I was having some pain in my chest a couple of years back, and did some research on the internet, but none of the symptoms fit. So, I went to my doctor, and told him I'd done some research, but it didn't seem like a heart problem. When he looked surprised, I asked him if I was the only person who'd said they'd looked stuff up on the internet, and decided nothing was wrong. He said, pretty much, yea.
(turned out to be a minor stomach problem, all fixed now - thanks doc!)
To me, he's right. There is a trade off between convenience and privacy, and I'm okay with that. What I am not okay with is changing the rules once you've got my content, just to benefit yourself.
It should be a law (or something), that privacy options cannot be changed without your consent. Hell, I can even be bribed - you can sell my data, but I get a cut.
$800? When I called up TiVo to cancel my subscription because I didn't want to pay that much, they looked at my account (I had a series 1), and offered the dual-tuner HD box for ~$200.
Totally worth it to get rid of that crap TW box. Crappier hardware/software I haven't seen in a long time.
I have an okay roundhouse kick. It is the getting kicked in the face part I don't like so much (especially since I've gotten oh-so-old), which is why I don't go to the local martial arts center to improve it.
If the form of my kick affects how much "power" my virtual kick delivers, then I would get _really_ good at kicking.
That first one - double the time - makes me laugh because of a true story.
I was responsible for determining how many servers would be required to consolidate a bunch of older, underutilized servers into a farm environment. I took a good look, and decided that we could do everything we needed to with existing servers.
Well, that wouldn't work, so I requested two new servers. At least we wouldn't have to worry about end of life of the existing boxes, and there was plenty of budget. Besides, you should always estimate on the high side, right?
I took that to my manager, who immediately doubled it. Of course, his manager and the PM agreed to double that.
So, we ordered up eight machines.
When the project was done, it turned out my original estimate - zero servers - was correct.
Of course, now that we had a farm of eight machines, we had to come up with a way to manage them. But that's a different project...
The store nearest my house went through some growing pains with their checkout system. At first, it was definitely more of a hassle than it was worth.
Since then, they've kept tweaking the system. I now find it _much_ faster to use the self-checkout system for small baskets. Plus, there's seldom any wait.
Except that developers working on it can't refer to the code. MS needs to do a clean-room implementation (use the specs) in order to say that their code is not "infected" with any code that might subject them to an open source license.
(it goes both ways - OSS developers avoid looking at proprietary code for the same reason)
With the way identity theft and misplaced data is being trumpeted in the media, I feel influenced to ask for something that will protect my data from them.
I'm not a lawyer, but I've hired a few over the years.
Frankly, I want my lawyers ready and willing to sue their own mothers if that's what I want them to do.
I regard lawyers (mine or not) as instruments of the client's will. It is the RIAA that is the scumbags, because they're the ones asking for, or at least not blocking, their tactics.
To me, that's what made his statement sound so ignorant. It isn't that tubes is a bad analogy, it's that there is already a common term when using that analogy: pipes. If he'd called the internet a series of pipes, and left out the dumptruck stuff, it would've sounded at least somewhat informed. As it is, it sounds like he learned about it the night before, after a couple of drinks.
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It's an ad, but it's one of the better ones. It isn't all hype - they demonstrate the effectiveness of their product on code we all have access to.
I learned a few things, too (I haven't touched c++ in awhile, so I guess that isn't a very high bar).
I don't even read the summary anymore. Just the tags.
If you have a problem, you call the vendor.
There's hundred of thousands, sometimes millions of dollars on the line. It's their problem, they fix it.
Hmmm. Bing has it, too - both hits I got on Google, I got there, as well.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22This+is+why+things+show+up+in+Google+days,+sometimes+weeks+ahead+of+the+other+search+engines%22&go=&form=QBLH&qs=n&sk=
Microsoft Windows 95 was released on August 24th, 1995.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/173161-48-windows-release-date
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/microsoft/stories/1995/debut082495.htm
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/08/dayintech_0824
So, either all of those places (and a good chunk more) have been "fixed", or you're the one trying to change reality.
It was me.
Sorry 'bout that.
Not just computer admins - your general admins (secretaries, receptionists, etc.) know everything that is going on.
I was having some pain in my chest a couple of years back, and did some research on the internet, but none of the symptoms fit. So, I went to my doctor, and told him I'd done some research, but it didn't seem like a heart problem. When he looked surprised, I asked him if I was the only person who'd said they'd looked stuff up on the internet, and decided nothing was wrong. He said, pretty much, yea.
(turned out to be a minor stomach problem, all fixed now - thanks doc!)
To me, he's right. There is a trade off between convenience and privacy, and I'm okay with that. What I am not okay with is changing the rules once you've got my content, just to benefit yourself.
It should be a law (or something), that privacy options cannot be changed without your consent. Hell, I can even be bribed - you can sell my data, but I get a cut.
$800? When I called up TiVo to cancel my subscription because I didn't want to pay that much, they looked at my account (I had a series 1), and offered the dual-tuner HD box for ~$200.
Totally worth it to get rid of that crap TW box. Crappier hardware/software I haven't seen in a long time.
Somehow, the right female can devolve me right back into being a monkey.
I have an okay roundhouse kick. It is the getting kicked in the face part I don't like so much (especially since I've gotten oh-so-old), which is why I don't go to the local martial arts center to improve it.
If the form of my kick affects how much "power" my virtual kick delivers, then I would get _really_ good at kicking.
And I bet you would, too.
That first one - double the time - makes me laugh because of a true story.
I was responsible for determining how many servers would be required to consolidate a bunch of older, underutilized servers into a farm environment. I took a good look, and decided that we could do everything we needed to with existing servers.
Well, that wouldn't work, so I requested two new servers. At least we wouldn't have to worry about end of life of the existing boxes, and there was plenty of budget. Besides, you should always estimate on the high side, right?
I took that to my manager, who immediately doubled it. Of course, his manager and the PM agreed to double that.
So, we ordered up eight machines.
When the project was done, it turned out my original estimate - zero servers - was correct.
Of course, now that we had a farm of eight machines, we had to come up with a way to manage them. But that's a different project...
> Your data is as safe with google as it is with any other contractor that works onsite or offsite with the government.
Oh shit.
The store nearest my house went through some growing pains with their checkout system. At first, it was definitely more of a hassle than it was worth.
Since then, they've kept tweaking the system. I now find it _much_ faster to use the self-checkout system for small baskets. Plus, there's seldom any wait.
A gallon of milk is a two minute trip, tops.
That *is* weird.
Cat 6 is much better.
Are you kidding? Working in IT is like going to Disneyland!
Except all the lines are short because all the rides suck.
It doesn't matter. In order to be able to claim that they wrote all of it, therefore retain all rights, they can't look at any competitor's code.
Except that developers working on it can't refer to the code. MS needs to do a clean-room implementation (use the specs) in order to say that their code is not "infected" with any code that might subject them to an open source license.
(it goes both ways - OSS developers avoid looking at proprietary code for the same reason)
That one is easy:
"Road trip movie, only instead of frat boys its a dysfunctional family. For example, the grandfather is a drug addict"
In fact, that's almost the verbatim quote that convinced me to watch it.
With the way identity theft and misplaced data is being trumpeted in the media, I feel influenced to ask for something that will protect my data from them.
Can this chip do that?
I'm not a lawyer, but I've hired a few over the years.
Frankly, I want my lawyers ready and willing to sue their own mothers if that's what I want them to do.
I regard lawyers (mine or not) as instruments of the client's will. It is the RIAA that is the scumbags, because they're the ones asking for, or at least not blocking, their tactics.
You mean like this:
http://www.apc.com/products/infrastruxure/index.cfm
How about "pipes"?
To me, that's what made his statement sound so ignorant. It isn't that tubes is a bad analogy, it's that there is already a common term when using that analogy: pipes. If he'd called the internet a series of pipes, and left out the dumptruck stuff, it would've sounded at least somewhat informed. As it is, it sounds like he learned about it the night before, after a couple of drinks.
...I'm sure that it will be.