Seriously. There is no such thing as AI, and there will never be. We have expert systems, machine learning, a bunch of domain-specific software, etc. but we do NOT and will not have a computer program with the depth of functionality of a human brain. You heard it here first.
Before all the silly conversations begin about "omg anyone's computer can be turned into an eavesdropping device!!!1"... remember that if you can compromise a computer to the point where you can make low-level manipulations to the hard disk... you can also simply turn on the microphone.
Were I a multimillionaire, I would look at this particular discussion and I would support upstarts with venture capital—not because I hate iOS or Android but because you need innovation. You have to have real competition and two companies trying to outdo each other are just not enough.
Sure... it worked for Mark Shuttleworth. He made his multi million investment and now Ubuntu has 40% desktop market share.
Oops.
Hanging around for decades waiting for "The Year of Windows on Mobile" is pretty much equivalent to hanging around for decades waiting for "The Year of Linux on the Desktop." When the market is saturated with two strong incumbents (or, as is the case with the desktop and on mobile... one strong incumbent and also Apple), it's REALLY hard to get a third platform to take hold. Developers aren't interested in writing to a platform that has few users, and users aren't interested in deploying a platform that has few applications.
There is a very, very, very easy solution. If we deport all of the illegal immigrants (many who work at places like McDonald's) there will be enough low-paying jobs for those who are in the country legally and legitimately.
Cable would be doing better if they offered channels that showed entertainment, news, sports, etc. instead of one-sided politics masquerading as entertainment, one-sided politics masquerading as news, one-sided politics masquerading as sports, etc. etc. etc.
A landline that has been deactivated will usually be attached to a limited dial tone that can only be used to dial 911 (or to order telephone service). So if you have the opportunity to abandon a landline, consider it a free emergency phone.
Whenever confronted with a spammer web site that wants your phone number... simply enter "911"
Then the scumbags get in trouble for making fake 911 calls.
Most households now do not have a landline... and the rest wish they didn't, but are forced to take one because it's included in Triple Play "bundles" and it actually costs more to NOT have it.
Time and time again, Windows succeeds where it can run the broad selection of off-the-shelf software that is available for the existing platform. Windows fails where it cannot leverage that advantage: phones, tablets, (usually) servers, IoT devices, infrastructure OS, supercomputing, you name it.
By restricting 10S to "Store Apps" Microsoft is throwing away the only reason people choose Windows in the first place. Uncoincidentally this is the same reason the ARM version of Windows failed to gain any significant traction.
Carriers just don't get it (or they do get it and won't admit it). All we want is for them to be a dumb pipe. Connect us to the network and then GET OUT OF THE WAY.
Mark Zuckerberg is officially the worst person in the world. He's even worse than Bill Gates, which is something I never thought we'd see. I wholeheartedly endorse bashing him in the face with a baseball bat until Facebook ceases to exist.
Although the world has largely switched to Chrome, the remaining use for Firefox is as the one browser that is still willing to support Java applets. Lots of people who work in IT have a VM or a jumpbox whose only purpose is to run Java applets inside of Firefox (for example, to do maintenance on some piece of equipment with a Java-applet-based configuration tool -- I'm talking to you, EMC) -- and *never* *run* *updates* because changing the browser or java version even slightly will break the whole thing.
In the 1960's, the "obvious" future was "picture phones." In the 1980's the "obvious" future was "picture phones." Now everyone has a video-capable telephone, but do we use them? Sometimes, yes, but we never got to the "obvious" future where every single phone call was a video call. 3D Television is the same way. The technology exists, anyone who wants it can have it, but it's just not something the mainstream market has any interest in.
The thing that would make these stores successful would be if they accepted returns of all Amazon-purchased merchandise there. That would instantly turn them into a clicks-and-mortar store.
There shouldn't be a Skype "client" at all. Microsoft should be focusing all its energy on making Skype (and also "Skype for Business," formerly known as Lync) work inside a browser using WebRTC. We have the browser technology now. Standalone apps are so 20th century.
Naturally, this is classic Microsoft behavior. They have a cloud, now they're going to make it very difficult for you to have Windows and/or Office and *not* use their cloud.
In a word... Citadel. (Disclaimer: I am a developer on this project, and yes, I'm flogging it here.) Contacts, calendars, notes, documents, email, etc etc. One single installation without a zillion dependencies.
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Come on people, this is Slashdot ... someone has to relate it to the Minority Report user interface.
Seriously. There is no such thing as AI, and there will never be. We have expert systems, machine learning, a bunch of domain-specific software, etc. but we do NOT and will not have a computer program with the depth of functionality of a human brain. You heard it here first.
Before all the silly conversations begin about "omg anyone's computer can be turned into an eavesdropping device!!!1" ... remember that if you can compromise a computer to the point where you can make low-level manipulations to the hard disk ... you can also simply turn on the microphone.
Sure ... it worked for Mark Shuttleworth. He made his multi million investment and now Ubuntu has 40% desktop market share.
Oops.
Hanging around for decades waiting for "The Year of Windows on Mobile" is pretty much equivalent to hanging around for decades waiting for "The Year of Linux on the Desktop." When the market is saturated with two strong incumbents (or, as is the case with the desktop and on mobile ... one strong incumbent and also Apple), it's REALLY hard to get a third platform to take hold. Developers aren't interested in writing to a platform that has few users, and users aren't interested in deploying a platform that has few applications.
India Business Machines? Didn't they used to be a technology company or something?
There is a very, very, very easy solution. If we deport all of the illegal immigrants (many who work at places like McDonald's) there will be enough low-paying jobs for those who are in the country legally and legitimately.
Intel's patents... such as the AMD-64 instruction set, which is present in all of Intel's microprocessors, and is patented by ... uh oh.
Cable would be doing better if they offered channels that showed entertainment, news, sports, etc. instead of one-sided politics masquerading as entertainment, one-sided politics masquerading as news, one-sided politics masquerading as sports, etc. etc. etc.
A landline that has been deactivated will usually be attached to a limited dial tone that can only be used to dial 911 (or to order telephone service). So if you have the opportunity to abandon a landline, consider it a free emergency phone.
Whenever confronted with a spammer web site that wants your phone number ... simply enter "911"
Then the scumbags get in trouble for making fake 911 calls.
Most households now do not have a landline ... and the rest wish they didn't, but are forced to take one because it's included in Triple Play "bundles" and it actually costs more to NOT have it.
So happy to see these numbers. President Trump is a truly worthy successor to Lincoln and Reagan. Keep up the good work, sir!
Time and time again, Windows succeeds where it can run the broad selection of off-the-shelf software that is available for the existing platform. Windows fails where it cannot leverage that advantage: phones, tablets, (usually) servers, IoT devices, infrastructure OS, supercomputing, you name it. By restricting 10S to "Store Apps" Microsoft is throwing away the only reason people choose Windows in the first place. Uncoincidentally this is the same reason the ARM version of Windows failed to gain any significant traction.
Pluto is a planet. I don't buy the #FakeAstronomy.
GoToMeeting now has a version that runs inside-the-browser on all operating systems (yes including Linux).
Carriers just don't get it (or they do get it and won't admit it). All we want is for them to be a dumb pipe. Connect us to the network and then GET OUT OF THE WAY.
Mark Zuckerberg is officially the worst person in the world. He's even worse than Bill Gates, which is something I never thought we'd see. I wholeheartedly endorse bashing him in the face with a baseball bat until Facebook ceases to exist.
We've had this for a while. It's called "mobile web sites"
Although the world has largely switched to Chrome, the remaining use for Firefox is as the one browser that is still willing to support Java applets. Lots of people who work in IT have a VM or a jumpbox whose only purpose is to run Java applets inside of Firefox (for example, to do maintenance on some piece of equipment with a Java-applet-based configuration tool -- I'm talking to you, EMC) -- and *never* *run* *updates* because changing the browser or java version even slightly will break the whole thing.
In the 1960's, the "obvious" future was "picture phones." In the 1980's the "obvious" future was "picture phones." Now everyone has a video-capable telephone, but do we use them? Sometimes, yes, but we never got to the "obvious" future where every single phone call was a video call. 3D Television is the same way. The technology exists, anyone who wants it can have it, but it's just not something the mainstream market has any interest in.
The thing that would make these stores successful would be if they accepted returns of all Amazon-purchased merchandise there. That would instantly turn them into a clicks-and-mortar store.
There shouldn't be a Skype "client" at all. Microsoft should be focusing all its energy on making Skype (and also "Skype for Business," formerly known as Lync) work inside a browser using WebRTC. We have the browser technology now. Standalone apps are so 20th century.
Naturally, this is classic Microsoft behavior. They have a cloud, now they're going to make it very difficult for you to have Windows and/or Office and *not* use their cloud.
In a word ... Citadel. (Disclaimer: I am a developer on this project, and yes, I'm flogging it here.) Contacts, calendars, notes, documents, email, etc etc. One single installation without a zillion dependencies.