Minimum wage is the same as anywhere else... about 14k a year. So a Google sysadmin is making more than double. But remember, of $35k, at least 5 goes to federal and state taxes. Then another 12k (at LEAST) goes to housing costs. That leaves you with $1500 per month for food, clothing, travel, entertainment, and saving for retirement or whatever. If you keep an eye on how much you spend on fun things, one person can live relatively comfortably on that. Two people, or a family, not so much. And this is for a job that is typically relatively well-paid.
I don't know about that. I live just off a downtown area, in a multi-story apartment complex. My wireless picks up at least 10-12 neighboring networks, but my G network works fine as far as I can tell. Until it gets to the point where it's actually causing a drop in bandwidth, or connection problems, I don't see consumers getting upset about a little theoretical interference.
I'm pretty sure the parent your roasted meant the earth and the earth's center as the cooler, not the earth as the "beer" and outer space as the "cooler". You misinterpreted his analogy, which was initially correct.
It's actually impossible, in the way the OP phrased it. Solar heating would by definition heat from the outside in, so the internal heat has to be either stored up from waaaaaaay long ago before the planet was at all habitable, or else generated by some other mechanism.
Well... I did say "in theory":-) Allowing unrestricted access for any code labeled "driver" is just a blatantly retarded idea.
I saw a couple people bring up the VM point... presumably if you're doing advanced things like running in a VM, you are aware that the hosted OS is vulnerable to any malicious programs in the host. Since the point of this system is to protect a user's data from malicious apps rather than from themselves (a la AACS), I wouldn't call that as big of a deal.
The thing is, this should be possible in theory. The operating system is the final arbiter of all ring 0 operations, and enforcing protected memory should be one of the basic things it does.
That's all well and good, but it seems borderline illegal for them to give me something and then require that it only be used with other products they approve of. It's like car manufacturers putting special-shaped gas nozzles on, saying you can only fill up at licensed gas stations, and then suing you if you modify the nozzle to work with other stations.
Ah, I see what you mean. But if he's playing it smart, I think he can maintain anonymity even while giving written interviews and such. Correct use of encryption and anonymizing proxies goes a long way, unless maybe you're up against the NSA or something really hardcore.
I see what they're trying to do, but I don't understand how that should be legal. If I buy a HD-DVD, they're giving me permission to watch it. To do so, I have to decode it. I signed nothing at the time of purchase promising to watch it only with players they approve of. By all logic, they HAVE given me permission to decrypt it.
That's an awesome theory. It may actually have some basis in logic, too. The ultra-sterile futuristic space thing of the beardless seasons gives way to deeper characterization, and an integration of the fact that these are still humans despite the fancy technology.
The new BSG series managed to be awesome without beards, although I have to say this season has been my favorite, and Baltar went all mountain man there too...
Given that being able to download files has actually increased the number of CDs I buy, coupled with the fact that the RIAA and MPAA are nearly singlehandedly responsible for turning a 14 year copyright term into a 150 year copyright term, I have exactly zero sympathy for them.
That's not saying much, though... I mean, TOS really kinda sucked. DS9 4-7 and TNG 4-7 were some decent sci-fi, but the writing and acting pretty much everywhere else in the franchise blows quite hard.
Not that similar. If you want to get technical, both are ripping off Lord Of The Flies, but the details are so different that it's basically a non-issue. There's only so many basic settings like "people crash on a mysterious island"; you're going to have some repetition of the basic plot. If anything, Lost is ripping off The Prisoner more than The New People.
I don't know who you talked to, but that doesn't seem like a very fact-based view of the computer science field to me. But hey, what do I know? I just work in it...
Basically it sounds like you're angry that you aren't selective enough about what you're willing to pay money for, and it has nothing to do with Nintendo.
Mostly I'm basing that whole thing off a book by Chris Nolan (a Jesuit priest) called "Jesus Before Christianity". So yeah, I think I'll take the word of a priest and a scholar over yours when he tells me that "son of man" was NOT meant to be a proclamation of divinity.
Yeah... see, I live in Seattle too, and just yesterday we drove up to Stevens in the middle of a pretty bad snowstorm in *gasp* wait for it... a Mazda 4-door. ABS and some all-weather tires (snow chains if it gets really bad) are more than enough for any commute. Hauling stuff like boats, sure. But for the number of SUVs and Hummers in the metro area, Lake Washington should be literally paved with boats during the summer. Unless, you know, a fair number of people drive them just to drive them.
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Minimum wage is the same as anywhere else... about 14k a year. So a Google sysadmin is making more than double. But remember, of $35k, at least 5 goes to federal and state taxes. Then another 12k (at LEAST) goes to housing costs. That leaves you with $1500 per month for food, clothing, travel, entertainment, and saving for retirement or whatever. If you keep an eye on how much you spend on fun things, one person can live relatively comfortably on that. Two people, or a family, not so much. And this is for a job that is typically relatively well-paid.
The only source readily available through a search claims $35k for a sysadmin. Sounds pretty damn low to me.
I don't know about that. I live just off a downtown area, in a multi-story apartment complex. My wireless picks up at least 10-12 neighboring networks, but my G network works fine as far as I can tell. Until it gets to the point where it's actually causing a drop in bandwidth, or connection problems, I don't see consumers getting upset about a little theoretical interference.
I'm pretty sure the parent your roasted meant the earth and the earth's center as the cooler, not the earth as the "beer" and outer space as the "cooler". You misinterpreted his analogy, which was initially correct.
It's actually impossible, in the way the OP phrased it. Solar heating would by definition heat from the outside in, so the internal heat has to be either stored up from waaaaaaay long ago before the planet was at all habitable, or else generated by some other mechanism.
Fantastic. Thanks!
Well... I did say "in theory" :-) Allowing unrestricted access for any code labeled "driver" is just a blatantly retarded idea.
I saw a couple people bring up the VM point... presumably if you're doing advanced things like running in a VM, you are aware that the hosted OS is vulnerable to any malicious programs in the host. Since the point of this system is to protect a user's data from malicious apps rather than from themselves (a la AACS), I wouldn't call that as big of a deal.
The theory you describe sounds absolutely fascinating. Do you have a source for it that I'd be able to track down?
The thing is, this should be possible in theory. The operating system is the final arbiter of all ring 0 operations, and enforcing protected memory should be one of the basic things it does.
That's all well and good, but it seems borderline illegal for them to give me something and then require that it only be used with other products they approve of. It's like car manufacturers putting special-shaped gas nozzles on, saying you can only fill up at licensed gas stations, and then suing you if you modify the nozzle to work with other stations.
Ah, I see what you mean. But if he's playing it smart, I think he can maintain anonymity even while giving written interviews and such. Correct use of encryption and anonymizing proxies goes a long way, unless maybe you're up against the NSA or something really hardcore.
I see what they're trying to do, but I don't understand how that should be legal. If I buy a HD-DVD, they're giving me permission to watch it. To do so, I have to decode it. I signed nothing at the time of purchase promising to watch it only with players they approve of. By all logic, they HAVE given me permission to decrypt it.
I'm pretty sure muslix64 (or whatever his alias is) HAS remained anonymous. But they can file take-down notices against anyone hosting the thing.
That's an awesome theory. It may actually have some basis in logic, too. The ultra-sterile futuristic space thing of the beardless seasons gives way to deeper characterization, and an integration of the fact that these are still humans despite the fancy technology.
The new BSG series managed to be awesome without beards, although I have to say this season has been my favorite, and Baltar went all mountain man there too...
Given that being able to download files has actually increased the number of CDs I buy, coupled with the fact that the RIAA and MPAA are nearly singlehandedly responsible for turning a 14 year copyright term into a 150 year copyright term, I have exactly zero sympathy for them.
That's not saying much, though... I mean, TOS really kinda sucked. DS9 4-7 and TNG 4-7 were some decent sci-fi, but the writing and acting pretty much everywhere else in the franchise blows quite hard.
Not that similar. If you want to get technical, both are ripping off Lord Of The Flies, but the details are so different that it's basically a non-issue. There's only so many basic settings like "people crash on a mysterious island"; you're going to have some repetition of the basic plot. If anything, Lost is ripping off The Prisoner more than The New People.
If you don't act offended at the behavior of others, how are you going to get that warm fuzzy feeling of superiority?
I don't know who you talked to, but that doesn't seem like a very fact-based view of the computer science field to me. But hey, what do I know? I just work in it...
The largest majority of native deaths happened well before the revolutionary war...
I'm just waiting for someone to go the extra mile and find/publish the player code for the PS3.
Basically it sounds like you're angry that you aren't selective enough about what you're willing to pay money for, and it has nothing to do with Nintendo.
Mostly I'm basing that whole thing off a book by Chris Nolan (a Jesuit priest) called "Jesus Before Christianity". So yeah, I think I'll take the word of a priest and a scholar over yours when he tells me that "son of man" was NOT meant to be a proclamation of divinity.
Yeah... see, I live in Seattle too, and just yesterday we drove up to Stevens in the middle of a pretty bad snowstorm in *gasp* wait for it... a Mazda 4-door. ABS and some all-weather tires (snow chains if it gets really bad) are more than enough for any commute. Hauling stuff like boats, sure. But for the number of SUVs and Hummers in the metro area, Lake Washington should be literally paved with boats during the summer. Unless, you know, a fair number of people drive them just to drive them.