Not only did they not get a fine, the contractor's name hasn't even been published so we have no idea who it is. Lewisham Homes and Wandle Housing are the names of the companies whose client's data was leaked. But the name of the contractor responsible for the breach has not been released. So you could end up hiring/contracting this guy.
You just don't get the idea of "bread and circuses" at all, do you? It's not about common sense. It's about getting votes. There are more poor people that rich people (so more votes from the poor), more uneducated people than educated people (so more votes from the uneducated). Populism works for the politicians, until the whole system is destroyed because it made no sense.
Take heart - there's a theory about skyscrapers that states that when a society starts building really big ones it's only a dozen or so years away from bankruptcy.
No, not hack. Associate. Correlate. Put into a database and sell to someone for marketing people. Of course there's a flaw built in to this idea because the demographic you will be collecting data on are people who are too poor/lazy to pay for a decent internet connection. I'm sure, however, that even for this group there are goods and services that companies are willing to sell to it. But after all whenever a company is going to give you something "free" they feel they can first rape you in the arse to do so. If you think this is different, well...
The best thing is that because it's "free", and because it's advertised to have a relatively low bandwidth, he can probably get away with much less than 0.5 Mbps while at the same time harvesting data for relatively little cost. I mean it's "free" but I expect you'll have to log in or give an email or something... oh and lo and behold, people love to use the same email and usernames for everything...
OK, after looking at the logarithmic graph I will concede your point. With that in mind perhaps my choice of technology wasn't the best example. You're right. However bear in mind that a computer is much, much more than just a number of transistors per unit area...
No, exponential means that the advances would be getting greater and greater over time. You're confusing the popular expression of "exponential" with the real one.
No, you're simply claiming perpetual technological growth to compensate for physical limits. At some point you hit diminishing returns - even with technology. Compare a Pentium III from 10 years ago to a Quad Core i7 from today. Yeah today's machines are faster and have more memory - but not stunningly so. In fact, there's not so much difference between the machines as a 1977 XT with 128k, a tape drive and a monochrome monitor and a 1987 80386 with megabytes of memory, megabytes of hard disk space, a VGA monitor, sound card, multitasking, etc. Now leap forwards to 1997 and your Pentium II... better but only incrementally so.
You could argue that this scenario is specific to computers but it's not. This is why you don't have your flying car. This is why life expectancy has shot up from 50-odd years to the seventies and is hovering there. This is why cancer patients live longer free of the symptoms of their disease, but the overall mortality of their disease hasn't changed much. There are hard limits to technology, too. It would be foolish to ignore them.
In the Daily Mail - it must be true! Also this line was cute: "his team do not have the money or resources to examine the shape further. If it does turn out to be a UFO it will be priceless". All that's needed is an address so I can send the cheque!
Yes - didn't you know? Terrorists always go through airport TSA security checkpoints, illegal immigrants always arrive by air, and people who seek to build weapons of mass destruction always ask for permission from the government beforehand!
Games have not been about what "you'd rather" since the mid 1990's, but rather about what the market is willing to pay for.
See entertainment software is in a rather special category - it doesn't really have to be good. It doesn't have to be bug free. It doesn't even have to be fun. All it has to do is "entertain". You can't get a refund from the cinema for a bad movie. You have to put up with 14 shitty songs on the CD that contains 1 or 2 songs you actually like. And no publisher will give you your money back because a book didn't end the way you wanted it to.
So we could argue that games should be essentially bug free because they are software, but the truth is that all they have to do is show a title screen and play some music, and you have been entertained. Anything else is extra. Now that's not the way it should be, but because there are a great deal of kids out there willing to buy games because of the pretty graphics on the box or the cool sounding title or because that company was the one that released MegaUltraBlasterSlaughterFest V so this game HAS to be good amirite? well, we're screwed.
Slashdot Mirror
Not only did they not get a fine, the contractor's name hasn't even been published so we have no idea who it is. Lewisham Homes and Wandle Housing are the names of the companies whose client's data was leaked. But the name of the contractor responsible for the breach has not been released. So you could end up hiring/contracting this guy.
You just don't get the idea of "bread and circuses" at all, do you? It's not about common sense. It's about getting votes. There are more poor people that rich people (so more votes from the poor), more uneducated people than educated people (so more votes from the uneducated). Populism works for the politicians, until the whole system is destroyed because it made no sense.
Take heart - there's a theory about skyscrapers that states that when a society starts building really big ones it's only a dozen or so years away from bankruptcy.
No, not hack. Associate. Correlate. Put into a database and sell to someone for marketing people. Of course there's a flaw built in to this idea because the demographic you will be collecting data on are people who are too poor/lazy to pay for a decent internet connection. I'm sure, however, that even for this group there are goods and services that companies are willing to sell to it. But after all whenever a company is going to give you something "free" they feel they can first rape you in the arse to do so. If you think this is different, well...
I daresay Heathrow is even further than that. It's a good 30 miles if I recall correctly, without looking at google maps.
The best thing is that because it's "free", and because it's advertised to have a relatively low bandwidth, he can probably get away with much less than 0.5 Mbps while at the same time harvesting data for relatively little cost. I mean it's "free" but I expect you'll have to log in or give an email or something... oh and lo and behold, people love to use the same email and usernames for everything...
His toupee will demand to see a certificate of Virginity?
Race card? I was always under the impression that being Jewish was a religion, not a "race".
Won't take Zuckerberg and co long to spin this into an anti-Jew thing...
We're not sure - so please send more grant money.
physically challenged, you unpolitically correct insensitive clod!
OK, after looking at the logarithmic graph I will concede your point. With that in mind perhaps my choice of technology wasn't the best example. You're right. However bear in mind that a computer is much, much more than just a number of transistors per unit area...
No, exponential means that the advances would be getting greater and greater over time. You're confusing the popular expression of "exponential" with the real one.
No, you're simply claiming perpetual technological growth to compensate for physical limits. At some point you hit diminishing returns - even with technology. Compare a Pentium III from 10 years ago to a Quad Core i7 from today. Yeah today's machines are faster and have more memory - but not stunningly so. In fact, there's not so much difference between the machines as a 1977 XT with 128k, a tape drive and a monochrome monitor and a 1987 80386 with megabytes of memory, megabytes of hard disk space, a VGA monitor, sound card, multitasking, etc. Now leap forwards to 1997 and your Pentium II... better but only incrementally so.
You could argue that this scenario is specific to computers but it's not. This is why you don't have your flying car. This is why life expectancy has shot up from 50-odd years to the seventies and is hovering there. This is why cancer patients live longer free of the symptoms of their disease, but the overall mortality of their disease hasn't changed much. There are hard limits to technology, too. It would be foolish to ignore them.
Denial is a powerful instinct. You can tell them the ship went aground a long time ago, and they still won't believe it.
In the Daily Mail - it must be true! Also this line was cute: "his team do not have the money or resources to examine the shape further. If it does turn out to be a UFO it will be priceless". All that's needed is an address so I can send the cheque!
You're just too old to poke...
Can they still poke each other even if they're not friends?
I see what you did there. But back in my day we had real nostalgia....
Yes - didn't you know? Terrorists always go through airport TSA security checkpoints, illegal immigrants always arrive by air, and people who seek to build weapons of mass destruction always ask for permission from the government beforehand!
Eh? A trip down nostalgia lane... I remember when PC's came with a game port. Or more specifically, I remember when they didn't. Xyzzy...
Eh funny you should mention deadspace. I never got past the first room the thing was so crappy. And I heard they made a deadspace 2....
Games have not been about what "you'd rather" since the mid 1990's, but rather about what the market is willing to pay for.
See entertainment software is in a rather special category - it doesn't really have to be good. It doesn't have to be bug free. It doesn't even have to be fun. All it has to do is "entertain". You can't get a refund from the cinema for a bad movie. You have to put up with 14 shitty songs on the CD that contains 1 or 2 songs you actually like. And no publisher will give you your money back because a book didn't end the way you wanted it to.
So we could argue that games should be essentially bug free because they are software, but the truth is that all they have to do is show a title screen and play some music, and you have been entertained. Anything else is extra. Now that's not the way it should be, but because there are a great deal of kids out there willing to buy games because of the pretty graphics on the box or the cool sounding title or because that company was the one that released MegaUltraBlasterSlaughterFest V so this game HAS to be good amirite? well, we're screwed.
All I can say is try before you buy...
Has nothing to do with nuclear submarines.
and he gets screwed.
I guess you've never been married. I mean yeah you'd think he'd get screwed once in a while, but once the honeymoon is over - that's it.