The BTSync team has been perfectly clear that they do not intend at any time to open BTSync to the public. We were told that when we were using Skype, that it was safe and encrypted. Now we learned that it wasn't. Open source Sync and we will trust you.
You are perfectly right; but I tend to have a bit more trust in BitTorrent than DropBox, SkyDrive, Google Docs or iCloud.
you'll never seen someone of Algerian descent as their prime minister.
Really ? See this potential candidate for the job in four years. Algerian Jewish, though. But also of Romanian descent, which is not especially attracting to the average right wing voter.
I will never buy any product including DRM, for all the good reasons mentioned in other posts. The stuff is mine, I want to make sure that I will be able to read/see/listen to it forever.
Renting is however different : if I want to see a movie just once, I only care about the price of the provided; if using DRM reduces piracy and hence lowers the price for me, I am all for it.
What I like (or liked...) about Google Reader was that I could read some things at home on my Mac, some other at work on my PC and some others in between on mobile phone, and that the "read" status is synchronized.
I am ready to switch to anything else, as long as I can keep on reading stuff from everywhere. I am ready to install client applications.
If anything ticked the balance towards a yes to this initiative, that was Daniel Vasela, ex-CEO of Novartis, receiving a 72M CHF (about 76M USD) severance package
It was not exactly a severance package, but a salary/compensation for not working for competitors. At 1 million CHF per month during 6 years...
Further to that the government here actually has set up associations that help the renters ensure that the landlords are not overly zealous on the cleaning / repainting.
Bullshit again. The government hasn't set up anything like this, these associations are private.
Switzerland has fucking hygene inspectors that have to OK your moving out of any apartment or house for fucks sake. Sink not clean enough to use as an operating room? You must stay and clean.
Bullshit. When you move out, your landlord checks that the apartment or house is clean, that's all. If not, they will retain a certain amount on your 3 month deposit.
You can make assumptions, extrapolation, use past performance,etc
And even then : do you extrapolate on the past performance since the beginning of the operation, or the current performance ? As soon as performance varies during the process, any extrapolation might be wrong...
(hate to reply to ACs, but....)
My wife and my father both have a 3GS running iOS 6, with no known problem. Not jailbroken, however, but some people just needed a reliable phone. Which the 3GS is.
Yeah, I believe that one. That's about the last thing anybody does with an iPhone anymore.
My kids use my old iPhones. They have pre-paid minutes, and no data plan. And Wifi in many places.
I'm always a bit surprised it still has the ability to make calls each time Apple announces a new version.
And you might even be more surprised that an iPhone 3GS, released in 2009, is still supported by the latest iOS version. Please show me any smartphone vendor whose products still get software upgrades after more than a few months...
True, but if that password manager gets compromised by, say, Red October via capturing your keystrokes, everything is compromised for all sites until you take the time individually change each one,.
Not if you additionally have a key file, like KeePass allows.
This has nothing to do with outsourcing - under no circumstances would Boeing have made these batteries, and all f them were installed on the Washington State FAL. Nothing to do with outsourcing, nothing to do with unionism.
Outsourcing in itself is not an issue, as long as you clearly define what you expect, follow up your suppliers, check their processes, their products, etc. All of this takes time, hence money. It can work, but also turn into a nightmare if/when :
- Your suppliers themselves subcontract to other suppliers, which in turn...
- A stupid PHB slashes costs by "trusting" and not checking the suppliers
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The BTSync team has been perfectly clear that they do not intend at any time to open BTSync to the public. We were told that when we were using Skype, that it was safe and encrypted. Now we learned that it wasn't. Open source Sync and we will trust you.
You are perfectly right; but I tend to have a bit more trust in BitTorrent than DropBox, SkyDrive, Google Docs or iCloud.
GC is memory-hungry, but memory is scarce on mobiles => forget about GC.
He lied his ass off to get elected you mean?
I don't think that Obama was insincere when he promised to shutdown gitmo and so on, I think he meant it
And this is frightening.
you'll never seen someone of Algerian descent as their prime minister.
Really ? See this potential candidate for the job in four years. Algerian Jewish, though. But also of Romanian descent, which is not especially attracting to the average right wing voter.
The Chinese have successfully copied Cisco's HW so there's no reason to buy the genuine product.
I thought that Cisco's advantage over its competitors was in its SW, not HW...
sacrifices may be required
For the same sacrifices, I prefer wget or curl.
Or at least a "guest" mode, so that an iPad can be shared among parents and kids.
I will never buy any product including DRM, for all the good reasons mentioned in other posts. The stuff is mine, I want to make sure that I will be able to read/see/listen to it forever.
Renting is however different : if I want to see a movie just once, I only care about the price of the provided; if using DRM reduces piracy and hence lowers the price for me, I am all for it.
For once, I totally agree with him. By the way, there is the same issue with google glasses. Only worse.
An e-mail application which only works with GMail accounts ? One day after Google stopped Reader ? Are you kidding ?
The application looks nice, yes, but there is no way I am adding any dependency to any Google service.
What I like (or liked...) about Google Reader was that I could read some things at home on my Mac, some other at work on my PC and some others in between on mobile phone, and that the "read" status is synchronized.
I am ready to switch to anything else, as long as I can keep on reading stuff from everywhere. I am ready to install client applications.
Any idea ?
Intel is still the major manufacturer of laptop, desktop, workstation and server chips... What if they're not the main provider for cheap toys?
Cheap toys ? An iPhone costs more than many laptops or desktops...
(for you Americans : I am comparing to unsubsidized iPhone prices, which you end up paying with your huge monthly charges)
If anything ticked the balance towards a yes to this initiative, that was Daniel Vasela, ex-CEO of Novartis, receiving a 72M CHF (about 76M USD) severance package
It was not exactly a severance package, but a salary/compensation for not working for competitors. At 1 million CHF per month during 6 years...
Ask the voters
Don't thank the government : they didn't choose to ask the voters, they had to, because 100'000 persons signed the proposal.
The government and parliament proposed a watered-down version, but the voters chose the original (and stronger) version.
Further to that the government here actually has set up associations that help the renters ensure that the landlords are not overly zealous on the cleaning / repainting.
Bullshit again. The government hasn't set up anything like this, these associations are private.
Switzerland has fucking hygene inspectors that have to OK your moving out of any apartment or house for fucks sake. Sink not clean enough to use as an operating room? You must stay and clean.
Bullshit. When you move out, your landlord checks that the apartment or house is clean, that's all. If not, they will retain a certain amount on your 3 month deposit.
You can make assumptions, extrapolation, use past performance,etc
And even then : do you extrapolate on the past performance since the beginning of the operation, or the current performance ? As soon as performance varies during the process, any extrapolation might be wrong...
I doubt this has anything to do with any bad news for Google.
Agreed. But it may also show that Schmidt doesn't expect huge growth in Google's share price...
(hate to reply to ACs, but....) My wife and my father both have a 3GS running iOS 6, with no known problem. Not jailbroken, however, but some people just needed a reliable phone. Which the 3GS is.
Yeah, I believe that one. That's about the last thing anybody does with an iPhone anymore.
My kids use my old iPhones. They have pre-paid minutes, and no data plan. And Wifi in many places.
I'm always a bit surprised it still has the ability to make calls each time Apple announces a new version.
And you might even be more surprised that an iPhone 3GS, released in 2009, is still supported by the latest iOS version. Please show me any smartphone vendor whose products still get software upgrades after more than a few months...
True, but if that password manager gets compromised by, say, Red October via capturing your keystrokes, everything is compromised for all sites until you take the time individually change each one,.
Not if you additionally have a key file, like KeePass allows.
No, make it an ActiveX, so that it also works in IE 5.5
This has nothing to do with outsourcing - under no circumstances would Boeing have made these batteries, and all f them were installed on the Washington State FAL. Nothing to do with outsourcing, nothing to do with unionism.
Outsourcing in itself is not an issue, as long as you clearly define what you expect, follow up your suppliers, check their processes, their products, etc. All of this takes time, hence money. It can work, but also turn into a nightmare if/when :
A respectable form of bulimia.
Respectable ? You must be kidding.
How can you compare the USA with a population of 350M to Switzerland of 8M, we have CITIES with more people!
Switzerland here : most of us live in cities.