Now everything is going "cloud", I can see a gap in the market for "family cloud" appliances - plonk them on your home network, trust a few similar units on the networks of family members, and get the benefits of redundant backups, mail service, etc, exchanging the cost of your privacy for a few hundred dollars.
And most likely a violation of your internet providers TOS for running those evil 'servers' on a home account.
Many would argue that "freedom of movement" directly implies we have a right to drive. ( yes, that right can be taken away if you commit a crime while exercising that right, but its not a privilege to be earned, its a right you are born with )
I know it gets brought up often, but since these 'rules' are so nebulous, when do the giants like Google have to pay out protection money to the 'family'? Tthey wont get shut down of course, but they will get sued ( or just threatened ) and settle out of court, using our tax dollars to fund their attorneys on what should be a civil matter.
I am in the same boat, however i DO buy new CDs. But i buy them directly from non-RIAA artist. During the war, support the little guy, not just fight the big one.
So when i merely think of a song, they come and rip it out of my head forever if i don't pay up. I would say they live within their own private 'reality distortion field', but they have enough cash on hand to make it our reality...
No really, who really cares about 'yet another consumer magazine' that is full of either pure ads, or fake reviews or 'placement' type of advertisements? Don't we have enough of those already?
I still remember when Byte was a great technical magazine and was something to look forward to getting in the mail box. I also remember its slow painful decent into "consumer electronics", which was really disappointing for engineering types like myself. It would be nice to see a return to the old ways, but even then, i think the 'magic' is long gone in the industry as a whole.
Its the typical 'its for the children' ruse for us t lose more of our rights at the hands of the government. Expect more draconian monitoring laws to be drafted.
Its not like hes going to admit there could be a gaping hole in the code. But would be a lot more comforting to people that rely on it if they did a code audit like yesterday, so he doesn't have to use the word 'doubt'..
Don't discount the value of the ability to point the finger, even if you have to pay for a fix. It can save your job/career when things go south due to no fault of your own..
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Now everything is going "cloud", I can see a gap in the market for "family cloud" appliances - plonk them on your home network, trust a few similar units on the networks of family members, and get the benefits of redundant backups, mail service, etc, exchanging the cost of your privacy for a few hundred dollars.
And most likely a violation of your internet providers TOS for running those evil 'servers' on a home account.
Many would argue that "freedom of movement" directly implies we have a right to drive. ( yes, that right can be taken away if you commit a crime while exercising that right, but its not a privilege to be earned, its a right you are born with )
No, i use it because it works.
Another hit for the analog world. In a few more years, real quality will just be a distant memory and all we will have are 'samples'.
True, they use 'fat' laptops to travel, as no net = no workie = pissed off client .. But all the ones i know use vm's ON the laptop.
I have to differ, i do as i preach and have been using VDI in some form or another since i started 'pushing' virtual machines at the office.
If *I* cant run it, how can i tell others to?
No, not really. Its invasive and wrong.
So a California statue is now international law?
That is what killed it.
I know it gets brought up often, but since these 'rules' are so nebulous, when do the giants like Google have to pay out protection money to the 'family'? Tthey wont get shut down of course, but they will get sued ( or just threatened ) and settle out of court, using our tax dollars to fund their attorneys on what should be a civil matter.
I am in the same boat, however i DO buy new CDs. But i buy them directly from non-RIAA artist. During the war, support the little guy, not just fight the big one.
So when i merely think of a song, they come and rip it out of my head forever if i don't pay up. I would say they live within their own private 'reality distortion field', but they have enough cash on hand to make it our reality...
No really, who really cares about 'yet another consumer magazine' that is full of either pure ads, or fake reviews or 'placement' type of advertisements? Don't we have enough of those already?
I still remember when Byte was a great technical magazine and was something to look forward to getting in the mail box. I also remember its slow painful decent into "consumer electronics", which was really disappointing for engineering types like myself. It would be nice to see a return to the old ways, but even then, i think the 'magic' is long gone in the industry as a whole.
Are we there yet?
Its the typical 'its for the children' ruse for us t lose more of our rights at the hands of the government. Expect more draconian monitoring laws to be drafted.
No, i think it will help get rid of all the trash sites and leave all the quality sites. So in this case it may backfire.
Its not like hes going to admit there could be a gaping hole in the code. But would be a lot more comforting to people that rely on it if they did a code audit like yesterday, so he doesn't have to use the word 'doubt'..
If there isn't some regulation for 'fairness' to protect us citizens, you end up with comcast.
But better enough to pay for it? Most will say that its not. Some will.
Don't discount the value of the ability to point the finger, even if you have to pay for a fix. It can save your job/career when things go south due to no fault of your own..
But thanks for letting me know what to avoid.
All 3 of them?
That takes time. Removing neutrality from the table is the first step.
Yes, information will survive underground but is that the life we want?
I don't.
Yesterday. And the cool thing is you will never even know what you are missing.