Even if it's high speed, I don't think that anyone will want to take the train from China to Europe.
From my read of the article this rail will be primarily used for manufacturing materials. The main goal is to make it easier for import/export to/from China not to make traveling easier.
Microsoft is concerned that this new report of a vulnerability was not responsibly disclosed, potentially putting computer users at risk. We continue to encourage responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities. We believe the commonly accepted practice of reporting vulnerabilities directly to a vendor serves everyone's best interests. This practice helps to ensure that customers receive comprehensive, high-quality updates for security vulnerabilities without exposure to malicious attackers while the update is being developed.
I find the idea that Microsoft is angry at the people who found a problem in Microsoft software not telling Microsoft about it hilarious.
This is somebody's blog describing some hypothetical situation. "Oh no! My browser session is going to get hacked." Seems just as likely someone working at the bank could steal your account or someone behind you at the atm seeing your pin. This article was not worth the five minutes I spent reading it.
For phones with cameras (i.e. all of them) it would be nice to be able to do a slide show of the pics without having to transferring them to a computer.
It does not matter how well you test something there will still be bugs. A successful test does not prove the absence of bugs, it just fails to prove the presence of any bugs.
So it could be used as previous art to invalidate Google's patent?
From my read of the linked article it seems that Sergey and Larry cited the previous art in their publications. So it looks like there was no plagiarism, just building a new idea using the tools provided by an earlier idea.
The summary does not do the article justice. This is the first line from the actual article:
Picture a spider-like robot that teaches itself to walk, can adapt when damaged and watches its maker as he moves around the room. That might sound terrifying.
The exciting thing is that the robot could compensate when part of itself was damaged and get around/over obstacles
Since this study suggests treatments for diseases which presently have very few treatments (MS, Alzheimer's) this is very good news. Hopefully it will translate into new treatments someday.
Cost-per-line is a patently bad way to compute the worth of code or value of a coder. Knowing what to code is more important then just writing the code. Features implemented or bugs fixed is probably a better measure.
A call center that I worked at before I became a developer (Convergys) just closed in my old hometown. My warning to Iceland is to be cautious: there is no loyalty in the call center industry. Sure this is good now and will help the economy but a lot of good it will do in the long run if they close down in four years.
Just like Microsoft has spent billions of dollars a year building their operating system. I cannot predict any one doing the same thing for free and then just giving it away.
This is the government. They will start shooting for 100%, budget cuts will cut it to 85%, lobbyists will cut it to 80%, and by the end of the program only 65% will be helped.
And then 10% will not qualify because of some technicality.
"This deal uniquely works for Netflix because our subscribers are desensitized to street dates and more interested in being matched to the perfect movie," said Ted Sarandos, Netflix's chief content officer, who handles studio relationships. "Some subscribers will so passionately want to see it in the first 28 days they may go out and buy it, just as some people want to see 'Avatar' so badly they pay to watch it in 3-D."
This sounds like a risky strategy. Creating more hassles and delays for your customer does not seem to be a "customer first" attitude. But I guess ultimately the market will decide if it is reasonable.
Agreed. And it sounds like the SVG group is welcoming Microsoft to the table. From the article:
"On behalf of the SVG WG, let me welcome you to the group. We're excited by your joining, and look forward to your participation...and hopefully SVG support in IE9!"
Microsoft is a big monolithic company; they don't move quickly. If they put SVG in IE9 everyone will benifit. I think this will lead to good things for SVG.
''It literally showed up in my box,'' Frischling told The Associated Press. ''I do not know who it came from.''
That will be a difficult statement to justify seeing the trouble that this has caused the industry. He may have just gotten some random emailing detailing a plot to blow up an airplane and then posted it as fact on his blog but he is going to need to justify his actions better then that to avoid scrutiny.
From the article he is not leaving the project (as the Summary sort of implies). He is switching his focus to product design, partnerships and customers.
Interestingly the article seems to only reference "preventable" cancers:
The scientists found the DNA code for a skin cancer called melanoma contained more than 30,000 errors almost entirely caused by too much sun exposure.
The lung cancer DNA code had more than 23,000 errors largely triggered by cigarette smoke exposure.
Hopefully this will lead to treatments for other cancers as well.
With the country in recession and several wars / potential wars going on constantly I would hope that politicians would pay attention to higher priority tasks.
I guess by "take action" I mean acknowledge that an issue exists and investigate the issue not necessarily do what the people ask me. I agree that just because lots of people say something doesn't make it right. But if an elected official sees that lots of his constituents care about something he or she should acknowledge them.
I would expect that congresscritters would be smart enough to discount any position expressed in the same exact email received 100,000 times. But perhaps I overestimate them; after all, I'd expect them not to try to pick up men in airport restrooms as well.
How is that different from a petition? If a congressperson was given a petition with over 100000 signatures on it I would expect him or her to take action. Is an email petition any different?
I'm curious about this too. I've used the official NVidia driver in Linux for many years and never had a problem. What was the compelling reason to reverse engineer?
According to the article it was not Amazon itself that got hacked but an "unidentified website on Amazon's cloud" that got hacked. The hackers then used that website to get onto the cloud and execute code.
Is there some wicked cool technology that's going to work on my existing (brand new) TV without glasses? Will the directors stop putting in just-for-the-effect, in-your-face scenes meant only to remind you the film is "in 3d!" I've watched a couple of modern 3D films at home and - honestly - they're pretty annoying. Then again, maybe I'm just too old.
I would settle for a plot that was at least somewhat plausible. Movies now seem to be just a mixture of scatological jokes and special effects that mask the fact that nothing is actually happening.
I don't see the port of 3D when there is nothing to watch.
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Even if it's high speed, I don't think that anyone will want to take the train from China to Europe.
From my read of the article this rail will be primarily used for manufacturing materials. The main goal is to make it easier for import/export to/from China not to make traveling easier.
I find the idea that Microsoft is angry at the people who found a problem in Microsoft software not telling Microsoft about it hilarious.
This is somebody's blog describing some hypothetical situation. "Oh no! My browser session is going to get hacked." Seems just as likely someone working at the bank could steal your account or someone behind you at the atm seeing your pin. This article was not worth the five minutes I spent reading it.
For phones with cameras (i.e. all of them) it would be nice to be able to do a slide show of the pics without having to transferring them to a computer.
It does not matter how well you test something there will still be bugs. A successful test does not prove the absence of bugs, it just fails to prove the presence of any bugs.
So it could be used as previous art to invalidate Google's patent?
From my read of the linked article it seems that Sergey and Larry cited the previous art in their publications. So it looks like there was no plagiarism, just building a new idea using the tools provided by an earlier idea.
The exciting thing is that the robot could compensate when part of itself was damaged and get around/over obstacles
Link that is not down.
Since this study suggests treatments for diseases which presently have very few treatments (MS, Alzheimer's) this is very good news. Hopefully it will translate into new treatments someday.
How much does a line of code cost?
Cost-per-line is a patently bad way to compute the worth of code or value of a coder. Knowing what to code is more important then just writing the code. Features implemented or bugs fixed is probably a better measure.
Your right. I should have RTFA a little more thoroughly I guess.
A call center that I worked at before I became a developer (Convergys) just closed in my old hometown. My warning to Iceland is to be cautious: there is no loyalty in the call center industry. Sure this is good now and will help the economy but a lot of good it will do in the long run if they close down in four years.
Just like Microsoft has spent billions of dollars a year building their operating system. I cannot predict any one doing the same thing for free and then just giving it away.
This is the government. They will start shooting for 100%, budget cuts will cut it to 85%, lobbyists will cut it to 80%, and by the end of the program only 65% will be helped.
And then 10% will not qualify because of some technicality.
This sounds like a risky strategy. Creating more hassles and delays for your customer does not seem to be a "customer first" attitude. But I guess ultimately the market will decide if it is reasonable.
Microsoft is a big monolithic company; they don't move quickly. If they put SVG in IE9 everyone will benifit. I think this will lead to good things for SVG.
That will be a difficult statement to justify seeing the trouble that this has caused the industry. He may have just gotten some random emailing detailing a plot to blow up an airplane and then posted it as fact on his blog but he is going to need to justify his actions better then that to avoid scrutiny.
From the article he is not leaving the project (as the Summary sort of implies). He is switching his focus to product design, partnerships and customers.
Hopefully this will lead to treatments for other cancers as well.
Agreed.
With the country in recession and several wars / potential wars going on constantly I would hope that politicians would pay attention to higher priority tasks.
I guess by "take action" I mean acknowledge that an issue exists and investigate the issue not necessarily do what the people ask me. I agree that just because lots of people say something doesn't make it right. But if an elected official sees that lots of his constituents care about something he or she should acknowledge them.
I would expect that congresscritters would be smart enough to discount any position expressed in the same exact email received 100,000 times. But perhaps I overestimate them; after all, I'd expect them not to try to pick up men in airport restrooms as well.
How is that different from a petition? If a congressperson was given a petition with over 100000 signatures on it I would expect him or her to take action. Is an email petition any different?
I'm curious about this too. I've used the official NVidia driver in Linux for many years and never had a problem. What was the compelling reason to reverse engineer?
According to the article it was not Amazon itself that got hacked but an "unidentified website on Amazon's cloud" that got hacked. The hackers then used that website to get onto the cloud and execute code.
Is there some wicked cool technology that's going to work on my existing (brand new) TV without glasses? Will the directors stop putting in just-for-the-effect, in-your-face scenes meant only to remind you the film is "in 3d!" I've watched a couple of modern 3D films at home and - honestly - they're pretty annoying. Then again, maybe I'm just too old.
I would settle for a plot that was at least somewhat plausible. Movies now seem to be just a mixture of scatological jokes and special effects that mask the fact that nothing is actually happening.
I don't see the port of 3D when there is nothing to watch.