Exactly. Government is bad. Any idea that involves government is bad. In cases where the government consistently does something better and cheaper than private industry (like health care in every other first world country), government is still bad because government is bad.
What's important is that you conclude that government is bad first, and then figure out how you'll reach that conclusion. Otherwise, you may actually come to a different conclusion in some cases, which would be wrong, because government is bad.
You have it all wrong. Government is bad, expect when it pass regulations that protect my business model or job. Then it is most excellent.
I know this is marked minus one, but as somebody who uses a razor keyboard and mouse, their products work incredibly well for me, they fit my hands phenomenally well. I also legitimately have tiny hands, so the parent does have a point.
just some examples of why an arguably inferior product won out.
But only so long as you argue on pedantic nitpicky points. In the eyes of the consumer, the ultimate judge, said products aren't arguably inferior.
Of course. One persons better is another's meh, and in the end the consumer ultimately decides which product offers the best value and hence is "better." Winning in the marketplace doesn't always mean it has better specs or performance, just that it is more desirable to a broader range of consumers.
I agree with much of what you said except iPhone's network effect. There is a huge factor in my continuing to use it, which is iMessage, Find My Friends, and iCloud sync. Pity the friend who isn't on iPhone and breaks every text conversation because it separates out the thread into green SMS chat. And being able to stay in sync with family members is huge.
I probaly wasn't clear by what I meant. The iPhone as a phone doesn't have a network effect so Apple has created the infrastructure you mentioned which created the network effect and ties users to the iPhone. The walled grden is the key.
On top of that, it was expensive, you could not share files over Bluetooth, it did not support 3G, it did not have an expandable storage slot and you needed iTunes for everything. But despite that, and to the horror of its rivals, everyone wanted one.
just goes to show the best product doesnt always win - same is true with the ipod, there were better options at the time. the term "cult of mac" became known for a reason
Very true. There are plenty of examples where a better product lost out; generally because the lesser one offered some feature that made it more compelling. VHS beat Beta despite Beta's better picture quality; DVD and VHS beat LaserDiscs despite the latter's better quality. VHS had the advantage of longer recording times, VHS and DVDs had a better selection of movies and you could rent VHS tapes a lot easier than you could a Laserdiscs are just some examples of why an arguably inferior product won out. One challenge that the Phone faces is there is much less of a network effect for phone than a product such as a DVD where once you have a reasonably large installed base a format becomes a standard and others find it tough to compete. A phone, beyond apps, is easily replaced with a different model since internet access, ability to call / text / email is not something that has a network affect; that is why companies like Apple try to build close ecosystems to make it a lot harder to switch. Cloud computing, despite it's being sold as anything anytime anywhere is another way to close an eco system through the use of proprietary security and other protocols that only one manufacturers device can use. Expanding into home control is another way to try to create network effects. If enough manufacturers embrace HomeKit then Apple can control the hub and access to the network (phone/tablet/TV box/computer) while letting others add accessories that tie into the network.
The question is "Do contingency fees make lawers liable for court costs?" If the answer is yes it has implications far beyond punishing patent trolls. Any case involving contingency fes could put lawyers at risk of liability, whether it is a class action, accident claim or any other action involving a contingency fee. The goodness of that is debatable.
Actually, why not introduce a new type of visa for criminals, and give it to any of these scammers when they ask for a visa. Then, at the port of entry, when they check in at immigration, immediately call law enforcement and hand them over
Once they go to the US embassy you could arrest them there if you wanted to, no need to wait.
The problem with Bitcoin as a speculative investment is the lack of liquidity. Unlike other markets it is not easy to buy and sell large amounts at will, in addition there seems to be no put and call options available. As a result, while it is a highly speculative investment it is not an easy one to actually invest in as a speculator; unless you are just doing trivial amounts of money.
Unlike the laptop many people carry with them along with a phone?
Many good points. My point here was people already carry a laptop so what is the compelling argument for adding another laptop like dock so you can use your phone as the CPU when an existing solution works just fine? I also think the storage / need for a data connection to be useful / data caps and bandwidth issues need to be resolved before this is a viable solution. I'm not saying they can't be fixed but right now it appears to be more of a solution in search of a problem.
You would think they would be trying to get to the phone-as-desktop-computer stage.
Running Photoshop on a phone as a standalone device makes no sense, patched into a full-size monitor it makes complete sense.
It almost looks like phones as portable computers capable of being both mobile devices and (at least lightweight) desktop devices with peripherals seems within reach, and sharing the ability to run the legacy code base.
While that may be true it currently makes little sense to me for several reasons. First you either have to carry the dock everywhere if you want portability which negates the advantage of carrying just a phone. Second, either phones start coming with a lot more storage or they are just the CPU, so essentially all you have is a desktop that has all the programs and files with a detachable CPU. Cloud storage can be an alternative but then you have no offline capability and still need storage for Win10 sized programs or use stripped down alternatives. Data caps would also come into play. There may come a time this model is a viable alternative but as Motorola's attempt provided it's not yet ready for prime time; which is why I think it makes more sense in tablets near term.
The headline mentions Windows 10, but the posts here seem to look toward Windows 10 Mobile (the phone version). What seems to be missed is that this SoC has x86 emulation baked in. According to this this article (linked from the story), this new ARM chip is capable of running regular, desktop Windows 10 applications.
Good points. Running Photoshop shows it is at least decent emulation. The article at the end mentioned this might mean Win Phones can run regular Win10 programs, the question is why? Photoshop on a phone? Word or Excel? I would think this is initially aimed at the tablet market. Given the persistent rumors that Apple is also working on OS X/ARM compatibility it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Amazon doesn't need to push for any laws. Drones are considered aircraft. Attacking them in flight or otherwise interfering with operations is a big-time federal felony no-no. Combine that with doing it in an attempt to steal the payload and/or the aircraft, and there's plenty for both local LEOs and the feds to go after you on.
IANAL, but from what I read there is a lot of gray area and uncertainty over how drones are treated with respect to laws covering interfering with or attacking a/c. I agree the existing laws should be use din such situations but it appears they have not been to date.
I wonder what happens if someone setup set of stone lights and flashes them at once, telling the drone "Did you see all the muzzle flashes? Hey, yo have incoming bullets from all directions!" yes, i realize a muzzle flash looks different from a strobe but will the programming and optical systems be sophisticated enough to tell the difference? Even if you don't actually cause it to land, I an see people disorienting them just for the yucks, and Amazon pushing to apply laws against attacks against a/c to drones or new legislation.
As one of those 6 billion, my anecdotal experience with Siri is it's easier to do things myself than rely on Siri. Simple things, like dialog the phone, becomes a series of questions if there are multiple numbers (even when I append Mobile to the end) or names Siri thinks are the similar to what I said. Foreign names are no starter, for example it doesn't recognize the SH sound of an X in a Portuguese name so I have to pronounce the X to get it to recognize the name. Siri's fin when it recognizes all the words but struggles with some accents and pronunciations.
Sadly, the western based airlines are now a disaster due to de-regulations combined with MBAs that do not have an original thought.
Deregulation was the major cause as it changed how airlines competed for passengers. When the CAB set fares and awarded routes, airlines were assured of a profit and competed on service, not price because everyone's price was the same. Deregulation change that model to one where price became the major determinants of demand, so airlines started to cut costs to stay competitive and service went out the door. Suddenly, routes that were only profitable because the CAB set fares became unprofitable and cities lost jet service, and new entrants could cherry pick profitable ones and provide cheaper service, driving down profits on those as well. Seats became a commodity to sell at the lowest possible price. International routes are still profitable and airlines try to stop any discount carrier from going a foothold because the consequences are severe. It will be interesting to see what happens on trans-Atlantic with Norwegian Air. I suspect we will see a number of EU country flag carriers fold since they are often already barely profitable or rely on subsidies to survive. They may merge and keep their names, such as Air France - KLM but in reality be one transnational carrier.
Crandall had it right when he said "We are at the mercy of our stupidest competitor..."
Yes, of course they do. I thought this was common knowledge. From what I've seen, airlines typically deal with over-booking by offering passengers free first-class upgrades on a later flight, or other perks to induce people to voluntarily give up their seats.
I wouldn't be surprised if they *don't* overbook flights at the busiest time of the year, since that's almost a guaranteed money-loser for them, but I have no evidence either way. Has anyone ever experienced overbooked flights at busy holidays, etc? I suppose it's also airline-specific.
I fly a lot, and the most popular times tend to be overbooked, but not that often. Even when they ask for volunteers it is still a 50/50 chance they need them, based on my experience volunteering. I've even booked popular times just to take the bump and the voucher offering that I can use later. In my experience, weather or a mechanical problem is more likely to result in the airline needing volunteers than overbooking. My record is 4 bumps in a row on a single day when fog canceled all the AM flights. Despite all the/. angst about the unfairness of it all, airlines have a lot of data to base booking decisions on so it's not so simple as overbook every flight by X. Airlines are selling a perishable commodity soothed need to fill as many seats as they can; realizing there will usually be volunteers to allow them to accommodate those who don't want to get off. Delta even lets you bid on bumps for overbooked flights so they already know the cost of overbooking.
the article outlines the general process of how a phone is intercepted and the software is applied, but it obviously does not go into details of how the data is found or transferred. my guess is these portable tablets cellbrite has developed contain ADB and developer tools to pull off what to a seasoned slashdotter is just a parlor trick, but to a police department is nothing short of magical CSI hacking.
as hackers ourselves we need to ask more questions. what is the inner machination of this tablet? how do we defeat it? can it defeat password encryption? how about Signals password-based authentication? Is there a means by which contact lists can be hardened and encrypted? All of these questions are crucial in the next 10 years as most law enforcement does not bother with a warrant when theyre halfway through your roadsite fishing expedition.
As I understand it, from what I've read, the software essentially does an unencrypted backup of the phone and then analyzes the data to produce the report. It also appears to only work on older iPhones that do not require a pass code to backup; thus rendering it useless on newer models.
How can it be a "free" model of supply and demand when the costs are artificially lowered to undercut their competition? That's classic short-term monopoly behavior.
True, but as with any monopolist whoo cuts prices below costs the question is can they survive long enough to drive competitors out of business? Uber's main problem is the barriers to entry for competitors is relatively low, so if they would drive out competition as soon as prices rise competitors will come bak into the market. In Uber's case, their competitors seem happy to let them bleed themselves dry and no get involved in a price war. When I compare Uber/Lyft/Cab prices Uber is usually significantly lower so while they may grab market share they will only be able to buy it for so long before the money runs out.
well the joke is that since it was intentionally given to be stolen(or "found") and then spied on the people, he was actually breaking all privacy laws you could think of.
it wasn't a "decoy", it was just a phone with spying software that he left to be found.
stupid article really. though I have to wonder how many creeps do this on purpose - to just creep.
You steal someone's phone and, IMHO, you give up any right to privacy whenever you use it. It's still the original owner's phone so accessing it is not breaking into someone else's system and anything on the phone belongs to the owner. I realize privacy laws may dictate otherwise but I would expect common sense to rule if some their tried to claim there rights were violated.
Sorry, but we refuse to give into neo-Nazism. We are learning from Germany's big mistake to not just go with the evil flow.
Go ahead and invoke Godwin's Law. If it quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck, smells like a duck, and has funny hair like a duck, it's probably a friggen duck.
What's to stop people from going online and submitting bogus feedback. For example, demanding so much carbonation that all you ever get is a glass of foam?
No one would ever decide to mess with AI to get strange results. Just ask Microsoft...
Saudi Arabia, Russia, Spain and UK officials will gleefully agree with you. Being mandated by law does not make it kosher.
Didn't say it did; just that that is German law. Not all cultures have the same view of things like free speech, or others for that matter. Stating a fact does not mean one agrees with it.
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Horseshit. This "act" is Rent-seeking at its most basic and obvious, and all the Free Market evangelism in the world won't change it.
Stigler nailed it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Exactly. Government is bad. Any idea that involves government is bad. In cases where the government consistently does something better and cheaper than private industry (like health care in every other first world country), government is still bad because government is bad.
What's important is that you conclude that government is bad first, and then figure out how you'll reach that conclusion. Otherwise, you may actually come to a different conclusion in some cases, which would be wrong, because government is bad.
You have it all wrong. Government is bad, expect when it pass regulations that protect my business model or job. Then it is most excellent.
I know this is marked minus one, but as somebody who uses a razor keyboard and mouse, their products work incredibly well for me, they fit my hands phenomenally well. I also legitimately have tiny hands, so the parent does have a point.
Donald, is that you?
But only so long as you argue on pedantic nitpicky points. In the eyes of the consumer, the ultimate judge, said products aren't arguably inferior.
Of course. One persons better is another's meh, and in the end the consumer ultimately decides which product offers the best value and hence is "better." Winning in the marketplace doesn't always mean it has better specs or performance, just that it is more desirable to a broader range of consumers.
I agree with much of what you said except iPhone's network effect. There is a huge factor in my continuing to use it, which is iMessage, Find My Friends, and iCloud sync. Pity the friend who isn't on iPhone and breaks every text conversation because it separates out the thread into green SMS chat. And being able to stay in sync with family members is huge.
I probaly wasn't clear by what I meant. The iPhone as a phone doesn't have a network effect so Apple has created the infrastructure you mentioned which created the network effect and ties users to the iPhone. The walled grden is the key.
On top of that, it was expensive, you could not share files over Bluetooth, it did not support 3G, it did not have an expandable storage slot and you needed iTunes for everything. But despite that, and to the horror of its rivals, everyone wanted one.
just goes to show the best product doesnt always win - same is true with the ipod, there were better options at the time. the term "cult of mac" became known for a reason
Very true. There are plenty of examples where a better product lost out; generally because the lesser one offered some feature that made it more compelling. VHS beat Beta despite Beta's better picture quality; DVD and VHS beat LaserDiscs despite the latter's better quality. VHS had the advantage of longer recording times, VHS and DVDs had a better selection of movies and you could rent VHS tapes a lot easier than you could a Laserdiscs are just some examples of why an arguably inferior product won out. One challenge that the Phone faces is there is much less of a network effect for phone than a product such as a DVD where once you have a reasonably large installed base a format becomes a standard and others find it tough to compete. A phone, beyond apps, is easily replaced with a different model since internet access, ability to call / text / email is not something that has a network affect; that is why companies like Apple try to build close ecosystems to make it a lot harder to switch. Cloud computing, despite it's being sold as anything anytime anywhere is another way to close an eco system through the use of proprietary security and other protocols that only one manufacturers device can use. Expanding into home control is another way to try to create network effects. If enough manufacturers embrace HomeKit then Apple can control the hub and access to the network (phone/tablet/TV box/computer) while letting others add accessories that tie into the network.
The question is "Do contingency fees make lawers liable for court costs?" If the answer is yes it has implications far beyond punishing patent trolls. Any case involving contingency fes could put lawyers at risk of liability, whether it is a class action, accident claim or any other action involving a contingency fee. The goodness of that is debatable.
Actually, why not introduce a new type of visa for criminals, and give it to any of these scammers when they ask for a visa. Then, at the port of entry, when they check in at immigration, immediately call law enforcement and hand them over
Once they go to the US embassy you could arrest them there if you wanted to, no need to wait.
Uh, you admitted to committing crimes and didn't cut a deal so you're basically screwed if you decide to apply for a visa.
Buy it to speculate (ie gamble).
The problem with Bitcoin as a speculative investment is the lack of liquidity. Unlike other markets it is not easy to buy and sell large amounts at will, in addition there seems to be no put and call options available. As a result, while it is a highly speculative investment it is not an easy one to actually invest in as a speculator; unless you are just doing trivial amounts of money.
Unlike the laptop many people carry with them along with a phone?
Many good points. My point here was people already carry a laptop so what is the compelling argument for adding another laptop like dock so you can use your phone as the CPU when an existing solution works just fine? I also think the storage / need for a data connection to be useful / data caps and bandwidth issues need to be resolved before this is a viable solution. I'm not saying they can't be fixed but right now it appears to be more of a solution in search of a problem.
You would think they would be trying to get to the phone-as-desktop-computer stage.
Running Photoshop on a phone as a standalone device makes no sense, patched into a full-size monitor it makes complete sense.
It almost looks like phones as portable computers capable of being both mobile devices and (at least lightweight) desktop devices with peripherals seems within reach, and sharing the ability to run the legacy code base.
While that may be true it currently makes little sense to me for several reasons. First you either have to carry the dock everywhere if you want portability which negates the advantage of carrying just a phone. Second, either phones start coming with a lot more storage or they are just the CPU, so essentially all you have is a desktop that has all the programs and files with a detachable CPU. Cloud storage can be an alternative but then you have no offline capability and still need storage for Win10 sized programs or use stripped down alternatives. Data caps would also come into play. There may come a time this model is a viable alternative but as Motorola's attempt provided it's not yet ready for prime time; which is why I think it makes more sense in tablets near term.
The headline mentions Windows 10, but the posts here seem to look toward Windows 10 Mobile (the phone version). What seems to be missed is that this SoC has x86 emulation baked in. According to this this article (linked from the story), this new ARM chip is capable of running regular, desktop Windows 10 applications.
Good points. Running Photoshop shows it is at least decent emulation. The article at the end mentioned this might mean Win Phones can run regular Win10 programs, the question is why? Photoshop on a phone? Word or Excel? I would think this is initially aimed at the tablet market. Given the persistent rumors that Apple is also working on OS X/ARM compatibility it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Amazon doesn't need to push for any laws. Drones are considered aircraft. Attacking them in flight or otherwise interfering with operations is a big-time federal felony no-no. Combine that with doing it in an attempt to steal the payload and/or the aircraft, and there's plenty for both local LEOs and the feds to go after you on.
IANAL, but from what I read there is a lot of gray area and uncertainty over how drones are treated with respect to laws covering interfering with or attacking a/c. I agree the existing laws should be use din such situations but it appears they have not been to date.
I wonder what happens if someone setup set of stone lights and flashes them at once, telling the drone "Did you see all the muzzle flashes? Hey, yo have incoming bullets from all directions!" yes, i realize a muzzle flash looks different from a strobe but will the programming and optical systems be sophisticated enough to tell the difference? Even if you don't actually cause it to land, I an see people disorienting them just for the yucks, and Amazon pushing to apply laws against attacks against a/c to drones or new legislation.
Six million Alexa installs... compared to?
A billion Apple devices with Siri... http://www.theverge.com/2016/1...
Uh, who owns it again?
As one of those 6 billion, my anecdotal experience with Siri is it's easier to do things myself than rely on Siri. Simple things, like dialog the phone, becomes a series of questions if there are multiple numbers (even when I append Mobile to the end) or names Siri thinks are the similar to what I said. Foreign names are no starter, for example it doesn't recognize the SH sound of an X in a Portuguese name so I have to pronounce the X to get it to recognize the name. Siri's fin when it recognizes all the words but struggles with some accents and pronunciations.
Sadly, the western based airlines are now a disaster due to de-regulations combined with MBAs that do not have an original thought.
Deregulation was the major cause as it changed how airlines competed for passengers. When the CAB set fares and awarded routes, airlines were assured of a profit and competed on service, not price because everyone's price was the same. Deregulation change that model to one where price became the major determinants of demand, so airlines started to cut costs to stay competitive and service went out the door. Suddenly, routes that were only profitable because the CAB set fares became unprofitable and cities lost jet service, and new entrants could cherry pick profitable ones and provide cheaper service, driving down profits on those as well. Seats became a commodity to sell at the lowest possible price. International routes are still profitable and airlines try to stop any discount carrier from going a foothold because the consequences are severe. It will be interesting to see what happens on trans-Atlantic with Norwegian Air. I suspect we will see a number of EU country flag carriers fold since they are often already barely profitable or rely on subsidies to survive. They may merge and keep their names, such as Air France - KLM but in reality be one transnational carrier.
Crandall had it right when he said "We are at the mercy of our stupidest competitor..."
Yes, of course they do. I thought this was common knowledge. From what I've seen, airlines typically deal with over-booking by offering passengers free first-class upgrades on a later flight, or other perks to induce people to voluntarily give up their seats.
I wouldn't be surprised if they *don't* overbook flights at the busiest time of the year, since that's almost a guaranteed money-loser for them, but I have no evidence either way. Has anyone ever experienced overbooked flights at busy holidays, etc? I suppose it's also airline-specific.
I fly a lot, and the most popular times tend to be overbooked, but not that often. Even when they ask for volunteers it is still a 50/50 chance they need them, based on my experience volunteering. I've even booked popular times just to take the bump and the voucher offering that I can use later. In my experience, weather or a mechanical problem is more likely to result in the airline needing volunteers than overbooking. My record is 4 bumps in a row on a single day when fog canceled all the AM flights. Despite all the /. angst about the unfairness of it all, airlines have a lot of data to base booking decisions on so it's not so simple as overbook every flight by X. Airlines are selling a perishable commodity soothed need to fill as many seats as they can; realizing there will usually be volunteers to allow them to accommodate those who don't want to get off. Delta even lets you bid on bumps for overbooked flights so they already know the cost of overbooking.
the article outlines the general process of how a phone is intercepted and the software is applied, but it obviously does not go into details of how the data is found or transferred. my guess is these portable tablets cellbrite has developed contain ADB and developer tools to pull off what to a seasoned slashdotter is just a parlor trick, but to a police department is nothing short of magical CSI hacking. as hackers ourselves we need to ask more questions. what is the inner machination of this tablet? how do we defeat it? can it defeat password encryption? how about Signals password-based authentication? Is there a means by which contact lists can be hardened and encrypted? All of these questions are crucial in the next 10 years as most law enforcement does not bother with a warrant when theyre halfway through your roadsite fishing expedition.
As I understand it, from what I've read, the software essentially does an unencrypted backup of the phone and then analyzes the data to produce the report. It also appears to only work on older iPhones that do not require a pass code to backup; thus rendering it useless on newer models.
How can it be a "free" model of supply and demand when the costs are artificially lowered to undercut their competition? That's classic short-term monopoly behavior.
True, but as with any monopolist whoo cuts prices below costs the question is can they survive long enough to drive competitors out of business? Uber's main problem is the barriers to entry for competitors is relatively low, so if they would drive out competition as soon as prices rise competitors will come bak into the market. In Uber's case, their competitors seem happy to let them bleed themselves dry and no get involved in a price war. When I compare Uber/Lyft/Cab prices Uber is usually significantly lower so while they may grab market share they will only be able to buy it for so long before the money runs out.
well the joke is that since it was intentionally given to be stolen(or "found") and then spied on the people, he was actually breaking all privacy laws you could think of.
it wasn't a "decoy", it was just a phone with spying software that he left to be found.
stupid article really. though I have to wonder how many creeps do this on purpose - to just creep.
You steal someone's phone and, IMHO, you give up any right to privacy whenever you use it. It's still the original owner's phone so accessing it is not breaking into someone else's system and anything on the phone belongs to the owner. I realize privacy laws may dictate otherwise but I would expect common sense to rule if some their tried to claim there rights were violated.
Sorry, but we refuse to give into neo-Nazism. We are learning from Germany's big mistake to not just go with the evil flow.
Go ahead and invoke Godwin's Law. If it quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck, smells like a duck, and has funny hair like a duck, it's probably a friggen duck.
Hey, IBM helped them as well...
2. No, we drink it cold over here. Just not so cold you can't taste it (because our beer is worth tasting).
Don't lie. You drink it at room temperature because Lucas makes you refrigerators...
What's to stop people from going online and submitting bogus feedback. For example, demanding so much carbonation that all you ever get is a glass of foam?
No one would ever decide to mess with AI to get strange results. Just ask Microsoft...
Saudi Arabia, Russia, Spain and UK officials will gleefully agree with you. Being mandated by law does not make it kosher.
Didn't say it did; just that that is German law. Not all cultures have the same view of things like free speech, or others for that matter. Stating a fact does not mean one agrees with it.