"Consciousness permeates reality. Rather than being just a unique feature of human subjective experience, it's the foundation of the universe, present in every particle and all physical matter. This sounds like easily-dismissible bunkum, but as traditional attempts to explain consciousness continue to fail"
Total bokum, consciousness is an emergent property of physical processes in the brain. As in a sufficiently powerful computer can create simulated entities moving about within it. No need to invoke some non corporal essence to explain the behavior of such entities.
I would like to personally thank Tim Cook for allowing me to control power management on my own phone. It saves me the bother of downloading and running Open Source software.
@GerryGilmore: 'There was NO "UNIX API" as MS had, hence their subsequent success'.. That and sabotaging Windows to not run other peoples software and keeping the API calls undocumented.
"[T]he reason most software remains locked up within the four walls of enterprise firewalls is that it's too costly with too small of an ROI to justify open-sourcing it."
Talk about damning with faint praise. A novel interpretation and the first I've ever heard of this analysis. The worlds top supercomputers all run on a variant of Linux and the makers still manage to make a profit. If I was paranoid I would suspect Matt Asay was put up to join the Open Source Initiative and subvert it from the inside.
"Developers like me know that there are a lot of weak spots in the modern internet"
There's nothing wrong with the Internet that needs fixing, the problem resides in certain computers at either end. Is this article an attempt to tarnish Open Source with some kind of crypto currency ponzi scheme?
Some time ago, Userfriendly did a cartoon featuring a Clippy like character called Binky who turned into a mean drunk after being let go by Ubersoft. Looks like another case of life imitating art again.
"2017 seems to have had an unusually rich supply of software flaws that fouled up major products -- from Twitter to iOS 11 to the Google Pixel 2.. Google's Play Services software for Android..
Something missing from that story, just on the tip of my tongue, is it any wonder this has become known as the Microsoft Slashdot.
Frans Faase: "I quite enjoyed watching the movie, but left with a feeling that I had to see it at least another three times to fully comprehend it. It has some interesting plot twists and some iconic scenes. It answers some questions, while are left unanswered".
"At least the movie is good, because it does not have one main character and that we see the struggles of several characters and going through some development to add to the story. It also leads to some dramatic choices being made. In a sense this may make the movie look quite chaotic, but in a sense it might be most emotional dramatic movie of all the movies that have been made so far. Maybe even the most convincing if you give it time to sink in."
Your whole piece reads like advertising copy. I suspect this movie is going to be as bad and all over the place as 'The Force Awakens'. I realize these are kids movie, but how are we're expected to belief that Rey, having lived all her life on a scavenger planet can not only fly the Millennium Falcon, but out fly a number of Tie Fighters, all without ever having stepped in the cockpit of a spaceship. Then she goes on to defeat a dark lord in single combat, something a fully trained Jedi master failed to do. The political correctness force is much strong here. But fortunately Lucas has all but killed off the franchise with his endless reshoots of key scenes and plot rehashes. The midichlorians and Jar Jar Binks anyone:]
"If Theresa May is certain Russia is ‘meddling’ in British democracy she obviously knows some seriously cheap advertisers. It just emerged Russia spent 73p ($0.97) on ads to influence the Brexit referendum. How much influence can you buy for 73p?"
"Well, for a start, probably not a lot because the Facebook ads were about migration and the wider European context – and not Brexit. And then there’s the fact less than £1 was spent." link
Slashdot Mirror
"Consciousness permeates reality. Rather than being just a unique feature of human subjective experience, it's the foundation of the universe, present in every particle and all physical matter. This sounds like easily-dismissible bunkum, but as traditional attempts to explain consciousness continue to fail"
Total bokum, consciousness is an emergent property of physical processes in the brain. As in a sufficiently powerful computer can create simulated entities moving about within it. No need to invoke some non corporal essence to explain the behavior of such entities.
I would like to personally thank Tim Cook for allowing me to control power management on my own phone. It saves me the bother of downloading and running Open Source software.
It is sad watching slashdot reduced to repeating neocon waffle on a technology forum.
@GerryGilmore: 'There was NO "UNIX API" as MS had, hence their subsequent success' .. That and sabotaging Windows to not run other peoples software and keeping the API calls undocumented.
Microsoft's Allegedly Undocumented APIs - Comes v. Microsoft
'The demos of OS/2 were excellent, crashing the system had the intended effect'
"[T]he reason most software remains locked up within the four walls of enterprise firewalls is that it's too costly with too small of an ROI to justify open-sourcing it."
Talk about damning with faint praise. A novel interpretation and the first I've ever heard of this analysis. The worlds top supercomputers all run on a variant of Linux and the makers still manage to make a profit. If I was paranoid I would suspect Matt Asay was put up to join the Open Source Initiative and subvert it from the inside.
Linux totally dominates supercomputers
Red Hat on the NYSE
78 percent of companies run open-source software
What does Cryptocurrency Exchange Kraken run on?
'The company discovered the data after reverse-engineering the SinVR desktop application and noticing a function named "downloadallcustomers."'
Demonstration the necessity of stripping all debug information before shipping the applications - DOH!
How much will Microsoft skim off the top.
Snouts to the trough .. Republican fight against municipal broadband heats up in Michigan
Apple glued the battery to the case for the sole reason to prevent you changing it yourself.
I concur fully with your analysis ..
Snake Oil South Seas Bubble ..
What I've always wondered is why didn't they stick with C type declaration?
That would be an interesting Time Article .. ref
Title corrected to more accurately reflect the reality.
"Developers like me know that there are a lot of weak spots in the modern internet"
There's nothing wrong with the Internet that needs fixing, the problem resides in certain computers at either end. Is this article an attempt to tarnish Open Source with some kind of crypto currency ponzi scheme?
Some time ago, Userfriendly did a cartoon featuring a Clippy like character called Binky who turned into a mean drunk after being let go by Ubersoft. Looks like another case of life imitating art again.
How Syria's White Helmets became victims of an online propaganda machine
... EXPOSED!
Syria : White Helmets
White Helmets' bizarre ‘mannequin challenge’ in Syrian warzone
Brilliant! Unedited, fake White Helmets 'rescue' video
Fake News Alert: CNN Finally Admits “White Helmets” Staged Fake Video
White Helmets”and the winnner isanything but truth
Meet The Man Behind The Propaganda Rami Abdul Rahman
The Truth Behind The Oft-Quoted Syrian Observatory For Human Rights
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights run by immigrant from his UK home
The rubber babies of Aleppo
"2017 seems to have had an unusually rich supply of software flaws that fouled up major products -- from Twitter to iOS 11 to the Google Pixel 2 .. Google's Play Services software for Android ..
Something missing from that story, just on the tip of my tongue, is it any wonder this has become known as the Microsoft Slashdot.
Two Bytes to $951M
Frans Faase: "I quite enjoyed watching the movie, but left with a feeling that I had to see it at least another three times to fully comprehend it. It has some interesting plot twists and some iconic scenes. It answers some questions, while are left unanswered".
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"At least the movie is good, because it does not have one main character and that we see the struggles of several characters and going through some development to add to the story. It also leads to some dramatic choices being made. In a sense this may make the movie look quite chaotic, but in a sense it might be most emotional dramatic movie of all the movies that have been made so far. Maybe even the most convincing if you give it time to sink in."
Your whole piece reads like advertising copy. I suspect this movie is going to be as bad and all over the place as 'The Force Awakens'. I realize these are kids movie, but how are we're expected to belief that Rey, having lived all her life on a scavenger planet can not only fly the Millennium Falcon, but out fly a number of Tie Fighters, all without ever having stepped in the cockpit of a spaceship. Then she goes on to defeat a dark lord in single combat, something a fully trained Jedi master failed to do. The political correctness force is much strong here. But fortunately Lucas has all but killed off the franchise with his endless reshoots of key scenes and plot rehashes. The midichlorians and Jar Jar Binks anyone
Blake's 7, a motley crew of renegades and smugglers trying to escape an evil totalitarian empire in a salvaged spaceship. The Liberator
Star Wars, a motley crew of renegades and smugglers trying to escape the evil empire in a stolen spaceship Millennium Falcon
"CIA employees have every right to express opinions about US elections"
What about the CIA/MI5 inspired dossier that targeted a serving US president in an attempted coup.
"If Theresa May is certain Russia is ‘meddling’ in British democracy she obviously knows some seriously cheap advertisers. It just emerged Russia spent 73p ($0.97) on ads to influence the Brexit referendum. How much influence can you buy for 73p?"
"Well, for a start, probably not a lot because the Facebook ads were about migration and the wider European context – and not Brexit. And then there’s the fact less than £1 was spent." link
"It can't be understated how good of a job MS has done with Win10"
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.. here it comes ...
What good job, a good job in maintain a monopoly on the desktop PC, seeing as no one has a choice in 'upgrading' to Win10
"I know this probably makes me sound like a MS shill"
Yes
"but having spent multiple years in the Linux desktop scene"
Appeal to authority
"the current windows OS is by far the best OS I've ever used".
Our main goal was to become independent
Microsoft Germany moves into a new headquarters
Report by Microsoft partner Accenture