Offshore wind turbines capable of powering 75% of a city that are so far out you can barely see them? That's really cool. My only thought would be what about resistance to damage from weather and corrosion at sea?
It's a shame, and obviously we don't know exactly what the situation is, but if speculation is correct... should I really be upset that the military doesn't want to allow the world to black-box the capabilities of its missile detection systems? Especially with a wacky bastard in Korea lobbing his test missiles in our direction?
There's this commonly accepted practice among techies, and indeed much of academia, where we try so hard to make guidelines that apply to 100% of all situations.
You're both right. Yes, he's right, blame Nazis instead of IBM. No, you're right, it doesn't make sense to take that rule "to the extreme" and sell nukes to just anyone. Somewhere in between those two examples, real life happens and we have to make real life decisions. It's an issue of taking the context into account, and I'm philosophically OK with that.
It doesn't work for law making, but if we're talking about that kind of thing instead of personal judgments, then you have to walk the treacherous path of intents and prudence.
I just did the exact opposite of that with a home machine someone brought it... and it solved the problem.
Truth is they all suck. I use ESET on the company networks because it's less expensive than the "other two", rates much higher on detection and has a much smaller footprint. Oh and the deployment console is crazy nice.
Regular people just care that whatever is on their computer isn't directly costing them money or causing it to visibly malfunction. From experience, I know most would ignore any offers to help, sadly. Guess the trick is to find a way to make them want to disinfect their computers.
I disagree. I know lots of people who can pop in a disk or press a key on startup and recover their machine in 4 mouse clicks.
Figuring out how to ftp to get a browser is a different story, especially when you can't look up the address on line because you don't have a web browser.
I've been saying this same thing for a long time now, but the odd part is, I've been using firefox and chrome between work and home and I almost never happen on an obviously broken site anymore.
To a certain degree I probably have a higher tolerance for things that don't line up, etc., but I'm pretty sure the web is a LOT cleaner than it used to be... in that regard.
I work hard to keep my users happy. I worry about what they think of my job performance... all of them. They treat me with respect, they ask politely when they need something and I do my best to help.
I DO have to point out when requested projects are bigger than they seem. I also apologize when one project has been side-tracked for another. Perhaps most important, I pointed out exactly what GPP said about being invisible when everything works, but to my boss.
People are not stupid. I've long since accepted that and act accordingly.
ask yourself why SMSes aren't more integrated into everyday life. I don't just mean human-to-human messages. I mean things like controlling your home thermostat. Or having your bike or car report its location, speed, etc. There are lots of uses for these kinds of short messages, but the insanely high cost per byte makes it completely prohibitive.
I'm not disagreeing on the SMS thing... except to say that they're often nearly free in the US depending on who you use. But I'd guess those other technologies have more to do with hardware costs. I can afford to send a couple messages a day to my thermostat, or get them from my car when I want them. I have thousands of them available per month for a few dollars. What I can't afford is all the crap necessary to make those happen.
Netbooks and the iPod touch are very different products from each other, and both are very different from a large touch screen tablet pc running debian.
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Offshore wind turbines capable of powering 75% of a city that are so far out you can barely see them? That's really cool. My only thought would be what about resistance to damage from weather and corrosion at sea?
Agreed.
It's a shame, and obviously we don't know exactly what the situation is, but if speculation is correct... should I really be upset that the military doesn't want to allow the world to black-box the capabilities of its missile detection systems? Especially with a wacky bastard in Korea lobbing his test missiles in our direction?
Yes but can I purchase them with my mastercard?
There's this commonly accepted practice among techies, and indeed much of academia, where we try so hard to make guidelines that apply to 100% of all situations.
You're both right. Yes, he's right, blame Nazis instead of IBM. No, you're right, it doesn't make sense to take that rule "to the extreme" and sell nukes to just anyone. Somewhere in between those two examples, real life happens and we have to make real life decisions. It's an issue of taking the context into account, and I'm philosophically OK with that.
It doesn't work for law making, but if we're talking about that kind of thing instead of personal judgments, then you have to walk the treacherous path of intents and prudence.
Huh, do we believe that 1 in 3 homes has an HDDVD or BRD player in it? I don't buy it.
Wow, those were the days... when a TV worked for 10-30 years.
Sure. It sounds like it's great at what it's meant to do, get the job done and get it done easily.
I just did the exact opposite of that with a home machine someone brought it... and it solved the problem.
Truth is they all suck. I use ESET on the company networks because it's less expensive than the "other two", rates much higher on detection and has a much smaller footprint. Oh and the deployment console is crazy nice.
But it does come complete with a clear violation of your ISP's ToS.
Yeah, but the biggest problem will be the ubiquitous linksys home router/firewall. People will futz with them, and THEN you've got problems.
They're dragging it out so we can savor it.
I CARE. The point is that I don't want their shit, but if people complain to my ISP that they can't use ESPN's service, I WILL HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL.
Fuck Disney, fuck ESPN, and fuck Comcast who already has Disney's cock in their mouth for this.
Regular people just care that whatever is on their computer isn't directly costing them money or causing it to visibly malfunction. From experience, I know most would ignore any offers to help, sadly. Guess the trick is to find a way to make them want to disinfect their computers.
Easy, do what the government does... fearmonger.
"ZOMG Identity theft!!#!"
They'll be begging for free help.
I disagree. I know lots of people who can pop in a disk or press a key on startup and recover their machine in 4 mouse clicks.
Figuring out how to ftp to get a browser is a different story, especially when you can't look up the address on line because you don't have a web browser.
I've been saying this same thing for a long time now, but the odd part is, I've been using firefox and chrome between work and home and I almost never happen on an obviously broken site anymore.
To a certain degree I probably have a higher tolerance for things that don't line up, etc., but I'm pretty sure the web is a LOT cleaner than it used to be... in that regard.
I'll tell you what else needs to be said yet again... I'm fucking embarrassed by the people who represent me.
I'm sorry Canada, please disregard what he said.
I'm not sure this is always true.
I work hard to keep my users happy. I worry about what they think of my job performance... all of them. They treat me with respect, they ask politely when they need something and I do my best to help.
I DO have to point out when requested projects are bigger than they seem. I also apologize when one project has been side-tracked for another. Perhaps most important, I pointed out exactly what GPP said about being invisible when everything works, but to my boss.
People are not stupid. I've long since accepted that and act accordingly.
Three Rings did this with Puzzle Pirates, and maintained a pay service.
To the best of my knowledge they're still moving along.
Someone OWES my ass.
Well said. If this turns out to be true, and people have all their billing info, usage info, etc. compromised... I feel bad for those people.
ask yourself why SMSes aren't more integrated into everyday life. I don't just mean human-to-human messages. I mean things like controlling your home thermostat. Or having your bike or car report its location, speed, etc. There are lots of uses for these kinds of short messages, but the insanely high cost per byte makes it completely prohibitive.
I'm not disagreeing on the SMS thing... except to say that they're often nearly free in the US depending on who you use. But I'd guess those other technologies have more to do with hardware costs. I can afford to send a couple messages a day to my thermostat, or get them from my car when I want them. I have thousands of them available per month for a few dollars. What I can't afford is all the crap necessary to make those happen.
Chrome says nothing. :(
You forgot, "think of the children".
See oddly I consider the ability to buy any song (just one song), DRM-free, an absolutely amazing shift in how things work.
Netbooks and the iPod touch are very different products from each other, and both are very different from a large touch screen tablet pc running debian.