In cases like these, there are *ONLY* victims. There are no bad guys, unless you care to look in the mirror.
Sorry, but there are bad guys. Yes, the bad guy was also a victim, but that doesn't make him less of a bad guy. Yes there were things that individuals or society could have done to help him. Yes there were other people who probably screwed up and contributed to his breaking. But ultimately, I believe in free will - he chose to pull the trigger each time, and those choices make him a bad guy.
I guess if you believe in a purely deterministic universe, and consider that our actions are entirely determined by circumstance, then he was purely a victim, but in that case, there's no such thing as a bad guy, as everyone's actions are predetermined.
It's not a made-up classification. Of course, an AR-15 isn't an assault rifle either - at least, not the civilian version. An assault rifle is a rifle with automatic fire capability (either full-auto, or burst). The AR-15 has a military version which is an assault rifle, which leads media outlets desperate to rile people up to report the civilian version as an assault rifle.
That's funny, everything I've heard says the ONLY WAY to be completely sure your data is wiped is to physically destroy the disk.
That depends on your definition of "completely sure". From what I understand, data recovery by measuring the differences in accumulated charge on individual bits has been theorized for ages, but has never actually been managed in reality - even on platters that were far less dense (and thus, theoretically easier to perform this procedure on) than current ones.
Arsenal. I've only seen three specific weapons mentioned, and some references to an "assault rifle". That "assault rifle" merits some concern, but it's not clear yet what they are referring to.
Pretty sure the assault rifle was a reference to the AR-15. Given it was legally acquired, it must have been the civilian model, which means it wasn't an assault rifle - not that that stops the media. Also, it was apparently left in his car - from what I understand, the killings were all done with semi-auto handguns.
He wasn't advocating thought crime. His rhetorical question at the end of the final paragraph should have been enough to see that. He was pointing out that sometimes, the cure is worse than the disease, and that what we have isn't even a cure, but a bit of quack medicine.
Yeah, although it comes with the disadvantage of only being able to use MTP to transfer files over USB (MTP allows them to allow the computer access to the entire filesystem without having to unmount it from the phone) which is problematic to use on Mac/Linux. Doesn't affect me much, cause I do most of my transfers via WiFi, but if you need to use it its a PITA.
My post had nothing to do with quality of life, which is a rather ephemeral, subjective concept anyway. I was looking at objective facts, and yes, we do know that things like average lifespan, the infant mortality rate, prevalence of disease and (in Western countries anyway) starvation and warfare are all lower than they were pre-industrial.
Whether those things count as having a better "quality of life" is really up to the individual, although I'd say they'd be significant contributors.
Unless you build your own datacenter in your own building (not leased). have your own power plant (wouldn't want the power company to be able to cut you off), have multiple internet connections from different carriers, how can you avoid being beholden to another company's terms of use?
Keep your code and your data backed up somewhere you have access to them. When somebody tries to screw you over with a dodgy contract, commission the necessary hardware from somewhere else and deploy your code. Cutover to the new system, and tell your old provider to go to hell.
Well, you're ignorant enough not to know what CalDAV is, yet still consider yourself knowledgeable enough to comment on the field, so I'd say that you're the natural target audience for trollish, flamebait headlines.
Google Sync was designed to allow access to Gmail, Google Calendar, and Contacts via the Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol. With the recent launch of CardDAV, Google now offers similar access via IMAP, CalDAV, and CardDAV, making it possible to build a seamless sync experience using open protocols.
GoogleSync and GoogleCalendarSync are Google's implementation of ActiveSync; they're not used to describe the general syncing features Google offers. This announcement is basically saying they're retiring a proprietary protocol in favour of open standards.
That's one of the biggest things that I've preferred iOS to Android. That, and the stupid way applications are stored on the system partition so you 'run out of free space' despite having gigabytes free.
Yeah, to my mind, Bluray (and DVD-HD or whatever it was called) were attempts to artificially reproduce the massive profits media companies got by people re-buying their movie/music collections on optical discs. I'm glad it failed.
I don't know if you'd describe it as a flop, exactly, but it certainly lacked the massive uptake of DVDs/CDs over VHS/Cassettes. In my experience, most people didn't rush out and buy a Bluray player; they got one the next time they were going to upgrade anyway - with their console, or built into their TV, or occasionally replacing their standalone DVD player. I still know many people (including myself) who just use DVDs.
The high-res transition was very much an iterative update. People had too much invested in the prior format.
Meh, I never really thought I'd be the only one. I consider crowdfunding an idea whose time has come - and you know what they say about those. It's just one of those amusing coincidences that crop up from time to time. Incidentally, I agree with you about the value of ideas, which is why it's am amusing anecdote to me, and not the great tragedy of my life.
I couldn't find much about fundable with a quick googling - their site seems to be some SEO trap, and the fundable in Wikipedia talks about an entity created in 2012.
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Even if it managed to get to a blisteringly fast .1c, you're still looking at longer than a human lifespan and generation ships.
AC suggests to allow users to have an pseudonym (aka anonymous) account against payment. Yet the payment will negate the anonymity.
I know. Delightful isn't it?
They won't have to, since performing financial transactions anonymously would presumably be considered unreasonable.
I don't care much about the german law either, but forcing people to use his real name in the internet is just wrong.
Because you're forced to use Facebook somehow?
In cases like these, there are *ONLY* victims. There are no bad guys, unless you care to look in the mirror.
Sorry, but there are bad guys. Yes, the bad guy was also a victim, but that doesn't make him less of a bad guy. Yes there were things that individuals or society could have done to help him. Yes there were other people who probably screwed up and contributed to his breaking. But ultimately, I believe in free will - he chose to pull the trigger each time, and those choices make him a bad guy.
I guess if you believe in a purely deterministic universe, and consider that our actions are entirely determined by circumstance, then he was purely a victim, but in that case, there's no such thing as a bad guy, as everyone's actions are predetermined.
It's not a made-up classification. Of course, an AR-15 isn't an assault rifle either - at least, not the civilian version. An assault rifle is a rifle with automatic fire capability (either full-auto, or burst). The AR-15 has a military version which is an assault rifle, which leads media outlets desperate to rile people up to report the civilian version as an assault rifle.
That's funny, everything I've heard says the ONLY WAY to be completely sure your data is wiped is to physically destroy the disk.
That depends on your definition of "completely sure". From what I understand, data recovery by measuring the differences in accumulated charge on individual bits has been theorized for ages, but has never actually been managed in reality - even on platters that were far less dense (and thus, theoretically easier to perform this procedure on) than current ones.
Arsenal. I've only seen three specific weapons mentioned, and some references to an "assault rifle". That "assault rifle" merits some concern, but it's not clear yet what they are referring to.
Pretty sure the assault rifle was a reference to the AR-15. Given it was legally acquired, it must have been the civilian model, which means it wasn't an assault rifle - not that that stops the media. Also, it was apparently left in his car - from what I understand, the killings were all done with semi-auto handguns.
He wasn't advocating thought crime. His rhetorical question at the end of the final paragraph should have been enough to see that. He was pointing out that sometimes, the cure is worse than the disease, and that what we have isn't even a cure, but a bit of quack medicine.
So why dump Android? According to Clarke, “It’s a content play with Android”. “Amazon is selling books and Google is making it up with search.
So, basically, there was competent competition, and Dell's me-toosim wasn't cutting it.
Yeah, although it comes with the disadvantage of only being able to use MTP to transfer files over USB (MTP allows them to allow the computer access to the entire filesystem without having to unmount it from the phone) which is problematic to use on Mac/Linux. Doesn't affect me much, cause I do most of my transfers via WiFi, but if you need to use it its a PITA.
My post had nothing to do with quality of life, which is a rather ephemeral, subjective concept anyway. I was looking at objective facts, and yes, we do know that things like average lifespan, the infant mortality rate, prevalence of disease and (in Western countries anyway) starvation and warfare are all lower than they were pre-industrial.
Whether those things count as having a better "quality of life" is really up to the individual, although I'd say they'd be significant contributors.
And hey, look, their paid services aren't being discontinued. Unlike MS' ill-fated music.
Unless you build your own datacenter in your own building (not leased). have your own power plant (wouldn't want the power company to be able to cut you off), have multiple internet connections from different carriers, how can you avoid being beholden to another company's terms of use?
Keep your code and your data backed up somewhere you have access to them. When somebody tries to screw you over with a dodgy contract, commission the necessary hardware from somewhere else and deploy your code. Cutover to the new system, and tell your old provider to go to hell.
Well, you're ignorant enough not to know what CalDAV is, yet still consider yourself knowledgeable enough to comment on the field, so I'd say that you're the natural target audience for trollish, flamebait headlines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CalDAV#Implementations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CardDAV#Implementations
http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/en/us/IntellectualProperty/IPLicensing/Programs/ExchangeActiveSyncProtocol.aspx
Also note that ActiveSync requires an MS license to implement. Now that's lock-in.
That's because the summary wasn't designed to inform, it was designed to enrage. This is what passes for journalism these days.
Not unless you're using Exchange to do it:
Google Sync was designed to allow access to Gmail, Google Calendar, and Contacts via the Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol. With the recent launch of CardDAV, Google now offers similar access via IMAP, CalDAV, and CardDAV, making it possible to build a seamless sync experience using open protocols.
GoogleSync and GoogleCalendarSync are Google's implementation of ActiveSync; they're not used to describe the general syncing features Google offers. This announcement is basically saying they're retiring a proprietary protocol in favour of open standards.
You can critique it, you just can't demand it be changed.
Also "I hate it" is not a critique.
That's one of the biggest things that I've preferred iOS to Android. That, and the stupid way applications are stored on the system partition so you 'run out of free space' despite having gigabytes free.
That was changed with the release of ICS.
Say what you want about Microsoft's shoddy products, at least they're consistent.
*cough* Plays4Sure *cough*
At least Google doesn't demand you pay for the services they discontinue.
You work a lot more to watch tv than our ancestors (and some current cultures) do to watch the stars. It is all a matter of perception and values.
And also to live longer, more free from pain, disease and hunger, and with greater physical security. It's not just a question of entertainment.
Yeah, to my mind, Bluray (and DVD-HD or whatever it was called) were attempts to artificially reproduce the massive profits media companies got by people re-buying their movie/music collections on optical discs. I'm glad it failed.
I don't know if you'd describe it as a flop, exactly, but it certainly lacked the massive uptake of DVDs/CDs over VHS/Cassettes. In my experience, most people didn't rush out and buy a Bluray player; they got one the next time they were going to upgrade anyway - with their console, or built into their TV, or occasionally replacing their standalone DVD player. I still know many people (including myself) who just use DVDs.
The high-res transition was very much an iterative update. People had too much invested in the prior format.
Also, that ideas bank think dies with an SQL error when I try and look at your idea.
Meh, I never really thought I'd be the only one. I consider crowdfunding an idea whose time has come - and you know what they say about those. It's just one of those amusing coincidences that crop up from time to time. Incidentally, I agree with you about the value of ideas, which is why it's am amusing anecdote to me, and not the great tragedy of my life.
I couldn't find much about fundable with a quick googling - their site seems to be some SEO trap, and the fundable in Wikipedia talks about an entity created in 2012.