So, who says that everyone must have broadband? The article only points out that a good majority of the people who pay for broadband don't receive a service that can be justifiably called that.
Nah, you're over-thinking it; it's basically "Look who's talking": ie some people may have a right to make noise about this (via their cow, I guess), but you, not so much. Should also point out that "moo" and "keep quiet" rhyme in this case.
Oracle owns the rights to TCK and will not license it to the Apache Software Foundation under terms that the ASF will agree to.
No, Oracle (and Sun before them) are refusing to provide the TCK under terms that are required under the JCP agreement, making the JCP a bit of a sham. And it's not so much that ASF doesn't agree to the terms, it's that they are incompatible with the Apache license, so they would not be able to distribute Harmony.
Seriously? You're going to treat "gamer" as some badge of honor now? Gamers play games, it's not that hard a club to break into.
And a lot of the people dicking around on Farmville spend more time doing it than they do at their jobs; yeah, they're "gamers". Hell, I spent more than a few Friday nights in high school with a two-liter of Mountain Dew and Caesar III, I don't see how this is fundamentally different (disclaimer: I haven't actually played Farmville at any point, maybe it is).
But since it gets missed its gets to mess with pirate copy players for a few months while it gets identified, defeated, and then new cracks are released.
That seems highly unlikely - days, maybe weeks, at best.
Wikileaks uses the power of the internet to undermine authoritarian or non-transparent governments around the world.
Really? So far all I've seen are some mildly embarrassing and entirely inconsequential internal communications. Why must geeks always blow everything out of all proportion?
That's not even the point though, "cyberwarfare" refers to the "actions by a nation-state to penetrate another nation's computers or networks for the purposes of causing damage or disruption" (from Cyber War, via WP), it's any random action tenuously related to a computer somehow.
Schneier is assuming that in cyberwar the main actors are going to be nation-states.
Actual cyberwar is a matter for nation-states. That whole "autistic 14 year old super hacker from Ukraine brings down all of US infrastructure with a push of a button" scenario should stay where it began: crappy 90s sci-fi.
And calling WikiLeaks "cyberwarfare" is just, well, Palinesque.
This is interesting. I wonder what the implications for the drake equation are.
None whatsoever (guesswork is still guesswork).
If life evolved twice independently on earth I would think that life in the universe is quite common.
This news has nothing to do with independently evolved life, it's just an organism that has managed to substitute a similar element for one of the six elements used by all life on earth (including this bacterium, under regular conditions).
Most likely, life div evolve multiple times on earth, but didn't last long until one iteration "stuck", but discovery has nothing to say about that one way or the other.
Even just the next few years when their adjustable rate mortgage jumps to over 10%.
Dressed up science fiction is not doing anything to help those people.
You know who thinks about the future in a meaningful way? People working in the fields that create the innovations that make "the future" a reality.
People who appoint themselves as some kind of moderators of the discussion of the future (as I understood your definition of "futurist") as about as useful as "pop culture experts".
So, here's my problem: apparently I shouldn't "hate on" Ray Kurzweil, "hating on" is a bad thing. But I do hate Ray Kurzweil, not personally mind you, I'm sure he's an excellent individual, but in the same way that I hate any useless person in the public eye who makes their living peddling bullshit.
I suppose I could be jealous, though I'm not exactly sure what I would be jealous of. I assume he's relatively well-off, but there are plenty of rich people I have no problem with; is it his ability to set aside his scruples in publishing this kind of sensationalist claptrap? I suppose that could be it.
That was the most long-winded way of saying "public masturbation" that I've ever seen.
Sorry, but I have no respect for anyone describing themselves as a "futurist"; or as someone who's out to "get people to think" for that matter - people do that on their own, when you yourself present something thoughtful.
And the only reason anyone mentions Kurzweil's lack of (meaningful) accuracy is his constant self-congratulation on how accurate he is - no one cares otherwise.
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All my foes are spelling or grammar Nazis.
How do you feel about semantics Nazis?
Also as a practical matter I don't know where they pulled the 4mbps figure from. Why is that the magic number that is "good enough"?
I think it's meant to be "good" rather than "good enough".
So, who says that everyone must have broadband? The article only points out that a good majority of the people who pay for broadband don't receive a service that can be justifiably called that.
Nah, you're over-thinking it; it's basically "Look who's talking": ie some people may have a right to make noise about this (via their cow, I guess), but you, not so much. Should also point out that "moo" and "keep quiet" rhyme in this case.
Oracle owns the rights to TCK and will not license it to the Apache Software Foundation under terms that the ASF will agree to.
No, Oracle (and Sun before them) are refusing to provide the TCK under terms that are required under the JCP agreement, making the JCP a bit of a sham. And it's not so much that ASF doesn't agree to the terms, it's that they are incompatible with the Apache license, so they would not be able to distribute Harmony.
Don't let Julian Assange be the last real man on earth.
Mostly because he's kind of a douche.
The difference is that Farmville is basically the grindy parts of an MMO without any of the other parts?
There are MMOs that have non-grindy parts?
Seriously? You're going to treat "gamer" as some badge of honor now? Gamers play games, it's not that hard a club to break into.
And a lot of the people dicking around on Farmville spend more time doing it than they do at their jobs; yeah, they're "gamers". Hell, I spent more than a few Friday nights in high school with a two-liter of Mountain Dew and Caesar III, I don't see how this is fundamentally different (disclaimer: I haven't actually played Farmville at any point, maybe it is).
It's like watching some nature show where they sit passively while the huge coyote mauls the little pet.
What the hell kind of fucked up "nature shows" do you watch, where pets are mauled by coyotes?
But since it gets missed its gets to mess with pirate copy players for a few months while it gets identified, defeated, and then new cracks are released.
That seems highly unlikely - days, maybe weeks, at best.
Remember how we were all urged to use a 'Pledge' Signing company to properly recycle our old computers and televisions?
No?
Wikileaks uses the power of the internet to undermine authoritarian or non-transparent governments around the world.
Really? So far all I've seen are some mildly embarrassing and entirely inconsequential internal communications. Why must geeks always blow everything out of all proportion?
That's not even the point though, "cyberwarfare" refers to the "actions by a nation-state to penetrate another nation's computers or networks for the purposes of causing damage or disruption" (from Cyber War, via WP), it's any random action tenuously related to a computer somehow.
Schneier is assuming that in cyberwar the main actors are going to be nation-states.
Actual cyberwar is a matter for nation-states. That whole "autistic 14 year old super hacker from Ukraine brings down all of US infrastructure with a push of a button" scenario should stay where it began: crappy 90s sci-fi.
And calling WikiLeaks "cyberwarfare" is just, well, Palinesque.
Holy mother of god, if I ever hear "carbocation", used to mean a break from your low-carb fad diet, I am holding you personally responsible.
Uh oh, looks like someone could use a staycation!
but by that logic you should be able to find tellurium in sulfur, which isn't the case.
I don't know, have you checked all the sulfur?
Step 1) Sell the car at a loss.
Step 2) Establish your brand in a new market segment
Step 3) Profit!!!
It's a pretty common strategy, really.
I slogged my way through 900 pages of the Baroque Cycle
Well, that's what, like half of the first volume?
I just tried "keelhauling", "scurvy", and "buggery" and all were auto-completed just fine.
This is interesting. I wonder what the implications for the drake equation are.
None whatsoever (guesswork is still guesswork).
If life evolved twice independently on earth I would think that life in the universe is quite common.
This news has nothing to do with independently evolved life, it's just an organism that has managed to substitute a similar element for one of the six elements used by all life on earth (including this bacterium, under regular conditions).
Most likely, life div evolve multiple times on earth, but didn't last long until one iteration "stuck", but discovery has nothing to say about that one way or the other.
Am I the only one who expected it to have a shiny metal ass?
it is still up to the regional RIRs to *use* those IPs
Regional Internet Registry.
It is probably all marketing fluff. NASA is taking a page from Apple.
No, no, I'm sure it's the First Contact thing - that's the only reasonable assumption.
Even just the next few years when their adjustable rate mortgage jumps to over 10%.
Dressed up science fiction is not doing anything to help those people.
You know who thinks about the future in a meaningful way? People working in the fields that create the innovations that make "the future" a reality.
People who appoint themselves as some kind of moderators of the discussion of the future (as I understood your definition of "futurist") as about as useful as "pop culture experts".
So, here's my problem: apparently I shouldn't "hate on" Ray Kurzweil, "hating on" is a bad thing. But I do hate Ray Kurzweil, not personally mind you, I'm sure he's an excellent individual, but in the same way that I hate any useless person in the public eye who makes their living peddling bullshit.
I suppose I could be jealous, though I'm not exactly sure what I would be jealous of. I assume he's relatively well-off, but there are plenty of rich people I have no problem with; is it his ability to set aside his scruples in publishing this kind of sensationalist claptrap? I suppose that could be it.
That was the most long-winded way of saying "public masturbation" that I've ever seen.
Sorry, but I have no respect for anyone describing themselves as a "futurist"; or as someone who's out to "get people to think" for that matter - people do that on their own, when you yourself present something thoughtful.
And the only reason anyone mentions Kurzweil's lack of (meaningful) accuracy is his constant self-congratulation on how accurate he is - no one cares otherwise.