I'd give these clowns a point just because it was their first real attempt at making a movie (please ignore "Star Wreck"), they did it on a budget (IndieGoGo and KickStarter), and it was at the very least funny ("one last....... trick"). The scene when only Finland is caught having a non-weaponized space station in the demilitarized zone (space) is quite funny, too.
(I didn't find a The Expanse specific heading) I had really high hopes for The Expanse in that it was a SCIENCE fiction (much like The Martian) rather than a sciencey fantasy (Star Wars). The whole proto-molecule thing turned me off and I started being aware of glitches I would have ignored otherwise: slow motion projectiles, enormous interior room of the Rocinante, Bang and Olufsen headphones, Vixen Optics telescopes... Come on, Writers; you can do better than Harry Potter-esque (fantasy) cop-outs inherent with super technology (indistinguishable from magic; thank you Arthur Clarke)!
Had the best special effects because they couldn't get a pyrotechnics license and had to use their noggins. No sparks; just BIG thermonuclear fireballs done with lights and focus.
So you get hired (a real job... salary, not just hourlies) and are given the task of cleaning up the GMail interface.
What should you do?
What will get you promoted?
Fix the fact that the cursor jumps all over the place or add a new feature?
Oooh... how about animated, sparkly text?!?!
(poor poor neglected cursor)
Originally, "hacker" meant somebody who claimed to build fine furniture but, in reality, used an axe.
The products showed it.
Something similar has happened to UI.
Has anybody read Edward Tufte's work?
Does anybody even know who Edward Tufte is?
Hands... anybody... please.
I too (like one of the commenters) have a last gen OriginPC (EON) with SATA SSD and RAID 1 mirrored mSATA SSDs and am satisfied with it and OriginPC's support.
I bought one of those laptop protector stands to keep the furnace away from my lap and discovered that it was just extra stuff and that I just didn't need it: everything runs reasonably cool even over multiple days.
...not on battery, which lasts, at best, an hour.
However, if what you really want is some kind of portable... er... TRANSPORTABLE (luggable) server, check out the Eurocom Panther.
It's your hernia and you won't be using on any airline flights.
Question: will you be configuring some kind of RAID other than 0 or 1 with your multiple drive slots?
Twice I have let Microsoft do a pretty big update via my phone just because I didn't have to be concerned about an over limit. Do I even use 5G? No. So it's more about peace of mind. There, you got a piece of my mind.
It's difficult to "wreck a nice beach" / "recognize speech"!
"Find Meriam Avenue." Try that near Boston. Southie accent or not, you'll end up on M-I-riam Avenue in Waltham rather than Lexington.
When you add semantics, it gets really bad: "Miley Cyrus bombed"... she bombed what!?!? (http://thatgirlattheparty.com/tgatp-2010-oscar-fashion-roundup/)
We'll have to keep trying and progressing, obviously. The story of the two elderly and deaf guys on a train in the UK comes to mind:
"I say, is this Wembley?"
"No, it's Thursday."
"I am too! Let's get a drink."
(Apologies if this got posted all over the place... the NoScript produced a lot of interactions... even without "beach recognition.")
"Beijing Talk"... I took an introductory class (as another poster noted- "to be able to listen to what your coworkers are actually saying") and admit, that after a single or even several classes, while you will not be able to follow any conversation, you will be amazed at what can be said in a language that does not use gender, pluraility or case!
The final exam included translating the writing on the instructor's tie: (1) it turned out to be backwards/mirrored and (2) it said "Dry Clean Only!"
This is the "other" approach (recording the audio and, maybe, video). For town council meetings, I have found that the ZOOM recorders have an uncanny ability to record the presentation and not the candy bar wrapper rustling, chair scraping and coughing that other recorders seem to acquire and use to obliterate.
UC Santa Barbara - 1967 -
There was a design bug in the online system. There was a dedicated REPEAT key: key "REPEAT A 42" and the system would dutifully generate 42 A keystrokes, denying service until done. Problem was, the default numerical mode for the system was real rather than integer. Thus, "REPEAT A 9.999E12" was possible EVEN DURING LOGIN! It was a fine way to bring down the system... and many did... sometimes concurrently... not just a denial of service but distributed across the entire campus... and anonymous, too!
Hmmm... Maybe "overcurrent" is possible. In other words, 268 hp CONTINUOUSLY and something higher for an insane few seconds. TWO motors? Hmmm... left and right, front and rear, all together...? Also, I thought Le Mans requires a trunk and a tire change.
The car is pretty, though. "If it looks good, it'll 'fly' good."
Some of these companies you may not like; some you'd hope they would just go away. Wishing isn't going to make it so. I see at least two firms whose booked orders for 2009 are such that they'll have no trouble surviving... and one of those would drag at least two other, not listed, major firms down.
This is just gross incompetence and/or somebody who's desperate to make some cash on a "put."
If the Google router is a core router, the effect on Juniper will be minimal: Google (and Verizon and...) likes the Juniper edge routers. I can understand Google considering its own core, but to dive into the edge business would be suicide.
Core routers seem glamorous but, while they are ludicrously quick, they get that speed (at least in part) by being dumber than dirt. Unlike edge routers, they don't have sophisticated authentication (RADIUS and the like), their DHCP support is primitive at best (and the world will still need IPv4 for some time to come), and the various governments are going to require some kind of CALEA facility or those pipes will get ripped right out of the ground. The list of technical hurdles for a new "edger" is really formidable. Oh yeah, don't forget the multitude of edge resident PSEUDO-protocols - really just hacks for some carrier's specific needs (example: a 5k byte DHCP renewal packet) and only minimally documented.
I cannot see Google duplicating all of the edge stuff... at least, I think they're smarter than that. If otherwise, the stock to dump is Google's.
Lessig compliments McCain for campaign finance reform but fails to mention that McCain has more "K-Street 'Fixers'" on his committee than any other candidate. Is this a trivial detail or a sign that Lessig has an even bigger fight on his hands than he (or his supporters, maybe including me) knows?
Spot on! "CUSTOMERS of Microsoft" is the real (mis)perception and it is at the company itself. When MS deploys Windows, it does not perceive that deployment (either on a new machine or as a purchase of an upgrade) as the delivery of a tool but as the installation of a channel through which other sales may be made. That is the reason that there is so much cruft: "Lite" versions of various packages, not-quite-hidden means of automatically installing and starting unwanted software, the "Community" part of MSVS, DRM, the whole MSN annoyance.
Like anything new, these channels have unintended consequences: I am waiting for the uproar when the minimal PC for education starts soliciting children to sign up for MSN Adult.
Some of this is an attempt to do what Google made famous: offer something that is wanted/needed/required and pay for it through advertisements. In the case of Windows, the model is a bit more onerous in that there is an up-front fee (purchase price). So far, the model has worked - Microsoft's profits are quite healthy, thank you. However, there is absolutely no good will toward the company. Whether or not in the near future this will bite them is the question.
My most recent flight (December) on an AA Boeing 757 included a collapsing seat back and toilets that overflowed. I'll be surprised if the anti-missile system doesn't fry something onboard before it performs any protective service. Of course, with my (unfortunately long) experience with problems on 757s, that might be a good outcome.
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Could the editors just not find a picture of an IBM 2400 series drive? Have we actually forgotten what 9-track tapes look like (and 7-track)?
If it can recognize "It's difficult to wreck a nice beach", I'll be thoroughly 'whelmed'.
I'd give these clowns a point just because it was their first real attempt at making a movie (please ignore "Star Wreck"), they did it on a budget (IndieGoGo and KickStarter), and it was at the very least funny ("one last .... ... trick"). The scene when only Finland is caught having a non-weaponized space station in the demilitarized zone (space) is quite funny, too.
Best (OK, "weirdest") theme song ever: Goin' Back t' Benson Arizona!
(I didn't find a The Expanse specific heading) I had really high hopes for The Expanse in that it was a SCIENCE fiction (much like The Martian) rather than a sciencey fantasy (Star Wars). The whole proto-molecule thing turned me off and I started being aware of glitches I would have ignored otherwise: slow motion projectiles, enormous interior room of the Rocinante, Bang and Olufsen headphones, Vixen Optics telescopes... Come on, Writers; you can do better than Harry Potter-esque (fantasy) cop-outs inherent with super technology (indistinguishable from magic; thank you Arthur Clarke)!
Had the best special effects because they couldn't get a pyrotechnics license and had to use their noggins. No sparks; just BIG thermonuclear fireballs done with lights and focus.
Amen! After all, it is a retelling of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Why mess with perfection!
So you get hired (a real job ... salary, not just hourlies) and are given the task of cleaning up the GMail interface.
What should you do?
What will get you promoted?
Fix the fact that the cursor jumps all over the place or add a new feature?
Oooh ... how about animated, sparkly text?!?!
(poor poor neglected cursor)
Originally, "hacker" meant somebody who claimed to build fine furniture but, in reality, used an axe. The products showed it.
Something similar has happened to UI.
Has anybody read Edward Tufte's work? ... anybody ... please.
Does anybody even know who Edward Tufte is?
Hands
I too (like one of the commenters) have a last gen OriginPC (EON) with SATA SSD and RAID 1 mirrored mSATA SSDs and am satisfied with it and OriginPC's support.
... er ... TRANSPORTABLE (luggable) server, check out the Eurocom Panther.
I bought one of those laptop protector stands to keep the furnace away from my lap and discovered that it was just extra stuff and that I just didn't need it: everything runs reasonably cool even over multiple days.
...not on battery, which lasts, at best, an hour.
However, if what you really want is some kind of portable
It's your hernia and you won't be using on any airline flights.
Question: will you be configuring some kind of RAID other than 0 or 1 with your multiple drive slots?
4G (doh)
Twice I have let Microsoft do a pretty big update via my phone just because I didn't have to be concerned about an over limit. Do I even use 5G? No. So it's more about peace of mind. There, you got a piece of my mind.
It's difficult to "wreck a nice beach" / "recognize speech"! "Find Meriam Avenue." Try that near Boston. Southie accent or not, you'll end up on M-I-riam Avenue in Waltham rather than Lexington. When you add semantics, it gets really bad: "Miley Cyrus bombed" ... she bombed what!?!? (http://thatgirlattheparty.com/tgatp-2010-oscar-fashion-roundup/)
We'll have to keep trying and progressing, obviously. The story of the two elderly and deaf guys on a train in the UK comes to mind:
"I say, is this Wembley?"
"No, it's Thursday."
"I am too! Let's get a drink."
(Apologies if this got posted all over the place ... the NoScript produced a lot of interactions ... even without "beach recognition.")
http://www.indiegogo.com/pinoccio Interesting because it is very small. However, the (current) lack of shields might be a detriment.
"Beijing Talk" ... I took an introductory class (as another poster noted- "to be able to listen to what your coworkers are actually saying") and admit, that after a single or even several classes, while you will not be able to follow any conversation, you will be amazed at what can be said in a language that does not use gender, pluraility or case!
The final exam included translating the writing on the instructor's tie: (1) it turned out to be backwards/mirrored and (2) it said "Dry Clean Only!"
This is the "other" approach (recording the audio and, maybe, video). For town council meetings, I have found that the ZOOM recorders have an uncanny ability to record the presentation and not the candy bar wrapper rustling, chair scraping and coughing that other recorders seem to acquire and use to obliterate.
(with his finger up his nose) ... ?
"Ya know
There are sure some weird people around here!"
I saw the "I'm drunk" example ... Siri suggests a cab.
What happens if you say, "I'm horny!"? ...or, even more important: "I'm broke!"
UC Santa Barbara - 1967 - There was a design bug in the online system. There was a dedicated REPEAT key: key "REPEAT A 42" and the system would dutifully generate 42 A keystrokes, denying service until done. Problem was, the default numerical mode for the system was real rather than integer. Thus, "REPEAT A 9.999E12" was possible EVEN DURING LOGIN! It was a fine way to bring down the system ... and many did ... sometimes concurrently ... not just a denial of service but distributed across the entire campus ... and anonymous, too!
Hmmm... Maybe "overcurrent" is possible. In other words, 268 hp CONTINUOUSLY and something higher for an insane few seconds. TWO motors? Hmmm... left and right, front and rear, all together...? Also, I thought Le Mans requires a trunk and a tire change. The car is pretty, though. "If it looks good, it'll 'fly' good."
...and that's an insult to the hog!
Some of these companies you may not like; some you'd hope they would just go away. Wishing isn't going to make it so. I see at least two firms whose booked orders for 2009 are such that they'll have no trouble surviving ... and one of those would drag at least two other, not listed, major firms down.
This is just gross incompetence and/or somebody who's desperate to make some cash on a "put."
If the Google router is a core router, the effect on Juniper will be minimal: Google (and Verizon and...) likes the Juniper edge routers. I can understand Google considering its own core, but to dive into the edge business would be suicide.
Core routers seem glamorous but, while they are ludicrously quick, they get that speed (at least in part) by being dumber than dirt. Unlike edge routers, they don't have sophisticated authentication (RADIUS and the like), their DHCP support is primitive at best (and the world will still need IPv4 for some time to come), and the various governments are going to require some kind of CALEA facility or those pipes will get ripped right out of the ground. The list of technical hurdles for a new "edger" is really formidable. Oh yeah, don't forget the multitude of edge resident PSEUDO-protocols - really just hacks for some carrier's specific needs (example: a 5k byte DHCP renewal packet) and only minimally documented.
I cannot see Google duplicating all of the edge stuff ... at least, I think they're smarter than that. If otherwise, the stock to dump is Google's.
Lessig compliments McCain for campaign finance reform but fails to mention that McCain has more "K-Street 'Fixers'" on his committee than any other candidate. Is this a trivial detail or a sign that Lessig has an even bigger fight on his hands than he (or his supporters, maybe including me) knows?
Spot on! "CUSTOMERS of Microsoft" is the real (mis)perception and it is at the company itself. When MS deploys Windows, it does not perceive that deployment (either on a new machine or as a purchase of an upgrade) as the delivery of a tool but as the installation of a channel through which other sales may be made. That is the reason that there is so much cruft: "Lite" versions of various packages, not-quite-hidden means of automatically installing and starting unwanted software, the "Community" part of MSVS, DRM, the whole MSN annoyance.
Like anything new, these channels have unintended consequences: I am waiting for the uproar when the minimal PC for education starts soliciting children to sign up for MSN Adult.
Some of this is an attempt to do what Google made famous: offer something that is wanted/needed/required and pay for it through advertisements. In the case of Windows, the model is a bit more onerous in that there is an up-front fee (purchase price). So far, the model has worked - Microsoft's profits are quite healthy, thank you. However, there is absolutely no good will toward the company. Whether or not in the near future this will bite them is the question.
My most recent flight (December) on an AA Boeing 757 included a collapsing seat back and toilets that overflowed. I'll be surprised if the anti-missile system doesn't fry something onboard before it performs any protective service. Of course, with my (unfortunately long) experience with problems on 757s, that might be a good outcome.
Any smartphones out there that support an auxiliary display with higher resolution?