I've had a PS3 since 2007 and have never created a playstation network account (which I'm quite glad about now given recent events). Its purely a gaming machine and thats all it'll ever be. If I want some sort of lifestyle/media server I've got my PC which is a lot better at it.
When? Name one example where someones life has actually been saved because someone else tweeted because they couldn't make a phone call to the emergency services.
Since US patents have no validity outside US borders the rest of the world would have just collectively rolled its eyes yet again at daft US patents and moved on if he had have won.
That sums up the majority of IT managers I've ever worked for. Most of them were admin/business types who'd been moved sideways from other areas and they generally would have had trouble spelling "computer" , much less programming one. But yes, this will be perfect for those sorts of numbnuts who need an easy way to "measure performance".
The number of commits or lines of code written is not indicative of how good a programmer is. What matters is whether they can deliver a working, efficient program to spec to the deadline. Aside from that - what happens if said candidate doesn't commit any code on public repositories - will IBM just bin his resume without even bothering to interview? This is just so absurd I had to check my watch to make sure it wasn't April 1st.
I doubt it'll be much use as a launcher anytime soon. You'd have to get up to escape velocity (actually greater due to atmospheric friction) in the length of the barrel unless you have propellants on board the projectile and then you enter all sorts of problems of containment. As for launching astronauts - forget it.
... but just to set you straight - the bow street runners were paid by the local magistrate - ie by the government. They were not a gang-for-hire. But lets not let that inconvenient fact get in the way of your right-on squawking.
Much as I tend to agree with the global warming consensus , that particular type of sentence does unfortunately have a habit of appearing in a lot of enviromental/biological pieces these days. It seems to be almost a standard issue cut and paste warning that [insert species here] will be affected by climate change unless we DoSomethingNow(tm). And in so doing devalues any serious debate.
It might be the same genetic organism as from 200,000 years ago but is any part of that single organism alive today actually that old? Or are we just talking 200K years since its DNA was last involved in sexual reproduction?
"Other places are more evil. So business buying politicians isn't bad"
You don't know what real evil is. The word is just used as lazy hyperbole by people like you desperate to be noticed. Business might be corrupt, but self interest is not the same as evil. If you don't know the difference you need to see a bit more of the world.
"You didn't win anything on the debate team, did you?"
Give it a fscking rest with the moronic student "big business is eeeevil" groupthink. If you want real evil go visit somalia or join the taliban and watch some women being mutilated for not obeying some religious instruction. In the meantime stay in your playpen and let the adults have a proper discussion.
Blackmail is blackmail whatever method is used to carry it out. Thinking that you're some sort of "lee7" hacker doesn't change the rules. Besides which, this guy comes off as an arrogant moron anyway.
Since they'd kill their own people and snuff out their cause.
However that still leaves the deranged , which unfortunately there are a lot of on the planet. Though whether they could be deranged enough AND smart enough at the same time to do it is another matter.
You pay your taxes so they can waste a trillion dollars doing nothing useful in Iraq apart from depose some old man who'd have been dead in 10 years anyway, but you have to take out insurance to cover hospital costs if you're ill else you can go die in an alley for all they care. I'm so glad I live in europe. Why you think your system of governence should be exported around the world beats the hell out of me.
"exoskeletons that allow us to lift hundreds of pounds"
I already can lift a few hundred pounds thanks to the training i've done in the gym for the 10 years. If these devices are going to be taken seriously they need to REALLY enhance strength , not just turn it up a notch or two. I'm talking about the strength to lift up boulders or cars etc, not just being able to draw at arm wrestling with the the local pub bouncer.
If you're going to show how strong some augmentation suit is, showing the wearing carrying 3 mid sized bags of cement or an empty roadies case which any reasonably strong man could handle is hardly the killer image. Show them lifting a car one handed FFS!
"It would take a lot more than just a minute to design and build if you actually put some effort into the aesthetics, though obviously it would waste a whole lot less time than making physical cards."
Well thats debatable. I could get some physical cards made from the shop in my high street in about an hour.
"It makes responding really simple and instantaneous for the invitees"
Perhaps you don't have elderly relatives but some of mine don't even own a computer, much less know how to navigate around a web site. People such as yourself really need to stop assuming that everyone is online.
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Or perhaps put brains in the robots but promote them to management. They couldn't do any worse at the moment!
I've had a PS3 since 2007 and have never created a playstation network account (which I'm quite glad about now given recent events). Its purely a gaming machine and thats all it'll ever be. If I want some sort of lifestyle/media server I've got my PC which is a lot better at it.
You're kidding, right?
I think you'll find phone calls and 2 way radios are even better at doing that.
When? Name one example where someones life has actually been saved because someone else tweeted because they couldn't make a phone call to the emergency services.
Since US patents have no validity outside US borders the rest of the world would have just collectively rolled its eyes yet again at daft US patents and moved on if he had have won.
"Hmm , this liquid smells like ammonia , I wonder what its properties..."
BANG!!!!
Sounds like the only thing that needs vetting is the idiot who hired someone as clueless as you in the first place.
That sums up the majority of IT managers I've ever worked for. Most of them were admin/business types who'd been moved sideways from other areas and they generally would have had trouble spelling "computer" , much less programming one. But yes, this will be perfect for those sorts of numbnuts who need an easy way to "measure performance".
The number of commits or lines of code written is not indicative of how good a programmer is. What matters is whether they can deliver a working, efficient program to spec to the deadline. Aside from that - what happens if said candidate doesn't commit any code on public repositories - will IBM just bin his resume without even bothering to interview? This is just so absurd I had to check my watch to make sure it wasn't April 1st.
I doubt it'll be much use as a launcher anytime soon. You'd have to get up to escape velocity (actually greater due to atmospheric friction) in the length of the barrel unless you have propellants on board the projectile and then you enter all sorts of problems of containment. As for launching astronauts - forget it.
... but just to set you straight - the bow street runners were paid by the local magistrate - ie by the government. They were not a gang-for-hire. But lets not let that inconvenient fact get in the way of your right-on squawking.
Much as I tend to agree with the global warming consensus , that particular type of sentence does unfortunately have a habit of appearing in a lot of enviromental/biological pieces these days. It seems to be almost a standard issue cut and paste warning that [insert species here] will be affected by climate change unless we DoSomethingNow(tm). And in so doing devalues any serious debate.
It might be the same genetic organism as from 200,000 years ago but is any part of that single organism alive today actually that old? Or are we just talking 200K years since its DNA was last involved in sexual reproduction?
"Other places are more evil. So business buying politicians isn't bad"
You don't know what real evil is. The word is just used as lazy hyperbole by people like you desperate to be noticed. Business might be corrupt, but self interest is not the same as evil. If you don't know the difference you need to see a bit more of the world.
"You didn't win anything on the debate team, did you?"
You wouldn't even make it onto a team.
And yes, grow up.
Give it a fscking rest with the moronic student "big business is eeeevil" groupthink. If you want real evil go visit somalia or join the taliban and watch some women being mutilated for not obeying some religious instruction. In the meantime stay in your playpen and let the adults have a proper discussion.
Instead of the utterly utterly hopeless api.kde.org
I hope all the HTML-5 "coders" are taking note.
Blackmail is blackmail whatever method is used to carry it out. Thinking that you're some sort of "lee7" hacker doesn't change the rules. Besides which, this guy comes off as an arrogant moron anyway.
You've heard of soliders "going over the top" to certain death to save their buddies right?
Sacrificing yourself for what you think is a greater good is fanatical, usually evil and may ultimately be fruitless but its not deranged.
Since they'd kill their own people and snuff out their cause.
However that still leaves the deranged , which unfortunately there are a lot of on the planet. Though whether they could be deranged enough AND smart enough at the same time to do it is another matter.
You pay your taxes so they can waste a trillion dollars doing nothing useful in Iraq apart from depose some old man who'd have been dead in 10 years anyway, but you have to take out insurance to cover hospital costs if you're ill else you can go die in an alley for all they care. I'm so glad I live in europe. Why you think your system of governence should be exported around the world beats the hell out of me.
"exoskeletons that allow us to lift hundreds of pounds"
I already can lift a few hundred pounds thanks to the training i've done in the gym for the 10 years. If these devices are going to be taken seriously they need to REALLY enhance strength , not just turn it up a notch or two. I'm talking about the strength to lift up boulders or cars etc, not just being able to draw at arm wrestling with the the local pub bouncer.
If you're going to show how strong some augmentation suit is, showing the wearing carrying 3 mid sized bags of cement or an empty roadies case which any reasonably strong man could handle is hardly the killer image. Show them lifting a car one handed FFS!
"It would take a lot more than just a minute to design and build if you actually put some effort into the aesthetics, though obviously it would waste a whole lot less time than making physical cards."
Well thats debatable. I could get some physical cards made from the shop in my high street in about an hour.
"It makes responding really simple and instantaneous for the invitees"
Perhaps you don't have elderly relatives but some of mine don't even own a computer, much less know how to navigate around a web site. People such as yourself really need to stop assuming that everyone is online.