I like this... Especially your second suggestion. But is there a way to do it that's legal, but only without net neutrality?
Not to worry- I think the mega-corps are working on it. That way they can flip a switch and make anyone they don't like an instant pariah. It'll take implanting locator chips into every living human being, but I'm sure they're working on that too.
Yes, I'm sure this tepid statement will convince the international mega-conglomerates to cancel their plans for world domination in order to avoid hurting the feelings of these tech companies.
Better yet, have the speeds vary widely over time...
7:02pm, 5Mb download speed 7:04pm, 0.2Mb download speed 7:45pm, 8Mb download speed 7:47pm, 0.003Mb download speed...and so on. Drive his corrupt ass crazy, and make sure you fuck with his phone.
And better than that would be to make him a walking dead zone, so that the minute he walks into a Starbucks, everybody's speed drops to a crawl. He leaves, the speed goes back up.
Make him like Typhoid Mary for bandwidth- a mobile dead zone that no one wants to be near.
"How do Slashdot readers feel about project management for software teams?"
Project management for software teams is JUST like everything else- there's good and there's bad.
I've seen good PMs keep a team focused, keep friction down, and step in to resolve all sorts of problems that cropped up. These PMs were invaluable and their effect on the software teams was positive, sometimes overwhelmingly positive.
On the other hand, I've seen shitty PMs wreck software teams that were previously functioning well,. I've seen them increase strife and uncertainty, or generally just fuck shit up (for want of a better term). Their effect on teams were miserable and destructive in the extreme.
I mean, hello? It's this way in every field. There are good bakers and bad bakers, skilled dentists and incompetent dentists, honest police officers and tyrant police officers, great mechanics and shitty mechanics...it's this way in every field or practice or endeavor known to man. Why should program management be any different?
"Congratulations! You now have a "pre-existing condition", so please enjoy the massive increase in your health insurance premiums!" - literally every insurance company in America
I find it hilarious that this got modded as "Flamebait", as if insurance companies don't list high blood pressure as a pre-existing condition (and don't increase your premiums for it). They sure as shit do. Ask me how I know.
If you read the summary, you can just hold out your phone with the translate app open and it does work.
This is something I've wondered about- does it work both ways? My MIL speaks Chinese, Vietnamese, and Khmer (Cambodian)...could she speak Vietnamese into the phone so it could go back and forth? Would we need two phones, mine set to take input in English and output Vietnamese, and hers set to take input in Vietnamese and output English?
I can speak English into an ipad and have it read the Vietnamese translation out loud to her, but going back and forth never really seemed to work correctly.
I like both my in-laws, and my wife gets along with my mom
That's a truly wonderful thing, and yeah, unfortunately it does seem to be the exception to the rule.
My FIL was a hell of a nice guy, sadly he passed away a few years ago.My mother didn't live long enough to meet my (now) wife, but I've no doubt they would have doted on each other.
"Congratulations! You now have a "pre-existing condition", so please enjoy the massive increase in your health insurance premiums!" - literally every insurance company in America
I was really, really looking forward to being able to use these to converse with my mother-in-law.... You are lucky... most of us want exactly the opposite!
Heh, I know, and I was expecting a comment or two along these lines.:)
I guess I'm lucky...my MIL is really nice and isn't a troublemaker like a lot of them are.
My first wife's mom, however, was a total nightmare, just a horrible person in nearly every way, so maybe I was due for a good one after that.
As per the title, this is a big let down for me...I was really, really looking forward to being able to use these to converse with my mother-in-law and some of my extended family. High hopes dashed.
I should have known better, but with Google the hype is usually kept to a dull roar and at the product (when it finally appears) is more-or-less as claimed. Still, I can hope they get better as time goes by.
I fixed this issue by getting a brand new Galaxy S5 instead. It was about 1/5th the cost of an iPhone, and I can download an app to add some static and crackling noises on demand.
This whole "let some random guy into your home" thing is just a terrible idea.
If Amazon would let people put a sturdy locker on their property that could (theoretically) only be opened by a driver making deliveries, I'd be much more inclined to go with something like that as a solution. Fasten it securely to something and the worst that could happen is the locker itself is stolen.
But letting some rando into my home to drop shit off is NEVER EVER going to happen, period. NE-VER.
Regardless of what sort of asshole I resemble on here (grin), I'm actually a highly-empathic vegan with Buddhist leanings who loves all animals...
But are you really?
Many say that we are what we outwardly resemble, that we are as we present ourselves to others, and our outward manifestation is quite often a hazy reflection of our inner being. So maybe others do not see you as a highly-empathic vegan with Buddhist leanings. Many shades of "being" muddy the waters, and how we think see ourselves is often a very, very distorted representation of who we really are.
I have given up any search for "meaning", as the concept itself is so malleable as to be without understand in any credible way. Plus, it lets me sleep in.:)
if you're STILL playing Starcraft II then you should be happy with the renewed adrenaline shot it just got as it was slowly decaying.
That would be great if it happens. I suspect that a lot of the current users still won't be happy with this outcome. (I don't play Starcraft, so I don't have any stake in this either way.)
What if you supported Blizzard by paying for both "Wings of Liberty" and "Heart of the Swarm"? You get nothing?
That's how I read it. You'd think they'd give actual customers something to make up for it, but it was probably too lofty a concept for them to consider.
It may be on life support but personal responsibility is not yet dead, Jim.
So....even if you're innocent and it was wholly their mistake, it's still your fault? Wow.
The next time a drunk driver plows into your car and injures you, just remember- it was your fault because you must have made a long series of mistakes that led up to that point.
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I like this... Especially your second suggestion. But is there a way to do it that's legal, but only without net neutrality?
Not to worry- I think the mega-corps are working on it. That way they can flip a switch and make anyone they don't like an instant pariah. It'll take implanting locator chips into every living human being, but I'm sure they're working on that too.
"We Are Disappointed"
Yes, I'm sure this tepid statement will convince the international mega-conglomerates to cancel their plans for world domination in order to avoid hurting the feelings of these tech companies.
A disability he can immediately cure by stepping down.
A disability someone else can immediately cure by beating his fucking brains out. I don't usually endorse violence, but in this case I might allow it.
Better yet, have the speeds vary widely over time...
7:02pm, 5Mb download speed ...and so on. Drive his corrupt ass crazy, and make sure you fuck with his phone.
7:04pm, 0.2Mb download speed
7:45pm, 8Mb download speed
7:47pm, 0.003Mb download speed
And better than that would be to make him a walking dead zone, so that the minute he walks into a Starbucks, everybody's speed drops to a crawl. He leaves, the speed goes back up.
Make him like Typhoid Mary for bandwidth- a mobile dead zone that no one wants to be near.
786 down, only 3357629438144072 to go.
"How do Slashdot readers feel about project management for software teams?"
Project management for software teams is JUST like everything else- there's good and there's bad.
I've seen good PMs keep a team focused, keep friction down, and step in to resolve all sorts of problems that cropped up. These PMs were invaluable and their effect on the software teams was positive, sometimes overwhelmingly positive.
On the other hand, I've seen shitty PMs wreck software teams that were previously functioning well,. I've seen them increase strife and uncertainty, or generally just fuck shit up (for want of a better term). Their effect on teams were miserable and destructive in the extreme.
I mean, hello? It's this way in every field. There are good bakers and bad bakers, skilled dentists and incompetent dentists, honest police officers and tyrant police officers, great mechanics and shitty mechanics...it's this way in every field or practice or endeavor known to man. Why should program management be any different?
"Congratulations! You now have a "pre-existing condition", so please enjoy the massive increase in your health insurance premiums!" - literally every insurance company in America
I find it hilarious that this got modded as "Flamebait", as if insurance companies don't list high blood pressure as a pre-existing condition (and don't increase your premiums for it). They sure as shit do. Ask me how I know.
If you read the summary, you can just hold out your phone with the translate app open and it does work.
This is something I've wondered about- does it work both ways? My MIL speaks Chinese, Vietnamese, and Khmer (Cambodian)...could she speak Vietnamese into the phone so it could go back and forth? Would we need two phones, mine set to take input in English and output Vietnamese, and hers set to take input in Vietnamese and output English?
I can speak English into an ipad and have it read the Vietnamese translation out loud to her, but going back and forth never really seemed to work correctly.
I like both my in-laws, and my wife gets along with my mom
That's a truly wonderful thing, and yeah, unfortunately it does seem to be the exception to the rule.
My FIL was a hell of a nice guy, sadly he passed away a few years ago.My mother didn't live long enough to meet my (now) wife, but I've no doubt they would have doted on each other.
"Congratulations! You now have a "pre-existing condition", so please enjoy the massive increase in your health insurance premiums!" - literally every insurance company in America
I was really, really looking forward to being able to use these to converse with my mother-in-law.... ... most of us want exactly the opposite!
You are lucky
Heh, I know, and I was expecting a comment or two along these lines. :)
I guess I'm lucky...my MIL is really nice and isn't a troublemaker like a lot of them are.
My first wife's mom, however, was a total nightmare, just a horrible person in nearly every way, so maybe I was due for a good one after that.
As per the title, this is a big let down for me...I was really, really looking forward to being able to use these to converse with my mother-in-law and some of my extended family. High hopes dashed.
I should have known better, but with Google the hype is usually kept to a dull roar and at the product (when it finally appears) is more-or-less as claimed. Still, I can hope they get better as time goes by.
I fixed this issue by getting a brand new Galaxy S5 instead. It was about 1/5th the cost of an iPhone, and I can download an app to add some static and crackling noises on demand.
To me the astonishing thing is that there are 20 million of these devices in service.
Even if there were only a million, that's still a shitload no matter how you slice it.
I can't imagine having one in my home, but that's just me.
This whole "let some random guy into your home" thing is just a terrible idea.
If Amazon would let people put a sturdy locker on their property that could (theoretically) only be opened by a driver making deliveries, I'd be much more inclined to go with something like that as a solution. Fasten it securely to something and the worst that could happen is the locker itself is stolen.
But letting some rando into my home to drop shit off is NEVER EVER going to happen, period. NE-VER.
As much as I detest Twitter, I fail to see how this kind of thing is really Twitter's fault or responsibility.
"Ads May Soon Stalk You on TV Like They Do on Your Facebook Feed"
Ad executives may find I'll be stalking them, just like in that movie "The Purge".
Regardless of what sort of asshole I resemble on here (grin), I'm actually a highly-empathic vegan with Buddhist leanings who loves all animals...
But are you really?
Many say that we are what we outwardly resemble, that we are as we present ourselves to others, and our outward manifestation is quite often a hazy reflection of our inner being. So maybe others do not see you as a highly-empathic vegan with Buddhist leanings. Many shades of "being" muddy the waters, and how we think see ourselves is often a very, very distorted representation of who we really are.
I have given up any search for "meaning", as the concept itself is so malleable as to be without understand in any credible way. Plus, it lets me sleep in. :)
I don't play Starcraft, so I don't have any stake in this either way.
if you're STILL playing Starcraft II then you should be happy with the renewed adrenaline shot it just got as it was slowly decaying.
That would be great if it happens. I suspect that a lot of the current users still won't be happy with this outcome. (I don't play Starcraft, so I don't have any stake in this either way.)
Their actual customers get to see a fresh influx of new players, keeping the ecosystem healthy for a at least a few more years?
That would be great if it happens. I suspect that a lot of the current users still won't be happy with this outcome
"...so long as they bother to support the authentication and matchmaking servers, anyway"
Exactly. At some point they'll make a business decision to stop supporting the game and *poof*, it's gone.
Unless the unimaginable happens and they allow other people to set up servers for game play...possible but not probable.
What if you supported Blizzard by paying for both "Wings of Liberty" and "Heart of the Swarm"? You get nothing?
That's how I read it. You'd think they'd give actual customers something to make up for it, but it was probably too lofty a concept for them to consider.
If the attack originated or was passed thru your PC that should be valid..
And if it didn't? Is it still your fault just for being on the internet?
It may be on life support but personal responsibility is not yet dead, Jim.
So....even if you're innocent and it was wholly their mistake, it's still your fault? Wow.
The next time a drunk driver plows into your car and injures you, just remember- it was your fault because you must have made a long series of mistakes that led up to that point.