Option 2 probably isn't viable (although we don't know enough to make the call for sure). The place he works at likes being backwards, and the workers probably lacks tech enthusiasm. Updating things is difficult and error prone and its importance is for the long term and the benefits are non-obvious. OP probably can't do anything and will probably end up on the losing end of office politics if he tries.
I think Google is taking this from MS's playbook. They certainly have embraced JavaScript. Now they make there own language that can be compiled to Javascript, but also run natively.
How long before they add features and syntax to Dart that can't be compiled to efficient JavaScript, but run blazing fast on Chrome?
Here's another hint. The Supreme Court can say a law should be thrown out without saying the First Amendment says it should be. There are plenty of legal concepts that can be used to throw out laws that seem unfair. In fact, the fact that they talk about a "chilling effect" argues your point for you. If they wanted to say there were no limits on free speech, they would just say first amendment in their rulings.
The standing precedent is that the First Amendment is really just a law against "prior restraint." In other words, the courts have decided that, the First Amendment just says the government can't stop you from speaking. However, they can punish you for your speech after you do it!
I think most normal people would find this interpretation of the First Amendment as ridiculous. But guess what? It is the precedent that our courts have upheld.
This is actually an issue they should have addressed a long time ago. Lots of people have their accounts hijacked and then they start sending out malicious links. And the bots are getting better at faking normal people.
I like saying "Boo Facebook" as much as anyone, but they need to do this. I don't believe this particular initiative is meant for political censorship. They already have those capabilities. I think the only thing they really gain from this partnering is the ability to block malicious links sent from hijacked accounts.
I think on a practical level, people have always implemented security through obscurity, but no one has mentioned it because... well you know.
And I'm not security expert, but the wikipedia says that Kerckhoffs' Principle merely states that the encryption key has to be strong enough (or obscure enough) that if everything else is known about the encryption scheme it should still be difficult to crack.
Frankly, Kerckhoff's Prinicple sounds like it is just a truism. A good encryption is very important. That doesn't exactly mean that hiding other information isn't helpful. I mean who advertises their ports, the names of their servers, db schema, etc.?
I think they just need to cut their losses and go the HTC route. Forget your own OS and make a great skin for Android. Perhaps they can make "super apps" that only run on their machines.
Quite frankly, that summary makes it sound like they want to support Android apps, but can't always do it because of their technical limitations.
My other suggestion is they just try to get MS to buy them. If MS doesn't want them, they should try to sell themselves to HTC.
I've actually been watching a lot of Doctor Who. That might be why I'm thinking that way. Also I saw the parrot video from an earlier article today, and I realized that it saying "What are doing! What are you doing!" sounded pretty menacing.
If the dinosaurs also talked like some birds. And when they where about to eat you they menaced you by repeating the words of the last person they ate. So they'd corner you and yell, "Please don't eat me! Please don't eat me! Oh God! Nooo!"
Kind of an out there thought but I had to share. I thought it was cool.
Cool discovery. We now know that dinosaurs where pretty bird-like. For example, the velociraptors from the end of Jurassic Park where actually covered with feathers. Birds descend from dinosaurs and in fact, it might be more accurate to say birds ARE dinosaurs.
I work with Postgres. I'm "for" Postgres. I think it's great. But you know what? I barely understand what most of these features are. And of the ones I understand, I have no plans of using.
Hate to be a troll, but databases are boring. And Postgres is boring. The database people I know are boring. The guy I know with the most Postgres knowledge I know, is someone I respect as a worker, but is also the most passionless person I have ever met. No one wants an exciting data storage product. They want it to be "mature" and "reliable" and "predictable." I bet that the better Postgres gets, the more boring it'll get. And these exciting "noSQL" databases will all die.
The judge has no idea what to do. The lawsuit is just a giant mess. Our IP laws strongly discourage competition and the judge doesn't want to admit it. He probably can't even begin to decide how the laws actually determine this complex case.
Matsumoto, when you created Ruby you did not have facial hair. But shortly after growing some, Rails came out and changed everything. Now Ruby is popular. Do you feel this is connected to your facial hair?
That's a great article on why the fax machine refuses to die. Oh wait, there's no explanation. It's just some guy complaining. When I read an article which is just some douchbag complaining, ten times out of ten it was linked by slashdot. Maybe "Why won't the fax machine die!" can be the opposite of "Get off my lawn!"
Slashdot Mirror
Option 2 probably isn't viable (although we don't know enough to make the call for sure). The place he works at likes being backwards, and the workers probably lacks tech enthusiasm. Updating things is difficult and error prone and its importance is for the long term and the benefits are non-obvious. OP probably can't do anything and will probably end up on the losing end of office politics if he tries.
I think Google is taking this from MS's playbook. They certainly have embraced JavaScript. Now they make there own language that can be compiled to Javascript, but also run natively. How long before they add features and syntax to Dart that can't be compiled to efficient JavaScript, but run blazing fast on Chrome?
What's the login? If I download it, will my js Linux remember things from session to session? Could I install a webserver on it?
"The 'creative class' was supposed to be the new engine of the United States economy"
Does that even merit comment?? If it does, the comment is "Be more cynical, young man."
Here's another hint. The Supreme Court can say a law should be thrown out without saying the First Amendment says it should be. There are plenty of legal concepts that can be used to throw out laws that seem unfair. In fact, the fact that they talk about a "chilling effect" argues your point for you. If they wanted to say there were no limits on free speech, they would just say first amendment in their rulings.
The standing precedent is that the First Amendment is really just a law against "prior restraint." In other words, the courts have decided that, the First Amendment just says the government can't stop you from speaking. However, they can punish you for your speech after you do it!
I think most normal people would find this interpretation of the First Amendment as ridiculous. But guess what? It is the precedent that our courts have upheld.
It is to add Malicous Link protection, which is the issue you are discussing.
This is actually an issue they should have addressed a long time ago. Lots of people have their accounts hijacked and then they start sending out malicious links. And the bots are getting better at faking normal people.
I like saying "Boo Facebook" as much as anyone, but they need to do this. I don't believe this particular initiative is meant for political censorship. They already have those capabilities. I think the only thing they really gain from this partnering is the ability to block malicious links sent from hijacked accounts.
Maybe Slashdot thought that link was malicious.
That's good to know. Everyone is so into HTML5, I forgot to learn about CSS3.
Obviously you can get an Android with your contract. But these are Nokia phones that just plain don't cost $100.
I think on a practical level, people have always implemented security through obscurity, but no one has mentioned it because... well you know.
And I'm not security expert, but the wikipedia says that Kerckhoffs' Principle merely states that the encryption key has to be strong enough (or obscure enough) that if everything else is known about the encryption scheme it should still be difficult to crack.
Frankly, Kerckhoff's Prinicple sounds like it is just a truism. A good encryption is very important. That doesn't exactly mean that hiding other information isn't helpful. I mean who advertises their ports, the names of their servers, db schema, etc.?
Maybe a new css media type should be created to address eReaders. Perhaps a low resolution or black and white type.
I think they just need to cut their losses and go the HTC route. Forget your own OS and make a great skin for Android. Perhaps they can make "super apps" that only run on their machines.
Quite frankly, that summary makes it sound like they want to support Android apps, but can't always do it because of their technical limitations.
My other suggestion is they just try to get MS to buy them. If MS doesn't want them, they should try to sell themselves to HTC.
The answer is yes, you are right. This is why the Great Depression happened.
I've actually been watching a lot of Doctor Who. That might be why I'm thinking that way. Also I saw the parrot video from an earlier article today, and I realized that it saying "What are doing! What are you doing!" sounded pretty menacing.
If the dinosaurs also talked like some birds. And when they where about to eat you they menaced you by repeating the words of the last person they ate. So they'd corner you and yell, "Please don't eat me! Please don't eat me! Oh God! Nooo!"
Kind of an out there thought but I had to share. I thought it was cool.
I actually pointed out a flaw in Jurassic Park. I think it was made before it was realized that dinosaurs had feathers.
Cool discovery. We now know that dinosaurs where pretty bird-like. For example, the velociraptors from the end of Jurassic Park where actually covered with feathers. Birds descend from dinosaurs and in fact, it might be more accurate to say birds ARE dinosaurs.
My point is that he shouldn't be surprised by the lack of comments. It just isn't the type of announcement people get excited about.
I work with Postgres. I'm "for" Postgres. I think it's great. But you know what? I barely understand what most of these features are. And of the ones I understand, I have no plans of using.
Hate to be a troll, but databases are boring. And Postgres is boring. The database people I know are boring. The guy I know with the most Postgres knowledge I know, is someone I respect as a worker, but is also the most passionless person I have ever met. No one wants an exciting data storage product. They want it to be "mature" and "reliable" and "predictable." I bet that the better Postgres gets, the more boring it'll get. And these exciting "noSQL" databases will all die.
The judge has no idea what to do. The lawsuit is just a giant mess. Our IP laws strongly discourage competition and the judge doesn't want to admit it. He probably can't even begin to decide how the laws actually determine this complex case.
True. Four sigma is only 99.993666% we need to wait for five sigma or 99.9999426697%
Matsumoto, when you created Ruby you did not have facial hair. But shortly after growing some, Rails came out and changed everything. Now Ruby is popular. Do you feel this is connected to your facial hair?
That's a great article on why the fax machine refuses to die. Oh wait, there's no explanation. It's just some guy complaining. When I read an article which is just some douchbag complaining, ten times out of ten it was linked by slashdot. Maybe "Why won't the fax machine die!" can be the opposite of "Get off my lawn!"