The same spin doctors that run the drug war are now being employed in the Imaginary Property war.
Pretty much. Law enforcement always does this by putting the drugs in dollar figures. "1 million dollars worth of cocaine" sounds much more impressive than 2 kilos of powder.
You can tell your interviewer to not troll for information on google but it just will raise red flags. If I were hiring someone and was asked not to search their name, that would be the first thing I'd do after they'd left.
It's up to the individual to be vigilant and not surrender too much personal information.
I also think it depends what kind of search the interviewer is conducting. Just the name is good enough and isn't unethical. But it could quickly cross the line if you geek out and start running boolean searches across multiple search engines, checking against name, email, domain connections, etc, - in other words, turning into a jackass internet detective.
Microsoft has really got their shit together with the security and stability of Windows.
I used to say this few month ago, until I started coming across Vista computers infected with all kinds of exotic trojans and malware. The security model on Windows has gone from complete anarchy to "here's a computer - train it yourself." The burden has been shifted towards the user. That's not progress in my view.
Also, I'm not convinced about Xbox being a fiasco. Out of all the billions they have wasted, this one looks like a winner in the long run. They're one generation away from dominating the high-end console space in an event of one more Sony fuckup with PS3. You could never count Sony out when it comes to massive fuckups.
Hi. I am an Apple apologist and I despise the glossy screens.
They're fine on low-end laptops and 20" iMacs. If you're a pro photographer or a serious graphic artist you should probably stay away from such consumer-level hardware. These glossy abominations have no business being on MacBook Pros or LED Cinema Displays. Some of us have invested lots of money into color calibration devices and don't want this trendy bullshit ruining the color correction workflow that has worked for so long.
Right now I'm in a market for a 15" MBP to replace a PPC Powerbook but the glossy screen is preventing me from purchasing it. For starters, glossy screens are unusable in a properly illuminated room with unequal multiple light sources. Its even worse outside on a sunny day.
I wonder if Apple had realized they fucked up and offered the 17" model with an optional matte display? If glossy displays are so great, how come this traditionally stubborn company made this concession?
Last month my grandma asked for a new laptop and prior to putting her old HP on ebay I wiped it via Gutmann 35-Pass method, way above DoD and NATO standards, so her ultra-secret vanilla cake recipe could remain a household secret.
After the shit sandwich that was Windows Vista anything can look like a winner. Microsoft could have repackaged Windows 2000 and the technobloggers would have gone nuts how stable and clean it was.
I have friends who will run out of breath arguing how Vista is perfect and has gotten a bad rap due to vast Apple/Media conspiracy to spread rumors and undermine the OS. It's nearly impossible to convince them otherwise. Every objection is met by sarcastic remarks like "LOL MIKKKRO$OFT AM I RITE?!" and the like. You're either an Apple kool-aid drinker or a Linux zealot if you don't submit to Microsoft's talking points on how amazing their latest Windows is.
Soon after Windows 7 Betas appeared and couple of high-status media degenerates started hyperventilating about how perfect the OS was, every Vista evangelist suddenly came out and openly distanced themselves from Vista.
I can bet you lots of money that all these Windows 7 superfans will turn on it as soon as Microsoft pre-announces Windows 8.
Way to sensationalize something which has been known for years. Everything that is purchased on iTunes is stamped with user account and a unique transaction ID. Apps, videos, movies, rentals, etc.
It doesn't bother me because I don't share my music on p2p networks and I'm not paranoid like some people. I dislike DRM because I want to easily play my music on whatever device I want, not because of some ideological drive to stick it to THE MAN.
Were there not a Google (or internet equivalent), I wouldn't sit back in my rocking chair, exclaim "Oh, well," and have a cup or two of tea. Instead, I'd get in my car and drive to the library to look whatever it was up in a reference book, or search the catalog for a book I could borrow on the topic.
Libraries don't carry any books which can adequately address such queries as "boob punching videos" or "Photoshop keygen"
From what I understood is that NASA is now outsourcing its Conspiracy Coverup Unit (CCU) to India. Next thing you'll hear would be how some scientist in Bangalore had discovered previously unseen 1080i footage of JFK assassination.
I have a 12" Powerbook (6 years) and a 15" Intel MacBook Pro (3 years). I've never removed the battery from either to swap it out. There was a flaw with 15" MBP lithium polymer battery couple of years ago and Apple replaced it on the spot. This is such a non-issue to typical pro users. I run all kinds of heavy stuff on mine like FCP Studio and CS3 apps. When the juice runs out I look for an outlet, not some imaginary spare battery, which I neither have nor willing to carry around.
That's why I chisel all my data (ones and zeros) onto stone tablets. In a few years the pile of stones will be taller than Everest.:)
And in a thousand years some bearded guy will discover couple of those stones, come down the mountain and will base a religion around it. These things are cyclical.
I know it's an extra step but usually with USB you're supposed to dump the movie files onto your hard drive and then import them into iMovie. Things will catch up soon.
Not just GTalk. Nearly every Google product that's not directly tied to search.
Other Google creations that made a lot of noise and then fizzled - Orkut, Google Desktop, Google Earth, Picasa, Grand Central, Page Creator, OpenSocial, Answers, etc. Some of them are still around but they failed to reach critical mass or become relevant.
I have every reason to believe that the next hyped product to come out of Google is going to suffer the same fate - Android.
This has as much credibility as "Year of the Linux" and "iPod Killers"
Android has yet to ship and create a healthy ecosystem that can be monetized by developers. It's all conjecture now. Just about anyone knows about the iPhone. The brand is really hot and in demand. NDA whining is confined to nerd elite who have found an issue and want to run with it as if it affects the majority of people. It doesn't.
Apple is really shielding itself from all kinds of legal minefields. This issue isn't black and white as some make it out to be. Every company out there wants to see shelves stocked with books targeting their platform. NDA prevents some publishers from releasing books which only goes to prove that Apple isn't doing this to be antagonistic. They have assumed the risk because the alternative could be much worse.
you'll know what i mean if you jump from a cd made in the 80's to one made in the last 10 years
There is an option on iPods to automatically regulate the volume when the tracks come up, called Sound Check. Not sure what you mean by "cd". Explain yourself, old man.
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Pretty much. Law enforcement always does this by putting the drugs in dollar figures. "1 million dollars worth of cocaine" sounds much more impressive than 2 kilos of powder.
You can tell your interviewer to not troll for information on google but it just will raise red flags. If I were hiring someone and was asked not to search their name, that would be the first thing I'd do after they'd left.
It's up to the individual to be vigilant and not surrender too much personal information.
I also think it depends what kind of search the interviewer is conducting. Just the name is good enough and isn't unethical. But it could quickly cross the line if you geek out and start running boolean searches across multiple search engines, checking against name, email, domain connections, etc, - in other words, turning into a jackass internet detective.
I'll see your deer photo and raise you Pittsburgh Samurai Battle
These people are going to get jacked by sharks.
I used to say this few month ago, until I started coming across Vista computers infected with all kinds of exotic trojans and malware. The security model on Windows has gone from complete anarchy to "here's a computer - train it yourself." The burden has been shifted towards the user. That's not progress in my view.
Also, I'm not convinced about Xbox being a fiasco. Out of all the billions they have wasted, this one looks like a winner in the long run. They're one generation away from dominating the high-end console space in an event of one more Sony fuckup with PS3. You could never count Sony out when it comes to massive fuckups.
Now it's time for Steve Jobs to step up and show how to reorganize the schools properly - maybe get rid of few buttons here and there.
Jonathan Ive could redesign the pencil sharpeners.
Still waiting for that game where you sit at a desk with bottles of Monster Energy and try to retype fast scrolling IRC text for glory points.
Hi. I am an Apple apologist and I despise the glossy screens.
They're fine on low-end laptops and 20" iMacs. If you're a pro photographer or a serious graphic artist you should probably stay away from such consumer-level hardware. These glossy abominations have no business being on MacBook Pros or LED Cinema Displays. Some of us have invested lots of money into color calibration devices and don't want this trendy bullshit ruining the color correction workflow that has worked for so long.
Right now I'm in a market for a 15" MBP to replace a PPC Powerbook but the glossy screen is preventing me from purchasing it. For starters, glossy screens are unusable in a properly illuminated room with unequal multiple light sources. Its even worse outside on a sunny day.
I wonder if Apple had realized they fucked up and offered the 17" model with an optional matte display? If glossy displays are so great, how come this traditionally stubborn company made this concession?
Last month my grandma asked for a new laptop and prior to putting her old HP on ebay I wiped it via Gutmann 35-Pass method, way above DoD and NATO standards, so her ultra-secret vanilla cake recipe could remain a household secret.
After the shit sandwich that was Windows Vista anything can look like a winner. Microsoft could have repackaged Windows 2000 and the technobloggers would have gone nuts how stable and clean it was.
I have friends who will run out of breath arguing how Vista is perfect and has gotten a bad rap due to vast Apple/Media conspiracy to spread rumors and undermine the OS. It's nearly impossible to convince them otherwise. Every objection is met by sarcastic remarks like "LOL MIKKKRO$OFT AM I RITE?!" and the like. You're either an Apple kool-aid drinker or a Linux zealot if you don't submit to Microsoft's talking points on how amazing their latest Windows is.
Soon after Windows 7 Betas appeared and couple of high-status media degenerates started hyperventilating about how perfect the OS was, every Vista evangelist suddenly came out and openly distanced themselves from Vista.
I can bet you lots of money that all these Windows 7 superfans will turn on it as soon as Microsoft pre-announces Windows 8.
It's unfortunate that Circuit City didn't survive long enough to see the historic occasion of Obama being sworn in as president.
Way to sensationalize something which has been known for years. Everything that is purchased on iTunes is stamped with user account and a unique transaction ID. Apps, videos, movies, rentals, etc.
It doesn't bother me because I don't share my music on p2p networks and I'm not paranoid like some people. I dislike DRM because I want to easily play my music on whatever device I want, not because of some ideological drive to stick it to THE MAN.
This is a non-issue.
Libraries don't carry any books which can adequately address such queries as "boob punching videos" or "Photoshop keygen"
From what I understood is that NASA is now outsourcing its Conspiracy Coverup Unit (CCU) to India. Next thing you'll hear would be how some scientist in Bangalore had discovered previously unseen 1080i footage of JFK assassination.
I have a 12" Powerbook (6 years) and a 15" Intel MacBook Pro (3 years). I've never removed the battery from either to swap it out. There was a flaw with 15" MBP lithium polymer battery couple of years ago and Apple replaced it on the spot. This is such a non-issue to typical pro users. I run all kinds of heavy stuff on mine like FCP Studio and CS3 apps. When the juice runs out I look for an outlet, not some imaginary spare battery, which I neither have nor willing to carry around.
Damn, I saw that too.
I suppose any PS3 Cluster Supercomputer can qualify as one if you turn it off on Saturdays.
Phase 6: Pay Kramer $150 to appear in 2 commercials with Steve Balmer
It's really hard to argue with such an extensive and reasoned argument.
And in a thousand years some bearded guy will discover couple of those stones, come down the mountain and will base a religion around it. These things are cyclical.
I know it's an extra step but usually with USB you're supposed to dump the movie files onto your hard drive and then import them into iMovie. Things will catch up soon.
I've learned everything I know from xkcd
Not just GTalk. Nearly every Google product that's not directly tied to search.
Other Google creations that made a lot of noise and then fizzled - Orkut, Google Desktop, Google Earth, Picasa, Grand Central, Page Creator, OpenSocial, Answers, etc. Some of them are still around but they failed to reach critical mass or become relevant.
I have every reason to believe that the next hyped product to come out of Google is going to suffer the same fate - Android.
This has as much credibility as "Year of the Linux" and "iPod Killers"
Android has yet to ship and create a healthy ecosystem that can be monetized by developers. It's all conjecture now. Just about anyone knows about the iPhone. The brand is really hot and in demand. NDA whining is confined to nerd elite who have found an issue and want to run with it as if it affects the majority of people. It doesn't.
Apple is really shielding itself from all kinds of legal minefields. This issue isn't black and white as some make it out to be. Every company out there wants to see shelves stocked with books targeting their platform. NDA prevents some publishers from releasing books which only goes to prove that Apple isn't doing this to be antagonistic. They have assumed the risk because the alternative could be much worse.
How low can /. go? This is embarrassing.
There is an option on iPods to automatically regulate the volume when the tracks come up, called Sound Check. Not sure what you mean by "cd". Explain yourself, old man.