centers have a tendency to disappear.
I can counter every question you ask with a dozend questions you have to answer first.
You are asking "Do i need a Porsche or a Scania flatnose truck?" What answer would you give on such a question (beyond ROTFL)?
Any answer you get at such a question now is an ideological answer or based on incomplete data.
People answering are replacing (in their own minds) your unknown needs with their well-known needs and answer accordingly. If you happen to take an answer from someone who has a similar usage-profile as you do, you get lucky. If not, your f*cked.
A few days ago, i received my new residential phonebook. When i looked for the old one, i found it still shrink-wrapped. Same happend with it's predecessor and the one before it.
Since i get them delivered to my home door, i don't care much. But i wouldn't waste any effort to get a new phonebook.
At least they are consistent: first they killed OpenSolaris, then they managed to split the OpenOffice community and now they will marginalize Java. I am sure they have something in store for MySQL too...
I have been a Sun Partner for nearly 20 years. Those Oracle types managed to break the relationship it without breaking any sweat within less than 12 months.
I don't think it's FOSS that is the problem with Oracle. My guess is more about the sales type. There are hunter and farmers. Oracle is 100% hunter. FOSS guys tend to be farmer
Hmmm.... how about buying large quantities? A "DDR2 1Gb 128Mx8 800MHz" chip costs less than 2 US$ on the spot market. So you can get 2GB for below 4 bucks as manudacturer (Source: http://www.dramexchange.com/).
Every day it's proven in Germany that high speed on a properly laid put highway is not an invitation to a high rate of accidents.
I am a german and have been driving in the U.S. and Germany. If i would be given a choice, i would prefer to drive in the U.S. Here in germany, driving is a martial art with daily katas on the street. We have no right to bear arms, but cars make a good substitute. If you have ever seen a car accident with more than 150 mph relative speed, you can fully apreciate this statement (e.g. frontal hit between a minivan and a bus, engine of the van traveling completely through the bus, exiting at its rear).
A further similarity between right to bear arms and the right to speed is, that both claim a bloody price tag. Maladjusted speed (which may not exceed the legaly allowed one) is a major cause of accidents here.
I always apreciated the much lower speed limits in the U.S. I felt safer on worse roads than i did here on better ones...
Because humans are humans. Possible chain of events: "Hmmm. I want to surf in the internet but have no PC. But wait, there is our maintenance PC. If i install iTunes on it and connect it to my iPhone, i may surf during work. Hurray! I can even download the hot pics of my favorite celebrity to which i received a link from these chinese guy."
Studies have shown a clear coincidence between health problems and the setup of mobile network towers. No coincidence has been shown yet between the beginning of operation of that tower and health problems. Already the presence of that tower caused health problems. What we see is the evil brother of the placebo-effect: the nocebo-effect. Once people start expecting a negative health impact, the probability for such goes through the roof. It's a self fullfilling prophecy. By claiming a negative health effect of technology X, one can be measured.
Unluckily being just a nocebo-effect doesn't mean it's no real harm. People have been known to intentionally overdose a placebo (not knowing it was just a placebo, during a controlled medication study) in an effort to commit suicide and came pretty close to actually dying.
Trying to discuss those issues with concerned parents is a waste of time. For them it is still a "risk to be eliminated". You can really strain relations with them by trying to explain that "driving them to school in a car" is a much bigger risk.
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Agreed: They are "leaking" those cables because they can. It gives the impression of a spoiled child... If they would publish the same informations with the russians ot the chinese, i would give them kudos.
They are releasing those cables because they can. Not because of some hidden secret in them, not to foil some plot, not to demask evil....
IMHO Wikileak is taking the easy way. Taking secrets of the US is like shooting fish in a barrel. You get their secrets easier than with other countries and you run lower risks: you don't have to check your tea for Polonium every day.
The only answer i can give you is: 42!
The problem is, that you don't understand your own question.
E.g. Thin Client vs. Desktop vs. Notebook is not a universal truth. Nearly everything on the IT market exists for a reason. If you are mostly working on large images, thin clients would usually not be the very first choice. A desktop PC may not be well fitting for your much traveling CEO. Laptops in call centers have a tendency to disappear.
I can counter every question you ask with a dozend questions you have to answer first.
You are asking "Do i need a Porsche or a Scania flatnose truck?" What answer would you give on such a question (beyond ROTFL)?
Any answer you get at such a question now is an ideological answer or based on incomplete data.
People answering are replacing (in their own minds) your unknown needs with their well-known needs and answer accordingly. If you happen to take an answer from someone who has a similar usage-profile as you do, you get lucky. If not, your f*cked.
CU, Martin
A few days ago, i received my new residential phonebook. When i looked for the old one, i found it still shrink-wrapped. Same happend with it's predecessor and the one before it.
Since i get them delivered to my home door, i don't care much. But i wouldn't waste any effort to get a new phonebook.
I consider it a quite large but ilegible font.... or is it just my eyes?
I love stories who run like this: "Not-released-software A is faster than Not-released-software B". Great news! Carry on!
I wish i had known that when i was young.... Would have invented the mobile phone (to do texting) and facebook (to use it) in order to get more sex.
I know.... But my guess is that they need more measures to kill it.
At least they are consistent: first they killed OpenSolaris, then they managed to split the OpenOffice community and now they will marginalize Java. I am sure they have something in store for MySQL too...
CU, Martin
Honestly: if Oracle is after him, the guy must be inocent.
That they view the FOSS model as something to be discarded rather than used as a tool to enable more sales?
That is the very definition of the "hunter model". All that counts is the current deal. The next deal is not a matter of interest right now.
CU, Martin
I have been a Sun Partner for nearly 20 years. Those Oracle types managed to break the relationship it without breaking any sweat within less than 12 months.
I don't think it's FOSS that is the problem with Oracle. My guess is more about the sales type. There are hunter and farmers. Oracle is 100% hunter. FOSS guys tend to be farmer
CU, Martin
The good thing about this deal? No OSS community to be driven off....
the Audi A2 modified by DBM Energy was able to achieve its 375 miles range at an average speed of 55 mph.
If you see an Audi A2 on a german highway at 55 mph, it will be a towed one :-).
In germany, driving is a martial art.
CU, Martin (German, car free)
Sure? I heard people bragging about:
- long legs of their girlfriend
- spending money for d*ck enhancements
- less bugs of their js environment
I really don't see the point in a posting like this. Its all
My _______ (1) is _______ (2) than yours
with typical choices for (1):
- car
- wife / husband / significant other
- d*ck
- browser
- javascript
- OS
and choices for (2) like:
- faster
- harder
- more expensive
- longer
- more open
- prettier
Now that we have covered all these discussions, can we move on please?
CU, Martin
Correct... stupid, careless me.
Ouch, yes.... me not looking closely enough.
Hmmm.... how about buying large quantities? A "DDR2 1Gb 128Mx8 800MHz" chip costs less than 2 US$ on the spot market. So you can get 2GB for below 4 bucks as manudacturer (Source: http://www.dramexchange.com/).
CU, Martin
Every day it's proven in Germany that high speed on a properly laid put highway is not an invitation to a high rate of accidents.
I am a german and have been driving in the U.S. and Germany. If i would be given a choice, i would prefer to drive in the U.S. Here in germany, driving is a martial art with daily katas on the street. We have no right to bear arms, but cars make a good substitute. If you have ever seen a car accident with more than 150 mph relative speed, you can fully apreciate this statement (e.g. frontal hit between a minivan and a bus, engine of the van traveling completely through the bus, exiting at its rear).
A further similarity between right to bear arms and the right to speed is, that both claim a bloody price tag. Maladjusted speed (which may not exceed the legaly allowed one) is a major cause of accidents here.
I always apreciated the much lower speed limits in the U.S. I felt safer on worse roads than i did here on better ones...
CU, Martin
If anyone asks for me, i am in my room with some candles, a Larry Ellison doll and tons of needles.....
Because humans are humans. Possible chain of events: "Hmmm. I want to surf in the internet but have no PC. But wait, there is our maintenance PC. If i install iTunes on it and connect it to my iPhone, i may surf during work. Hurray! I can even download the hot pics of my favorite celebrity to which i received a link from these chinese guy."
Nothing mysterious so far:
Studies have shown a clear coincidence between health problems and the setup of mobile network towers. No coincidence has been shown yet between the beginning of operation of that tower and health problems. Already the presence of that tower caused health problems. What we see is the evil brother of the placebo-effect: the nocebo-effect. Once people start expecting a negative health impact, the probability for such goes through the roof. It's a self fullfilling prophecy. By claiming a negative health effect of technology X, one can be measured.
Unluckily being just a nocebo-effect doesn't mean it's no real harm. People have been known to intentionally overdose a placebo (not knowing it was just a placebo, during a controlled medication study) in an effort to commit suicide and came pretty close to actually dying.
Trying to discuss those issues with concerned parents is a waste of time. For them it is still a "risk to be eliminated". You can really strain relations with them by trying to explain that "driving them to school in a car" is a much bigger risk.
CU, Martin
Don't want zombies in my lung ....