>> Lots and lots of late nights and weekends as people get ready for go-live
Translation: "We've been sandbagging hours with folks in India and newbies right out of college for months. Now we may need to actually pull some of our senior guys off sales and deep-end pissed-off customer calls and see if they remember how to program again."
>> which kept its Manhattan datacenter running during the storm by creating a makeshift bucket brigade to carry fuel to the building's 17th floor
No fire code violations there, right? I'd love to be an attorney near this one. "So, you burned down the building trying to keep a couple of servers running, when you could have just co-located your equipment in a smarter place (like anyone who knows what they're doing would have done)."
I have kids. At times, they've randomly walked up to the keyboard and pressed keys. That's how I found out that one of my keyboards had a "moon" key, and that it magically shut down my computer - no prompting needed. And the number of times I've intentionally pressed the "Windows" key? Probably once a year.
>>>> who is still buying Apple >> you're experiencing...cognitive dissonance
Nah - I know individuals are buying, but I really I want to know which demographics are buying: existing Apple customers, new customers, age groups (seems like Harleys and iPhones are becoming Baby Boomer staples), income levels, etc.
>> because they know no one really gives a shit what phone they are carrying....and that's a big reason why I think Apple's in trouble long term. If no one cares that you have an Apple phone anymore, even more people are going to drop back to commodity - usually Android - phones.
That's the weird thing to me. Within my social circle of a couple of hundred folks, no one is tweeting, facebooking, or otherwise announcing that they've run out and bought the new phone. In fact, I've seen a few folks writing about this being the first upgrade cycle they might sit out, e.g., "hoping the '6' gives us something to look forward to"
>he still gets paid in bitcoin, just because it’s easier and safer. He doesn’t have to worry as much about getting robbed.
Unless...someone steals his laptop.
>> Angle used to work as a network engineer and a computer repair technician — as well as a carpenter and a pool cleaning guy, among other jobs — but the work eventually petered out.
...and now I'm buying him food stamps and energy drinks so he can help marketing departments game search engines? Awesome.
I RTFA'ed. The short version seems to be: 1) Icons and dialogs are "flat" (similar to Windows 7, etc.) 2) "iOS 7’s animations are the kind that will prompt an 'ooh, neat' upon first use and then a slowly increasing sense of frustration as you begin noticing that trivial tasks take just a bit longer than they used to." 3) There's more content on the screen when browsing because common toolbars are shorter or disappear when not in use 4) Safari's new tabs view is cool because it displays content on multiple tabs at once (think looking down from a 3d perspective on the old tab views)
To me, the Android platform was close enough. It's "just" Java (if you can't figure out Java...), there are no fees required to get the development environment or simulators set up, Android devices and phones are available new for as little as $60 (and cheaper as people upgrade). So...to me, Android IS a hobby-friendly environment.
When I read the headline, I thought of baby boomers - the only people who care about the Rolling Stones, but also the ones happily overpaying to be part of that brand. When I think of Apple products...the same thing is kind of true: it's the 50-and-up crowd who tries to impress people with their shiny new iPhone or iPad, whereas the rest of us pretty much couldn't care which Chinese factory built our tech as long as we can get a strong wifi signal.
>> why there was no quick & decisive Libya-style action?
Probably at least five reasons: 1) Libya's a lot further away from Iran than Syria 2) Russia had Syria's back, not so much Libya's 3) The UK told the US to pound sand, and I wonder how much of that was due to us making fun of their operational capacity in Libya (e.g., http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120207/DEFREG01/302070008/Ability-U-K-Conduct-Future-Libya-Style-Campaign-Questioned) 4) In Libya Qaddafi was still known and hated in the US and Europe blowing up an airline filled with their citizens, whereas Syria's leader was "just" suspected to have used chemical weapons on his own people (sort of a micro-Saddam) 5) Obama's public rationale for going to war with Syria was almost identical to Bush's public rationale for going to war with Iraq (See #4), and Obama's trying as hard as he can to avoid looking like Bush
The timing of this announcement (plus Dennis Rodman's recent antics) makes me think that the current administration is hoping to turn to turn the page on Syria as fast as humanly possible.
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So...what does "Declara" do that thousands of other social network gizmos don't do? Who's it targeting and why should we (geeks or IT folks) care?
>> Lots and lots of late nights and weekends as people get ready for go-live
Translation: "We've been sandbagging hours with folks in India and newbies right out of college for months. Now we may need to actually pull some of our senior guys off sales and deep-end pissed-off customer calls and see if they remember how to program again."
>> which kept its Manhattan datacenter running during the storm by creating a makeshift bucket brigade to carry fuel to the building's 17th floor
No fire code violations there, right? I'd love to be an attorney near this one. "So, you burned down the building trying to keep a couple of servers running, when you could have just co-located your equipment in a smarter place (like anyone who knows what they're doing would have done)."
(Sorry)
I have kids. At times, they've randomly walked up to the keyboard and pressed keys. That's how I found out that one of my keyboards had a "moon" key, and that it magically shut down my computer - no prompting needed. And the number of times I've intentionally pressed the "Windows" key? Probably once a year.
>> While nothing can really 'prepare' you for your first time at Burning Man
Uh...wasn't Burning Man last month? Why the hell would anyone care NOW?
>> Only a few [high-traffic sites] seem to have tried user-moderation systems
Haven't been to YouTube lately, have you?
>>>> who is still buying Apple
>> you're experiencing...cognitive dissonance
Nah - I know individuals are buying, but I really I want to know which demographics are buying: existing Apple customers, new customers, age groups (seems like Harleys and iPhones are becoming Baby Boomer staples), income levels, etc.
>> because they know no one really gives a shit what phone they are carrying. ...and that's a big reason why I think Apple's in trouble long term. If no one cares that you have an Apple phone anymore, even more people are going to drop back to commodity - usually Android - phones.
>> Besides the 9M people mentioned above?
That's the weird thing to me. Within my social circle of a couple of hundred folks, no one is tweeting, facebooking, or otherwise announcing that they've run out and bought the new phone. In fact, I've seen a few folks writing about this being the first upgrade cycle they might sit out, e.g., "hoping the '6' gives us something to look forward to"
I have to wonder if Apple is "channel stuffing" a bit here. For example:
http://gigaom.com/2013/05/09/what-apple-really-means-when-it-says-it-has-sold-a-product/
http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-verizon-iphone-2013-7
>> it could quiet some of the naysayers who have spent the past several months suggesting that Apple's best years are behind it
Not me. I'd love to know who is still buying Apple devices when Android gizmos do pretty much the same thing for a fraction of the cost.
>he still gets paid in bitcoin, just because it’s easier and safer. He doesn’t have to worry as much about getting robbed.
Unless...someone steals his laptop.
>> Angle used to work as a network engineer and a computer repair technician — as well as a carpenter and a pool cleaning guy, among other jobs — but the work eventually petered out.
...and now I'm buying him food stamps and energy drinks so he can help marketing departments game search engines? Awesome.
OK, I'll bite. What's the difference between the Free Software Foundation, the Software Freedom Law Center and the Software Freedom Conservancy?
I'm guessing all of them offer their services for free, of course...
A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
>> fancy camera that taps into the Tegra chip's photography engine
Careful - you don't want to overwhelm us with too many technical details.
I RTFA'ed. The short version seems to be:
1) Icons and dialogs are "flat" (similar to Windows 7, etc.)
2) "iOS 7’s animations are the kind that will prompt an 'ooh, neat' upon first use and then a slowly increasing sense of frustration as you begin noticing that trivial tasks take just a bit longer than they used to."
3) There's more content on the screen when browsing because common toolbars are shorter or disappear when not in use
4) Safari's new tabs view is cool because it displays content on multiple tabs at once (think looking down from a 3d perspective on the old tab views)
To me, the Android platform was close enough. It's "just" Java (if you can't figure out Java...), there are no fees required to get the development environment or simulators set up, Android devices and phones are available new for as little as $60 (and cheaper as people upgrade). So...to me, Android IS a hobby-friendly environment.
>> The Anthony Weiner method.
No, I will not mushroom stamp my phone.
When I read the headline, I thought of baby boomers - the only people who care about the Rolling Stones, but also the ones happily overpaying to be part of that brand. When I think of Apple products...the same thing is kind of true: it's the 50-and-up crowd who tries to impress people with their shiny new iPhone or iPad, whereas the rest of us pretty much couldn't care which Chinese factory built our tech as long as we can get a strong wifi signal.
>> why there was no quick & decisive Libya-style action?
Probably at least five reasons:
1) Libya's a lot further away from Iran than Syria
2) Russia had Syria's back, not so much Libya's
3) The UK told the US to pound sand, and I wonder how much of that was due to us making fun of their operational capacity in Libya (e.g., http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120207/DEFREG01/302070008/Ability-U-K-Conduct-Future-Libya-Style-Campaign-Questioned)
4) In Libya Qaddafi was still known and hated in the US and Europe blowing up an airline filled with their citizens, whereas Syria's leader was "just" suspected to have used chemical weapons on his own people (sort of a micro-Saddam)
5) Obama's public rationale for going to war with Syria was almost identical to Bush's public rationale for going to war with Iraq (See #4), and Obama's trying as hard as he can to avoid looking like Bush
The timing of this announcement (plus Dennis Rodman's recent antics) makes me think that the current administration is hoping to turn to turn the page on Syria as fast as humanly possible.
>> you serious or joking?
Umm....joking. Typical content of "I have this friend (but it's really me)": http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IHaveThisFriend
>> since my friend Richard Bejtlich's (note, that was a full disclosure 'my friend')
C'mon, Richard, we know this is your post.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2135/is-heavy-water-dangerous
>> Walter White's slow transformation into Scarface
What - he bought a tiger? He bagged CatWoman? What?