Gee...let's make thousands of developers scrap what they know and learn a niche language, because the iPhone is *too good* for J2ME and not good enough for full blown Java? Can you see how ridiculous that sounds?
I stated that I wasn't talking about today's classification system for sex offenders. I'm not talking about the 20 year old who has sex with a 15 or 16 year old. I'm talking about the adult who rapes a minor. We are way too soft on the real predators and way too hard on the ones who aren't really predators.
If they are truly guilty to the point where they need to be registered for life, they should be in jail or dead.
The real solution is to give sexual predators the punishment they truly deserve in the first place, which is life in prison without possibility of parole.
I'm sure some people here will spew stuff about how they are 'sick' and need 'help'. Trust me, life in prison is a compromise compared to what I think they should really get. You don't help a rabid dog; you put it down. The same should hold for anyone who sexually abuses children. I'm not talking about the 20 year old/15 year old thing. I mean the real sexual predators.
Those who want to be soft on sex offenders are most likely not parents, and most definitely not parents of a child who has been abused.
Do you actually fly often? I do, and while I've had one or two long waits, most of the time it takes like five minutes to get through the security line. Stop crying...unless perhaps you're doing something on purpose to attract attention?
You're scooping their products and services up at ever growing rates. Ranting about anything Apple does is like ranting about the Government; if you just bitch and aren't willing to follow through with action(i.e. stop using their products) then it's just a bunch of hot air.
Their stock just hit $200/share for the first time...the do not CARE what any of you think about their practices.
People who actually know IT are busy doing IT rather than writing about it.
It's similar to the adage of those who can do, do, and those who can't do teach. In this case it is those who can do, do, and those who can't do write about it.
What exactly does that have to do with Apple not returning the damaged drive? What if I want it as a paperweight? The reason for wanting it back shouldn't matter. Of course, that won't stop the fanbois from avoiding the issue that Apple was wrong in this instance.
Since when does the legality of one's possessions alter one's rights?
Exactly what rights of his were violated? If I have a notebook full of my writing and I give it to you so you can tape a torn page for me, there is no expectation that you won't read it. If in that notebook you find my plans for world domination and alert the authorities so they can foil my plot, that's your obligation as a citizen.
They found child porn. That is tantamount to witnessing a crime. It's a moral obligation to turn the person in.
And those who moderate the parent "insightful" are the same who vote for authoritarian, unamerican cowardly bullies that symbolically wipe their asses with the constitution with every vote to repeal habeas corpus and to further demolish the long-standing regulation of abusive corporate power that we learned THE HARD WAY was necessary, nearly a century ago.
Ah yes...a classic tactic. Paint everyone who disagrees with you with a very broad brush in an attempt to discredit and silence anyone who dissents from your opinion.
The guy had child porn. A citizen saw it after he gave said citizen custody of his computer. That citizen fulfilled his moral obligation.
It's worse than that. Physicists have predicted that if DNF ever were actually released it could create a change in the vacuum state of the Universe. Everything goes POOF.
I'm not so sure about Cruise. In LOTR they used computers to make normal sized actors look shorter so they would look like Hobbits. Wouldn't they have to reverse that process and make Tom *taller* in order to perform Bilbo's role?
Besides, I'd rather not hear Bilbo try convincing the Dwarves that Dianetics is the way to go.
Expeditions sent to the area in the 1950s and 1960s did find microscopic glass spheres in siftings of the soil. Chemical analysis showed that the spheres contained high proportions of nickel and iridium, which are found in high concentrations in meteorites, and indicated that they were of extraterrestrial origin.
I've seen the 'natural gas' theory before. It's so contrived that it's almost like science-comedy.
I put my own router in place of the crappy Actiontec one for my FIOS Internet. However, they are saying they *require* their router if I want to use FIOS TV. No sale. Unfortunately that means I'll be sticking with Comcast for my TV.
When was this and in what alternate dimension did it take place. CompUSA has *never* had salespeople who knew what they were doing, with a few rare exceptions.
or maybe you need 12 servers instead of 10 to serve your high volume web site
Gee, I just paid 20% more than I should have for my servers? You do know that it isn't chump change for someone running a small business. Seriously, do you understand how silly your statement is?
This is a serious problem for AMD. It's amazing how many hoops some people will jump through for fanboisim.
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So how *is* Steve's koolaid, anyways?
Gee...let's make thousands of developers scrap what they know and learn a niche language, because the iPhone is *too good* for J2ME and not good enough for full blown Java? Can you see how ridiculous that sounds?
I stated that I wasn't talking about today's classification system for sex offenders. I'm not talking about the 20 year old who has sex with a 15 or 16 year old. I'm talking about the adult who rapes a minor. We are way too soft on the real predators and way too hard on the ones who aren't really predators.
If they are truly guilty to the point where they need to be registered for life, they should be in jail or dead.
Let's just save time and money for the taxpayers. If someone rapes a child (under the age of 13), toss them into a large incinerator. I am serious.
The real solution is to give sexual predators the punishment they truly deserve in the first place, which is life in prison without possibility of parole.
I'm sure some people here will spew stuff about how they are 'sick' and need 'help'. Trust me, life in prison is a compromise compared to what I think they should really get. You don't help a rabid dog; you put it down. The same should hold for anyone who sexually abuses children. I'm not talking about the 20 year old/15 year old thing. I mean the real sexual predators.
Those who want to be soft on sex offenders are most likely not parents, and most definitely not parents of a child who has been abused.
Do you actually fly often? I do, and while I've had one or two long waits, most of the time it takes like five minutes to get through the security line. Stop crying...unless perhaps you're doing something on purpose to attract attention?
You're scooping their products and services up at ever growing rates. Ranting about anything Apple does is like ranting about the Government; if you just bitch and aren't willing to follow through with action(i.e. stop using their products) then it's just a bunch of hot air.
Their stock just hit $200/share for the first time...the do not CARE what any of you think about their practices.
People who actually know IT are busy doing IT rather than writing about it.
It's similar to the adage of those who can do, do, and those who can't do teach. In this case it is those who can do, do, and those who can't do write about it.
This will get you started.
Dipping into the egg nog a bit early, are we?
What exactly does that have to do with Apple not returning the damaged drive? What if I want it as a paperweight? The reason for wanting it back shouldn't matter. Of course, that won't stop the fanbois from avoiding the issue that Apple was wrong in this instance.
Since when does the legality of one's possessions alter one's rights?
Exactly what rights of his were violated? If I have a notebook full of my writing and I give it to you so you can tape a torn page for me, there is no expectation that you won't read it. If in that notebook you find my plans for world domination and alert the authorities so they can foil my plot, that's your obligation as a citizen.
They found child porn. That is tantamount to witnessing a crime. It's a moral obligation to turn the person in.
And those who moderate the parent "insightful" are the same who vote for authoritarian, unamerican cowardly bullies that symbolically wipe their asses with the constitution with every vote to repeal habeas corpus and to further demolish the long-standing regulation of abusive corporate power that we learned THE HARD WAY was necessary, nearly a century ago.
Ah yes...a classic tactic. Paint everyone who disagrees with you with a very broad brush in an attempt to discredit and silence anyone who dissents from your opinion.
The guy had child porn. A citizen saw it after he gave said citizen custody of his computer. That citizen fulfilled his moral obligation.
Then they start running low on energy and decide to harvest humans as batteries...oh wait. Wrong movie.
No, to MAKE beer, then cool it. Dried malt extract and hops pellets are far more compact than bringing lots of extra beer. Mars homebrew!
It's worse than that. Physicists have predicted that if DNF ever were actually released it could create a change in the vacuum state of the Universe. Everything goes POOF.
I'm not so sure about Cruise. In LOTR they used computers to make normal sized actors look shorter so they would look like Hobbits. Wouldn't they have to reverse that process and make Tom *taller* in order to perform Bilbo's role?
Besides, I'd rather not hear Bilbo try convincing the Dwarves that Dianetics is the way to go.
Hey, any excuse to party and burn something works for me!
And most good guitar players think Guitar Hero is an absolutely stupid game. Not only is it too easy; it makes a mockery of real guitar playing!
I'm waiting for 'Zen and the Art of Downloading Porn' or 'Zen and the Art of Scratching Yourself' next.
You're wrong.
One of many references if you'd bothered to look: http://www.physorg.com/news819.html
Pertinent section:
Expeditions sent to the area in the 1950s and 1960s did find microscopic glass spheres in siftings of the soil. Chemical analysis showed that the spheres contained high proportions of nickel and iridium, which are found in high concentrations in meteorites, and indicated that they were of extraterrestrial origin.
I've seen the 'natural gas' theory before. It's so contrived that it's almost like science-comedy.
Though I think he was a tiny bit too young looking for a hobbit 51, since this is meant to be early middle age (think around 40 in a human).
Frodo got the One Ring right after coming of age. He wouldn't have looked middle aged at 51 as his aging was being retarded by possession of the Ring.
Titor? John? Is that you? ANOTHER fake id?
I put my own router in place of the crappy Actiontec one for my FIOS Internet. However, they are saying they *require* their router if I want to use FIOS TV. No sale. Unfortunately that means I'll be sticking with Comcast for my TV.
When was this and in what alternate dimension did it take place. CompUSA has *never* had salespeople who knew what they were doing, with a few rare exceptions.
or maybe you need 12 servers instead of 10 to serve your high volume web site
Gee, I just paid 20% more than I should have for my servers? You do know that it isn't chump change for someone running a small business. Seriously, do you understand how silly your statement is?
This is a serious problem for AMD. It's amazing how many hoops some people will jump through for fanboisim.
People actually use Comcast for their enterprise data center??? I'd like to get some of what those guys were smoking then :)
Cringley has *always* been about rampant speculation, and he's usually wrong.