"We think our phone is fine; no worse than the other phones out there. Oh, and the antenna-shorting-out-when-held-a-certain-way issue? Yeah, that's not really a problem with the antenna. But we're gonna give you these bumpers/cases anyway just so you'll STFU and go away. Now STFU and buy more Apple products, you lemmings." -- Steve Jobs after a month off his Prozac
Regardless of your other op-ed, you obviously have no first-hand experience with the nature of the iP4's antenna problem. Until you do and actually understand the root cause, you really should refrain from making yourself look like a partisan hack (and an ignorant one at that).
Much like how political movements get labeled negatively/stupid/illiterate/morons/extremist/etc. based on the media's depiction of a few people that claim to be from said movements. I agree completely!
Have you SEEN how many of them stand around in the streets chanting Death To XXXXXX during work hours? I'm sure they can find plenty of 'em who would love to do the job of fundamentalist censor.
Just maybe, it's that circuitry is miniaturizing with the advances in 45nm and smaller processes such that the amount of capability available to tiny IC's like the ones used for cell phones is increasing so fast that what you could not do in cell phones 9 months ago is now trivial. Graphics rendering on cell phones is just about caught up to where PCs were 15 years ago. What will be interesting is seeing how long it will take cell phones to catch up to where PCs are today (in terms of processing/rendering power).
School requires macs (personal or loaned, wtfever). Kids do schoolwork on macs at school. Rich kids learn to have things handed to them. Normal kids learn to work to buy themselves a mac, or they learn to do things on the home PC and how to use compatibility tools and/or how to convert docs from one type to another for use across both macs and PCs. Either way, lots of people will learn how important a worth ethic is and how important it is to understand the PC world in general as well as knowing how to launch facebook on your particular device.
Clueless comment. Microsoft was NOT patching atapi.sys in this set of updates. Unless you're asking MSFT to checksum every single file that has one of their patch binaries as a dependency? (Think about that one for a second before your knee jerks.)
I can confirm this. My brother has PTSD and it has broad-ranging impacts on so many things he does that there is no such thing as "normal" for him anymore. And he's still one of the most sane people I know. If this will get them to the point where they can quickly confirm the obvious cases so that the doctors are freed up to be more thorough with the borderline folks, I think that would be a great thing.
One might suspect that his departure would raise hopes and not doubts. Consider that if he was project manager of a project that experienced bad management results, maybe it was about damn time the helm was given to someone else.
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the stupidly simple and cheap two-factor authentication methods available. Example: World of Warcraft. People are constantly getting "hacked" or keylogged or whatever for that game's credentials, yet I have not heard of a single person with the keyfob they sell for $6.50US ever being hacked or keylogged. I mean, c'mon. It's less than $7US for permanent security.
The only downside is that there is no standard for this in terms of which keyfob works with your particular system, meaning your company or message board or whatever would have to figure that part out. Still, if it's a company, why not use that remote-access(VPN) keyfob for normal logins that require passwords as well.
I know Shell Oil does this with password + smart card, so having one doesn't matter as you need both, plus physical access to the correct server/LAN environment.
I'm surprised this is so constantly debated as a topic of security instead of a topic of onerous usability requirements imposed by draconian IT departments. Seriously. Remember a simple, permanent password + keyfob combination, or remember stupidly complex random gibberish that's required to change every 45 days. Seems easy to me.
I think you're getting lost in the details. His point was that he finds it curious that when Amedinejad's supporters in the US attack a protest supporter, Slashdot blames the US for the protest supporter getting attacked. At least, that's what it looked like to me. A little bit like blaming a woman for getting raped because she wore attractive clothing. Completely misses the point of accountability and responsibility for violent behavior.
No you are relying on Bob Carter who says: "the role of peer review in scientific literature was overstressed, and whether or not a scientist had been funded by the fossil fuel industry was irrelevant to the validity of research"
Well, to be fair, you're not separating the possible fact (that someone's funding by a particular industry is irrelevant to the validity of his research) from the absolute fiction (that peer-review in ANY science can ever be overstressed). This, IMO, is what confounds most of the arguments on this subject today: that bias is even considered as part of the equation when honest, scientific peer review should be able to discern purposeful deviations in the data itself. Of course, on the other hand that won't show you a conclusion that is biased, though honest scientists should be able to discern even that.
I suppose the biggest question is my mind is, A) "Why is there such a large population of scientists on both sides of this argument," and B) why does such a huge gap exist between the two. One side (the skeptics) advocate more research and/or different angles of study where the other side (the proponents) are advocating stringent controls that both may not even be attainable by humans _and_ may have secondary effects that will cause more harm than good in the systems they propose to "fix."
We're all going to look back 50 years from now and probably laugh at BOTH sides as more or less equally flawed. The only differences will be which side was closer and which side did more harm than good with its proposed policies.
When subs have to transition estuaries or port entrances, there's too much traffic to trust passive sonar as debris and/or non-moving ships don't generate sound.:P Would you rather these subs use active sonar in those narrow regions where "traffic" accidents are way more likely, thus disturbing in-shore fish pods or would you rather a sub have an accident, potentially spilling thousands of gallons of oil and/or nastier things into the waters and affecting a much larger portion of the ecosystem?
Considering subs are rarely ever going to use sonar unless they have a known likely risk of collision or are already at a point where they don't care if they are located, this is a mountain out of a molehill situation, IMO.
You're welcome. Frankly, the American taxpayer is pretty sick and fucking tired of paying for a budget deficit that could be easily balanced by not providing food and monetary aid to all you cesspools of ill will who still think things like raping children cures AIDS. Your dictators already have enough money without us "helping" you guys out. Superstition yourselves your own money and tech and climb out of the dark ages, IMO.
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Israel's system works because they profile.
Shocked, I tell you, to find humanity in here!
And another great quote: a person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.
Hmm...I wonder.
Hell, we can't even get 61% to vote for president. Extrapolated polls FTL.
...of people like this complaining about "collateral damage" is so thick you could drive a truck across it.
"We think our phone is fine; no worse than the other phones out there. Oh, and the antenna-shorting-out-when-held-a-certain-way issue? Yeah, that's not really a problem with the antenna. But we're gonna give you these bumpers/cases anyway just so you'll STFU and go away. Now STFU and buy more Apple products, you lemmings." -- Steve Jobs after a month off his Prozac
Regardless of your other op-ed, you obviously have no first-hand experience with the nature of the iP4's antenna problem. Until you do and actually understand the root cause, you really should refrain from making yourself look like a partisan hack (and an ignorant one at that).
Much like how political movements get labeled negatively/stupid/illiterate/morons/extremist/etc. based on the media's depiction of a few people that claim to be from said movements. I agree completely!
Have you SEEN how many of them stand around in the streets chanting Death To XXXXXX during work hours? I'm sure they can find plenty of 'em who would love to do the job of fundamentalist censor.
Just maybe, it's that circuitry is miniaturizing with the advances in 45nm and smaller processes such that the amount of capability available to tiny IC's like the ones used for cell phones is increasing so fast that what you could not do in cell phones 9 months ago is now trivial. Graphics rendering on cell phones is just about caught up to where PCs were 15 years ago. What will be interesting is seeing how long it will take cell phones to catch up to where PCs are today (in terms of processing/rendering power).
Changing the airflow and/or temperature in parts of cloud formations causes changes in the precipitation of said clouds? Say it ain't so!
School requires macs (personal or loaned, wtfever). Kids do schoolwork on macs at school. Rich kids learn to have things handed to them. Normal kids learn to work to buy themselves a mac, or they learn to do things on the home PC and how to use compatibility tools and/or how to convert docs from one type to another for use across both macs and PCs. Either way, lots of people will learn how important a worth ethic is and how important it is to understand the PC world in general as well as knowing how to launch facebook on your particular device.
Win/Win.
Clueless comment. Microsoft was NOT patching atapi.sys in this set of updates. Unless you're asking MSFT to checksum every single file that has one of their patch binaries as a dependency? (Think about that one for a second before your knee jerks.)
I can confirm this. My brother has PTSD and it has broad-ranging impacts on so many things he does that there is no such thing as "normal" for him anymore. And he's still one of the most sane people I know. If this will get them to the point where they can quickly confirm the obvious cases so that the doctors are freed up to be more thorough with the borderline folks, I think that would be a great thing.
How many of you can tell the difference between live TV (e.g.: your local news) and movies? I can. It's rather obvious.
That's like saying Einstein had 2 lab assistants, not just Einstein. Troll.
...if you think the person who actually cracked it would admit it before cashing in.
One might suspect that his departure would raise hopes and not doubts. Consider that if he was project manager of a project that experienced bad management results, maybe it was about damn time the helm was given to someone else.
And if it was outsourced.
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the stupidly simple and cheap two-factor authentication methods available. Example: World of Warcraft. People are constantly getting "hacked" or keylogged or whatever for that game's credentials, yet I have not heard of a single person with the keyfob they sell for $6.50US ever being hacked or keylogged. I mean, c'mon. It's less than $7US for permanent security.
The only downside is that there is no standard for this in terms of which keyfob works with your particular system, meaning your company or message board or whatever would have to figure that part out. Still, if it's a company, why not use that remote-access(VPN) keyfob for normal logins that require passwords as well.
I know Shell Oil does this with password + smart card, so having one doesn't matter as you need both, plus physical access to the correct server/LAN environment.
I'm surprised this is so constantly debated as a topic of security instead of a topic of onerous usability requirements imposed by draconian IT departments. Seriously. Remember a simple, permanent password + keyfob combination, or remember stupidly complex random gibberish that's required to change every 45 days. Seems easy to me.
I think you're getting lost in the details. His point was that he finds it curious that when Amedinejad's supporters in the US attack a protest supporter, Slashdot blames the US for the protest supporter getting attacked. At least, that's what it looked like to me. A little bit like blaming a woman for getting raped because she wore attractive clothing. Completely misses the point of accountability and responsibility for violent behavior.
No you are relying on Bob Carter who says: "the role of peer review in scientific literature was overstressed, and whether or not a scientist had been funded by the fossil fuel industry was irrelevant to the validity of research"
Well, to be fair, you're not separating the possible fact (that someone's funding by a particular industry is irrelevant to the validity of his research) from the absolute fiction (that peer-review in ANY science can ever be overstressed). This, IMO, is what confounds most of the arguments on this subject today: that bias is even considered as part of the equation when honest, scientific peer review should be able to discern purposeful deviations in the data itself. Of course, on the other hand that won't show you a conclusion that is biased, though honest scientists should be able to discern even that.
I suppose the biggest question is my mind is, A) "Why is there such a large population of scientists on both sides of this argument," and B) why does such a huge gap exist between the two. One side (the skeptics) advocate more research and/or different angles of study where the other side (the proponents) are advocating stringent controls that both may not even be attainable by humans _and_ may have secondary effects that will cause more harm than good in the systems they propose to "fix."
We're all going to look back 50 years from now and probably laugh at BOTH sides as more or less equally flawed. The only differences will be which side was closer and which side did more harm than good with its proposed policies.
When subs have to transition estuaries or port entrances, there's too much traffic to trust passive sonar as debris and/or non-moving ships don't generate sound. :P Would you rather these subs use active sonar in those narrow regions where "traffic" accidents are way more likely, thus disturbing in-shore fish pods or would you rather a sub have an accident, potentially spilling thousands of gallons of oil and/or nastier things into the waters and affecting a much larger portion of the ecosystem?
Considering subs are rarely ever going to use sonar unless they have a known likely risk of collision or are already at a point where they don't care if they are located, this is a mountain out of a molehill situation, IMO.
Dear Rest of the World,
You're welcome. Frankly, the American taxpayer is pretty sick and fucking tired of paying for a budget deficit that could be easily balanced by not providing food and monetary aid to all you cesspools of ill will who still think things like raping children cures AIDS. Your dictators already have enough money without us "helping" you guys out. Superstition yourselves your own money and tech and climb out of the dark ages, IMO.
Fuck you very sincerely,
Uncle Sam
Just call it "stimulus" and us yanks will just print some more money for it. :/