Ads from third-party sites. Scripts and trackers from third-party sites (like Google Analytics or page counters). Scripted web page widgets from third-party sites.
Basically anything that's not under your control can slow your site down significantly.
Not to mention that that particular approach is probably a huge no-no when it comes to accessibility and search indexing. I mean, do you really expect Google to run all of your scripts when it spiders your page?
No mod points at the moment, or I'd do it myself. He's absolutely right. Apple WILL patch bugs and security loopholes, and I for one want them to do so.
Still doesn't mean that once they have a few test cases that one of our congress-critters isn't going to get a law passed saying, "...so for the public good, all new vehicles, starting in 2012, must have a network-accessible anti-theft GPS-enabled system that allows any law enforcement agency to...".
But hey, we promise only to track stolen cars and fleeing suspects and drug dealers and anyone possibly involved in a Amber Alert. And of course anyone of interest to national security or the DHS. And we promise NEVER, EVER to track suspected whistle-blowers or the press, or favors for "people in high places". Really. Cross our hearts.
Seriously, remember that all of those telephone call interception and voice recording systems were mandated after the fact too. And that similarly, they promised that they'd only be used with a written court order. And then came George and the "Patriot" Act...
BTW, if China started to get expansionist, I expect that Russia, Japan, Taiwan, India, England, France, Spain, and a few other people might have something to say about it as well.
But it's a matter of how much. And on what. When one country spends more than the next EIGHT combined, it just might be time to ask a few questions.
Like, maybe, just maybe we could spend as much as, say, the top five, and use the excess to actually make a difference. If oil is such a strategic issue, then perhaps we could spend the extra money on alternative energy sources and fuel-efficient vehicle research, and perhaps just a little bit on advanced education such that two-thirds of a college's engineering department isn't comprised of non-US students. Spend more on medical research, and become doctors to the world. In essence, setup things so that we don't HAVE to go to war each and every time our "strategic interests" are threatened.
Our procurement system is totally out of whack, with practically every pie-in-the-sky idea developed since that's how our congress-critters bring home the bacon. In addition, each service gets an equal share of the pie, regardless of need or actual threat assessment. Service rivalries mean that each and every one has it's own intelligence department, logistics and supply services, and so on. Contractors routinely over-bill and under-deliver. We probably waste a quarter of the money we spend.
Further, how about becoming an economic powerhouse ourselves? If we INVESTED that excess military spending into the aforementioned energy and automotive research, perhaps we'd have something (other than guns) that other countries would want to buy. Grow the economy, and the percentage spent on the military grows as well, right?
BTW, that "8x" amount that DOESN'T include the money spent on fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.
How about like developing a service to store medical information online... and then tying it to a global ID you use for every other one of their online services?
Actually, the "numbers" part of your argument doesn't wash. Our planes and tanks are so technically superior that to a large degree it really doesn't matter how many planes or other tanks you send against them. They're just targets.
Now, let's say that Japan (for example) develops a working onboard LASER that can defend against incoming missiles and attack enemy planes off-bore at long distances. Now the technological tables are reversed, and it doesn't really matter HOW many planes we can build. They're just targets to the dozen or so Jap planes. Nor can we overwhelm them with numbers, because WE don't build them that way anymore. We build fragile, sophisticated, machines that are so EXPENSIVE to make that we HAVE to rely on our technology.
"It was so stupid to invade... with 20-20 hindsight."
Who the hell needed hindsight? One had only to look at how well the Soviets had faired in the region to predict with high degree of accuracy what would happen if we stuck our noses in. (And not just Russia. Historically speaking, the same thing had happened to pretty much any other invader.)
But no, Bushy-boy had a bee in his bonnet for Saddam and was certain that once we demonstrated that might of the US that everyone would drop their weapons and tremble in fear. "Shock and awe", indeed.
And true to form, the military got their one set piece battle during the invasion. And won. And then things degenerated into the kind of guerilla fighting that screwed the Soviets and that we demonstrated we could handle so well in Vietnam.
"Every new weapon (like sniper rifle shooting cal 15 rounds over 1.5km) is made to fight with terrorists."
Yeah, that's why we have FA-22 Stealth Raptors and two-billion dollar Sea Wolf submarines and thousands of M1A1 Abrams tanks. Why we're developing new automated field artillery pieces and box launch systems. And so on. All to fight "terrorists".
Funny how with all of that advanced hardware our getting people keep getting killed with IEDs. But hey, if Bin Laden ever takes to sea and attacks the US via submarine, we'll at least have a fighting chance...
I'm sure smashing it on the counter didn't help...
"And, frankly, you do a lot of digging..."
Well, you see it's the web. You click on the name, then check out a couple a posts. Takes, oh, 60 seconds. Just wondered what kind of person would smash his iPhone to pieces. Or if it was just hyperbole...
"... is trying to change a system that is well established."
Well, SOMEONE needs to do it! Because I'm sick and tired of over-priced data plans, per-message SMS charges, outrageous roaming fees, standing around waiting for some minimum-wage jerk to activate my phone, and four or five dollar song and ringtone downloads. And don't get me started on customer service.
At least with the iPhone Apple got the data plan semi-reasonably priced, vastly improved the activation process, allowed me to use my own MP3s or $0.99 iTunes downloads, and $0.99 ringtones.
"What *was* deliberate was the encryption of the firmware to lock out third party apps/mods."
Since people got in via exploits in the OS, *I* would think that it would be criminal of Apple NOT to close the loopholes. I want a secure device with no known exploits, and Apple sure as heck doesn't want to be the first one out there with a major worm or virus on their phones.
Aren't there quite a few different unlocks? Aren't some even proprietary, in that you pay to get an unlocked phone? How do you know you've found ALL of the unlocking software that's out there? How do you know the version from site A is exactly the same as that found on site B? How do you know that a bunch of people aren't using their own undisclosed methods?
Answer: you don't.
So since there's no way to guarantee there WON'T be a problem, you CYA.
"The days of people blindly going out and buying CDs in the off chance that they might like the music are *long* gone.."
Yeah, it's not like you can preview songs on any music site, listen to them at a store, or hear them on the radio or TV or in a movie or in a concert or covered at the local bar. Or that there's, like, totally no reviews or comments or blogs or "if you liked X then try Y" referral systems or even--friends you can talk to. Yep, people today are COMPLETELY at the mercy of the labels, totally blind and helpless in their buying decisions, with no resources whatsoever.
I would "hazard a guess" that the vast majority of the stuff torrented or traded online is popular music people have already heard somewhere and simply want for their own. (Actually, I don't need to hazard a guess. Stat's already prove it.)
"this guy will get a night or two in jail and a small fine"
Yeah, it's not like criminal arrest records have a way of biting you the ass when you're applying for college, looking for a good job, buying a home, and so on.
Just buy the silly thing on half.com for $3 and screw the RIAA.
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Ads from third-party sites. Scripts and trackers from third-party sites (like Google Analytics or page counters). Scripted web page widgets from third-party sites.
Basically anything that's not under your control can slow your site down significantly.
Not to mention that that particular approach is probably a huge no-no when it comes to accessibility and search indexing. I mean, do you really expect Google to run all of your scripts when it spiders your page?
No mod points at the moment, or I'd do it myself. He's absolutely right. Apple WILL patch bugs and security loopholes, and I for one want them to do so.
Still doesn't mean that once they have a few test cases that one of our congress-critters isn't going to get a law passed saying, "...so for the public good, all new vehicles, starting in 2012, must have a network-accessible anti-theft GPS-enabled system that allows any law enforcement agency to...".
But hey, we promise only to track stolen cars and fleeing suspects and drug dealers and anyone possibly involved in a Amber Alert. And of course anyone of interest to national security or the DHS. And we promise NEVER, EVER to track suspected whistle-blowers or the press, or favors for "people in high places". Really. Cross our hearts.
Seriously, remember that all of those telephone call interception and voice recording systems were mandated after the fact too. And that similarly, they promised that they'd only be used with a written court order. And then came George and the "Patriot" Act...
Obviously, circumvention will get you an even higher fine. Once someone figures out that no data is coming from your vehicle...
Obviously you're driving in public, and as such should have no expectation of privacy.
BTW, if China started to get expansionist, I expect that Russia, Japan, Taiwan, India, England, France, Spain, and a few other people might have something to say about it as well.
"Keeping prices below market rate is bad for everyone."
Yeah, I'd say that only the rich and well-to-do deserve to go to concerts.
But it's a matter of how much. And on what. When one country spends more than the next EIGHT combined, it just might be time to ask a few questions.
Like, maybe, just maybe we could spend as much as, say, the top five, and use the excess to actually make a difference. If oil is such a strategic issue, then perhaps we could spend the extra money on alternative energy sources and fuel-efficient vehicle research, and perhaps just a little bit on advanced education such that two-thirds of a college's engineering department isn't comprised of non-US students. Spend more on medical research, and become doctors to the world. In essence, setup things so that we don't HAVE to go to war each and every time our "strategic interests" are threatened.
Our procurement system is totally out of whack, with practically every pie-in-the-sky idea developed since that's how our congress-critters bring home the bacon. In addition, each service gets an equal share of the pie, regardless of need or actual threat assessment. Service rivalries mean that each and every one has it's own intelligence department, logistics and supply services, and so on. Contractors routinely over-bill and under-deliver. We probably waste a quarter of the money we spend.
Further, how about becoming an economic powerhouse ourselves? If we INVESTED that excess military spending into the aforementioned energy and automotive research, perhaps we'd have something (other than guns) that other countries would want to buy. Grow the economy, and the percentage spent on the military grows as well, right?
BTW, that "8x" amount that DOESN'T include the money spent on fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.
How about like developing a service to store medical information online... and then tying it to a global ID you use for every other one of their online services?
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071006-microsoft-wants-your-health-care-records-trust.html
Actually, the "numbers" part of your argument doesn't wash. Our planes and tanks are so technically superior that to a large degree it really doesn't matter how many planes or other tanks you send against them. They're just targets.
Now, let's say that Japan (for example) develops a working onboard LASER that can defend against incoming missiles and attack enemy planes off-bore at long distances. Now the technological tables are reversed, and it doesn't really matter HOW many planes we can build. They're just targets to the dozen or so Jap planes. Nor can we overwhelm them with numbers, because WE don't build them that way anymore. We build fragile, sophisticated, machines that are so EXPENSIVE to make that we HAVE to rely on our technology.
"It was so stupid to invade... with 20-20 hindsight."
Who the hell needed hindsight? One had only to look at how well the Soviets had faired in the region to predict with high degree of accuracy what would happen if we stuck our noses in. (And not just Russia. Historically speaking, the same thing had happened to pretty much any other invader.)
But no, Bushy-boy had a bee in his bonnet for Saddam and was certain that once we demonstrated that might of the US that everyone would drop their weapons and tremble in fear. "Shock and awe", indeed.
And true to form, the military got their one set piece battle during the invasion. And won. And then things degenerated into the kind of guerilla fighting that screwed the Soviets and that we demonstrated we could handle so well in Vietnam.
"First off: Iraq is geographically nothing like Japan."
Yeah, Japan didn't have a boatload of oil or other natural resources for our US-based corporations to lust after...
"Every new weapon (like sniper rifle shooting cal 15 rounds over 1.5km) is made to fight with terrorists."
Yeah, that's why we have FA-22 Stealth Raptors and two-billion dollar Sea Wolf submarines and thousands of M1A1 Abrams tanks. Why we're developing new automated field artillery pieces and box launch systems. And so on. All to fight "terrorists".
Funny how with all of that advanced hardware our getting people keep getting killed with IEDs. But hey, if Bin Laden ever takes to sea and attacks the US via submarine, we'll at least have a fighting chance...
Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough For Love
"I'll get one..."
You mean, of course, that you'll get another one...
"Now, my iPhone is dead, thanks to a-hole Steve."
I'm sure smashing it on the counter didn't help...
"And, frankly, you do a lot of digging..."
Well, you see it's the web. You click on the name, then check out a couple a posts. Takes, oh, 60 seconds. Just wondered what kind of person would smash his iPhone to pieces. Or if it was just hyperbole...
"... is trying to change a system that is well established."
Well, SOMEONE needs to do it! Because I'm sick and tired of over-priced data plans, per-message SMS charges, outrageous roaming fees, standing around waiting for some minimum-wage jerk to activate my phone, and four or five dollar song and ringtone downloads. And don't get me started on customer service.
At least with the iPhone Apple got the data plan semi-reasonably priced, vastly improved the activation process, allowed me to use my own MP3s or $0.99 iTunes downloads, and $0.99 ringtones.
So here you say, "The "Genius" at the Apple store told me that they had intentionally disabled my [sic] iPhone..."
Funny, but on September 3rd you said, "My wife uses an iPhone, but until I can legally program the damned thing, I'm not getting one."
So PLEASE go code for Ubuntu Mobile. Because I'm sure they can use people who just make up shit as they go along...
"What *was* deliberate was the encryption of the firmware to lock out third party apps/mods."
Since people got in via exploits in the OS, *I* would think that it would be criminal of Apple NOT to close the loopholes. I want a secure device with no known exploits, and Apple sure as heck doesn't want to be the first one out there with a major worm or virus on their phones.
Aren't there quite a few different unlocks? Aren't some even proprietary, in that you pay to get an unlocked phone? How do you know you've found ALL of the unlocking software that's out there? How do you know the version from site A is exactly the same as that found on site B? How do you know that a bunch of people aren't using their own undisclosed methods?
Answer: you don't.
So since there's no way to guarantee there WON'T be a problem, you CYA.
So you've never bought an Apple product in your life? Yeah, I can see how that would make your opinion worth reading.
'Course, now you're going to tell me how your friend's brother's uncle saw one in a store window back in 1984...
Hey, it's not like we have TV shows and in fact entire cable channels devoted to military tactics and history and weapons and ... oh.
Never mind.
"The days of people blindly going out and buying CDs in the off chance that they might like the music are *long* gone.."
Yeah, it's not like you can preview songs on any music site, listen to them at a store, or hear them on the radio or TV or in a movie or in a concert or covered at the local bar. Or that there's, like, totally no reviews or comments or blogs or "if you liked X then try Y" referral systems or even--friends you can talk to. Yep, people today are COMPLETELY at the mercy of the labels, totally blind and helpless in their buying decisions, with no resources whatsoever.
I would "hazard a guess" that the vast majority of the stuff torrented or traded online is popular music people have already heard somewhere and simply want for their own. (Actually, I don't need to hazard a guess. Stat's already prove it.)
"this guy will get a night or two in jail and a small fine"
Yeah, it's not like criminal arrest records have a way of biting you the ass when you're applying for college, looking for a good job, buying a home, and so on.
Just buy the silly thing on half.com for $3 and screw the RIAA.