Having my TV join a botnet still doesn't sound like that much of a crisis.
The biggest problem I do see is that my Bravia is linked to my amazon.com account. We can purchase streaming movies with a few remote control key-presses. So I would guess if my TV is cracked, the thieves could go on an amazon shopping spree with my account.
But then, I've had credit cards compromised before (both personal and corporate). They were resolved with a couple phone calls, and I wasn't liable for anything.
So I am not going to worry about it, much less go without Netflix or Amazon streaming "just in case." This is a problem that Sony should be all over (assuming they are one of the affected brands) - I know they can update the TV software whenever they want.
No, the perception that government isn't doing what people really want is mainly comes from people to the left or right of center who are trying to sway the argument by re-defining the mainstream perception of normalcy, i.e. "the moral majority," "we the people," etc. That and the fact that what people want, and vote for, is illogical; we ALWAYS vote for people who overpromise an impossible ratio of services to taxes.
As for polling, it's not everything. Sure, Obama knew many people didn't like the stimulus, but he also knew he'd catch hell even worse if unemployment want over 10%. Both sides knew people wouldn't like the bank bailout, but knew people would be even more angry at a second Great Depression.
When you ask a question like, "do you like the health care plan?" people on both sides can dislike it, but for opposite reasons. It may very well be the most optimal solution (however defined) is one almost nobody likes, because the alternatives (including the status quo) are even less desirable.
You can't directly compare income in the UK vs the US. At the very least, deduct what we pay for health care (premiums, co-pays, prescriptions...), repaying college loans, lack of public transport, and receiving fewer vacation days.
I suppose the US may come out ahead even when all factors are taken into account. Although I didn't factor in anything for subsisting on cat food in retirement.
On top of the fact that salary normally increases rapidly near the start of one's career, you timing for starting your career was very unlucky, with the bad job market. I suspect you may be able to wrangle big raises as the market improves, but you'll likely have to switch jobs to get them. IME employers find it acceptible to pay big bucks to get the shiny new guy, but harder to pay the same amount to retain those for whom they're accustomed to paying less.
As interpreted (by me) from the horse's mouth: the appStore licence says you can only install the software on 5 approved devices, whereas of course the GPL specifically prohibits that type of restriction. Plus, the appStore licence says, "The Usage Rules shall govern your rights with respect to the Products, in addition to any other terms or rules that may have been established between you and another party." That means, the software author cannot undercut the appStore restrictions with a less restrictive licence such as the GPL, even if they want to.
INAL, but I wonder why the developer couldn't offer the identical software through separate, more open channels in addition to the appStore, thus satisfying the GPL even though the appStore distribution channel in itself does not satisfy the GPL?
Yeah, Assange is the only person in the World that can do that:/
Also, why do you even need a single person in that role? Surely there must be a way for people to leak documents to the entire internet anonymously?
Well, you tell me. Why didn't wikileaks happen until Assange made it happen? Why do strong-willed people like Richard Stallman, Jimmy Wales, and Mark Zuckerberg make history while most of us inoffensive types fail to make an impact at all? Must be coincidence.
How is this really any different from bread-and-butter high-frequency trading? Firms spend millions to put their servers physically closer to the trading computers to edge out everybody else by a few milliseconds. Boo hoo, now some "hacker" almost put them back on a level playing field with almost everybody else. It's all financially meaningless, totally legal theft.
That's interesting, but I don't know if it applies... touchscreen in a handheld device has very different ergos than a touchscreen in a conventional desktop configuration, with the screen up in front of you.
And after the government spends $100K proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that google really and truly does not offer anything equivalent to Outlook after all, then we can all have yet another good whinge at the government for wasting $100K to prove what we already knew.
China's power is there is no individual, there
is only the state. Need a new bridge? Seize houses. New factory? Take land. We need to realize what we are
up against and adjust our outdated ideals about business.
No, no. It was reasonable to believe that in the 1950's, when Communists claimed capitalism was doomed by the "wasteful" duplication of efforts by competitors, and lack of centralized planning. What did history show? It didn't work; the USSR economy collapsed under its bureaucracy and centralized plans.
The only protective measures we need are to protect individuals and the environment. If the western world only imported Chinese goods made under Western standards (which would then be World standards), then individuals and the environment everywhere would be protected, and we'd be competing on a level playing field.
Even under current conditions, German manufacturing has somehow stayed competitive and is booming, and workers in skilled trades are doing well there. I haven't quite figured that one out.
The article implies that it is in runway testing, not just taxiing, based on a photo showing the front wheel off the ground.
HOWEVER, don't get too excited. Even a test flight for the airframe doesn't mean all that much! It's all about the avionics, and stealthiness. The F-35 made its maiden flight in 2006 yet it is still not operational. The complexity of the weapons systems dwarf that of the airframe (the wings and engine), which is all this picture shows. Even when China's plane is eventually operational, the fact that a plane looks like the F-22 doesn't mean it works like one, not by a long shot!
It's not as if mobile buildings are a crazy idea that will never happen... many schools near where I live (in the US) use mobiles for extra capacity (in one school, they have no permanent buildings at all), and my employer uses them too (mostly for student interns, temps... yeah, they're not considered as desirable as the real office buildings). No, you can't just move them at any moment, due to electrical and plumbing hookups, but they do still have them moved from time to time.
Then, of course, are RVs. John Madden has a famous refusal to fly and relies on a custom RV instead.
So all we are talking about hear is moving around on rails instead of roads, since this particular town in Norway happens to have a lot of extra railways lying around.
Nah, dumb clients won't come back soon. What I can imagine, though, is an OS where your disk image resides on a server somewhere, at your local client just caches it. You could argue that's not much different than, say, linux today, since almost all software originates from the network anyways. But using a caching infrastructure would create a presumption that the device software is updated every time at boot.
In other words re-starting with a fresh anarchic Internet wouldn't change ANYTHING in the long run, it would become just what it is now, and for the same reasons... consistency, efficiency, convenience, and security from malicious and/or annoying people.
It's one thing to argue we have too many laws & restrictions because certain ones do more harm than good. But the article we're discussing is more along the lines of hippies and libertarians: "hey, I have an idea, let's get rid of all the problems with the status quo by junking it! Maybe we could replace it with... you know... something without all these problems!"
You are speaking in generalities. Look at what has actually happened on the Internet over time: usenet was driven out by moderated web boards. Home pages were driven out by Facebook. Decentralized email is being driven out by a small handful of huge webmail providers. Now, even the idea of general-purpose computing is being driven out by handhelds and tablets that only run software from a manufacturer-approved "app store."
I see them as cable box replacements, for when you don't watch much or the shows you want are easily available on services like Hulu (which they would have to let you access).
The TVs that stream Netflix also stream Hulu (at least, Sonys do).
Except it's Hulu Plus, which is similar to Hulu, except some content is missing and you have to pay a monthly bill for it. But I doubt Hulu Plus will be any more attractive through Microsoft than Sony.
The importance of any upgrade is subjective, so YMMV. For me, the recent upgrade from XP to 7 was a hassle with no benefit. The main difference is I spend more time looking for stuff they moved around. I also found Win 7 definitely more RAM hungry, and the USB driver for my Garmin GPS doesn't work under 7.
I am not am not an expert here, but my understanding is Goldman-Sachs was the first bank to repay TARP (a year and a half ago), and the govt. made 23% interest on it.
OK, I see there are different models: "Beware: The GT 320M should not be confused with the newer GeForce 320M in the Apple MacBook 13" 04/2010 laptops, which is a chipset graphics card." And from the context, you clearly were referring to the Apple version.
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In some cases there is a valid need to establish a person's identity.
The biggest problem I do see is that my Bravia is linked to my amazon.com account. We can purchase streaming movies with a few remote control key-presses. So I would guess if my TV is cracked, the thieves could go on an amazon shopping spree with my account.
But then, I've had credit cards compromised before (both personal and corporate). They were resolved with a couple phone calls, and I wasn't liable for anything.
So I am not going to worry about it, much less go without Netflix or Amazon streaming "just in case." This is a problem that Sony should be all over (assuming they are one of the affected brands) - I know they can update the TV software whenever they want.
As for polling, it's not everything. Sure, Obama knew many people didn't like the stimulus, but he also knew he'd catch hell even worse if unemployment want over 10%. Both sides knew people wouldn't like the bank bailout, but knew people would be even more angry at a second Great Depression.
When you ask a question like, "do you like the health care plan?" people on both sides can dislike it, but for opposite reasons. It may very well be the most optimal solution (however defined) is one almost nobody likes, because the alternatives (including the status quo) are even less desirable.
Wrong, monopolies aren't controlled by voters, with every individual entitled to a vote.
Monopolies are very much like dictatorships, except limited in scope.
I suppose the US may come out ahead even when all factors are taken into account. Although I didn't factor in anything for subsisting on cat food in retirement.
On top of the fact that salary normally increases rapidly near the start of one's career, you timing for starting your career was very unlucky, with the bad job market. I suspect you may be able to wrangle big raises as the market improves, but you'll likely have to switch jobs to get them. IME employers find it acceptible to pay big bucks to get the shiny new guy, but harder to pay the same amount to retain those for whom they're accustomed to paying less.
INAL, but I wonder why the developer couldn't offer the identical software through separate, more open channels in addition to the appStore, thus satisfying the GPL even though the appStore distribution channel in itself does not satisfy the GPL?
I prefer to say, "the investor made a revision to their privacy policy."
This information would all be public for a public company. Surely companies going public have to reveal it for the IPO anyways?
Well, you tell me. Why didn't wikileaks happen until Assange made it happen? Why do strong-willed people like Richard Stallman, Jimmy Wales, and Mark Zuckerberg make history while most of us inoffensive types fail to make an impact at all? Must be coincidence.
How is this really any different from bread-and-butter high-frequency trading? Firms spend millions to put their servers physically closer to the trading computers to edge out everybody else by a few milliseconds. Boo hoo, now some "hacker" almost put them back on a level playing field with almost everybody else. It's all financially meaningless, totally legal theft.
That's interesting, but I don't know if it applies... touchscreen in a handheld device has very different ergos than a touchscreen in a conventional desktop configuration, with the screen up in front of you.
And after the government spends $100K proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that google really and truly does not offer anything equivalent to Outlook after all, then we can all have yet another good whinge at the government for wasting $100K to prove what we already knew.
No, no. It was reasonable to believe that in the 1950's, when Communists claimed capitalism was doomed by the "wasteful" duplication of efforts by competitors, and lack of centralized planning. What did history show? It didn't work; the USSR economy collapsed under its bureaucracy and centralized plans.
The only protective measures we need are to protect individuals and the environment. If the western world only imported Chinese goods made under Western standards (which would then be World standards), then individuals and the environment everywhere would be protected, and we'd be competing on a level playing field.
Even under current conditions, German manufacturing has somehow stayed competitive and is booming, and workers in skilled trades are doing well there. I haven't quite figured that one out.
The article implies that it is in runway testing, not just taxiing, based on a photo showing the front wheel off the ground. HOWEVER, don't get too excited. Even a test flight for the airframe doesn't mean all that much! It's all about the avionics, and stealthiness. The F-35 made its maiden flight in 2006 yet it is still not operational. The complexity of the weapons systems dwarf that of the airframe (the wings and engine), which is all this picture shows. Even when China's plane is eventually operational, the fact that a plane looks like the F-22 doesn't mean it works like one, not by a long shot!
Then, of course, are RVs. John Madden has a famous refusal to fly and relies on a custom RV instead.
So all we are talking about hear is moving around on rails instead of roads, since this particular town in Norway happens to have a lot of extra railways lying around.
Nah, dumb clients won't come back soon. What I can imagine, though, is an OS where your disk image resides on a server somewhere, at your local client just caches it. You could argue that's not much different than, say, linux today, since almost all software originates from the network anyways. But using a caching infrastructure would create a presumption that the device software is updated every time at boot.
I recently bought 8GB of RAM for my laptop for $170. If 4GB is a barrier at all, it's because you need the 64 bit version of your OS.
It's one thing to argue we have too many laws & restrictions because certain ones do more harm than good. But the article we're discussing is more along the lines of hippies and libertarians: "hey, I have an idea, let's get rid of all the problems with the status quo by junking it! Maybe we could replace it with... you know... something without all these problems!"
You are speaking in generalities. Look at what has actually happened on the Internet over time: usenet was driven out by moderated web boards. Home pages were driven out by Facebook. Decentralized email is being driven out by a small handful of huge webmail providers. Now, even the idea of general-purpose computing is being driven out by handhelds and tablets that only run software from a manufacturer-approved "app store."
The TVs that stream Netflix also stream Hulu (at least, Sonys do).
Except it's Hulu Plus, which is similar to Hulu, except some content is missing and you have to pay a monthly bill for it. But I doubt Hulu Plus will be any more attractive through Microsoft than Sony.
The importance of any upgrade is subjective, so YMMV. For me, the recent upgrade from XP to 7 was a hassle with no benefit. The main difference is I spend more time looking for stuff they moved around. I also found Win 7 definitely more RAM hungry, and the USB driver for my Garmin GPS doesn't work under 7.
I am not am not an expert here, but my understanding is Goldman-Sachs was the first bank to repay TARP (a year and a half ago), and the govt. made 23% interest on it.
OK, I see there are different models: "Beware: The GT 320M should not be confused with the newer GeForce 320M in the Apple MacBook 13" 04/2010 laptops, which is a chipset graphics card." And from the context, you clearly were referring to the Apple version.
(ducks)