IE9 does finally support border-radius, but I know it doesn't support text-shadow.
Sorry if my wording is confusing but my post mentions supporting border-radius AND a background gradient. I thought this was clear in my second sentence:
However, when using a radius + a gradient, the gradient overrides the radius property which makes the div look boxy
Unfortunately, it doesn't matter how well new versions of IE support new standards. The masses won't be using it until they buy a new computer that already has the latest version pre-installed. Most of them are too terrified of breaking their computer to proceed with the upgrade they're prompted with through Windows Update.
True! The faster we can get away from IE6(7,8) requirements the better. I think many of these people aren't using Windows Update on dubious installs anyway so it's moot, right? On the bright side we're in a better place than one year ago as far as CSS3 support is concerned across the board. This is a good thing!
I'm not much of a designer so I can't speak for the CSS compatability first hand, but my designer co-worker assures me that there are some parts of the CSS spec that IE 9 still doesn't do that he would love to use. (Something about border images) but it seems like most of the CSS spec is implemented in some form or another.
Off the top of my head the border-radius and background gradient support comes to mind. IE9 is superior to the previous versions as far as CSS support is concerned. However, when using a radius + a gradient, the gradient overrides the radius property which makes the div look boxy. There are a few dirty tricks to emulate it but it's still a hack. For a more hands on example which you can see how things vary subtly from one browser to another, take a look at the Layerstyles.org builder. I'm not affiliated with them, it's simply a neat interactive toy.
I like the direction things are going and browser support for "new" technologies grows daily which enables designers to do more. CSS3 is fun stuff and it's great how it degrades gracefully but it's still not something you can depend on, yet.
Way to demonize the OSS community by associating them with Lulzsec. I'm not a staunch supporter of OSS nor do I condone the actions taken against Sony. The OtherOS feature was implemented in a failed effort to have the PS3 classified as a computer and not a console for reduced import fees in certain European countries. After the effort failed it appears Sony ended support for OtherOS. This has nothing to do with nice, only dollars. It's the information age, so there's no excuse for not having your information straight.
Okay, we're probably arguing unnecessary semantics over what YouTube is and isn't, at this level it just needs to be a public place where you can post videos that can be viewed by people you probably don't know. And that's why you need to show some discretion and forethought, probably more so on a service that is a privilege, rather than a right, to use.
Yes we are and I concede the point.
And, yes, there are as many assholes out there with nothing better to do with their time than actively search for things to be offended by - but at least if you've demonstrated some initial discretion yourself in the first place, then that gives you the right to tell the busy-bodies to bugger off and mind their own business... going back to my pedigree dogs analogy, if I'm stood in a corner discussing the topic fairly privately to someone and a third party butts in and starts taking offence, I can turn round to them and tell them they weren't included in this private conversation so should butt out.:-)
I think many people forget that something can bother you only if you allow it to. I'm very curious to see how this will pan out for both the school and the student now that it's receiving attention. Baseless speculation: Perhaps there is a history that we don't know about?
A simple example but a demonstration of how considering actions for the benefit of others around you and ensuring you understand the possible consequences before you do something.
Many people today are foolish, selfish, and fail to put themselves in someone else's shoes.
This scenario is no different - the kid posted something in a public place and should therefore have understood, before he did it, who might see it and what they might do about it. Sure, I defend his right to post whatever he wants on YouTube, that's pretty much what it's there for - but what happens afterwards is entirely his responsibility to deal with.
You've stated your point very well however both you and the kid incorrectly refer to a right to post something to Youtube. Youtube is is a private video hosting service offered by a company and privilege to use. I stand corrected if Canada has mandated free expression on the web via a U.S. Company. I'll admit that I'm not that familiar with Canadian law.
True. Since we're just yelling out things he can do: he can also fork over his profits made from others work. His packaging and related services are not what are at fault. I've attached the license.txt here with emphasis added:
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It would have been great if the default for search engines would have been opt-out and only if you want it to be opt-in then it would be opt-in.
Unfortunately too late for that now.
No it's not, simply refrain from placing things you don't want accessed by all in publicly accessible locations. Your opt-in is implicit when you share something on a webserver. "I've made my information freely accessible to all, but I don't want it accessible by some." The issue is that search engines are part of the 'all'.
This reminds me of a PHB/CFO at a web hosting company I worked for during the recent real estate bubble who was bothered that another company was accessing listing information on one of our client's sites. I'm aware of licenses with data and copyright, however my point is the lack understanding with the underlying technology.
I imagine one hypothetical implementation of your opt-in would require anyone (not just search engines since they don't always identify themselves) who accesses a website to request access similar to an email spam guard system (Earthlink?). The admin or whomever then chooses to whitelist or deny the request and the user is notified. It sounds like a complete step backwards for users. However you could pitch this to countries which have interest in restrictive firewall tech and lobby/mandate having the access control mod installed on all servers operating within its borders or doing business with nationals.
When I read the part about the door being kicked in I didn't interpret explode literally. More like an action packed word implying kicked in or flying open.
Example: Crashing down the tree branch landed upon the ground.
It's sounds more exciting than falling. I see how the poster's sentence could be interpreted as a breach charge after reading your reply but I think the word choice is appropriate for the telling of an entertaining tale fiction or not.
Snce this IS a site populated by smart asses and your post is inflammatory. Don't forget another useful skill: English. You know that thing that's used every day to communicate ideas, like what you're doing in your post. Since you're referring to courses (Proper Nouns) everyone knows* you capitalize them. It's great you can argue that things don't fall to the ground because they love it and yet can't create a proper sentence.
*Assuming you passed elementary English.
Microsoft is buying a huge user base. They need it, because their own efforts at getting a big social community have otherwise largely failed. Google has one, Apple has one, now Microsoft's bought one.
While I don't argue otherwise, how big of a social community? Love it or hate it Xbox Live is an example of a successful Microsoft created and managed social community. To a lesser degree there is also MSN/Windows Live Messenger which ties into Hotmail/Windows Live.
If this spawns great FOSS VoIP and P2P media distribution infrastructure, so much the better.
What a tired, stupid, cliche. What the iPod did was make carrying our music around easier and remove lots of moving parts that are no longer necessary.
It may come as a shock but Apple didn't invent the MP3 player with the iPod. Since you're passionate in dismissing others claims I'll remind you that to this day you do not own music, and the reference to it being yours (if you did indeed "purchase" it) is, to use one of your words: stupid. The exception being if you recorded it yourself, which wouldn't surprise me.
You are claiming the headphone cord hanging in front is some sort of statement? That would make virtually all headphones a statement. I personally use ones that go behind the head for running, but sitting on a commuter train, I don't really care what color the headphone cord is or where it dangles.
Have you actually seen any advertisements over the years? Why are the white earbuds and player so prominently displayed in the iPod advertisements? In fact why are there colored cases sold by 3rd parties? Not to mention the price (apple products are typically prominent) don't choose Apple because it's cheap.
Only the most vapid teenager cares about white headphones. Foremost, the iPod is successful because it's a good product.
Apparently more than just vapid teenagers as white earbuds/cables/accessories started to appear by other companies. It's like claiming Windows is successful because it's a good product.
Lastly, how impressive is it to "proclaim ownership" of a mass marketed and relatively cheap product? It's not a badge of honor to own a $120 device that millions of other people also own.
Quite right but you're obviously not who they're targeting. Plenty of people are happy to use things as status symbols, look at how certain brands of clothes (Adidas, Nike, Fubu etc.) have their logos in very visible areas. Why do cars have their logos in prominent positions? Perhaps it's a badge of honor to some vapid teenager who just got a job...
Technology was the driving factor for its success, especially in the early Mac + iTunes only ecosystem. Once it opened up to PC and changed to USB, it really took off.
You mean the technology they didn't invent? I had one of these and it was awesome it didn't skip, but the minidisk was superior in storage (notice the software ran only Windows 98). Later I also had another portable model which used CDRs. Apple didn't invent the portable music player, or MP3s, or making them available (Napster and friends were amazingly popular before iPod). Your statement about it "opening up on PC" is amusing not to mention backwards if portable players were available many years before on another massively popular platform. Interesting you're not including Apple computers as PCs, you know Personal Computers... it looks like marketing works.
I'm sure it's not personal bias but your post implies that Jews and Gypsies are worth more. It may come as a shock but WWII wasn't all about Hitler's undesireables.
Yes more Russians were killed in WWII than Jews in absolute numbers, simply because there were more Russians to begin with.
Lets turn this around: Yes fewer Jews were killed in WWII than Russians in absolute numbers, simply because there were less Jews to begin with. Profound indeed./sarcasm
Jews lost a far greater fraction of their number than anyone else, except maybe the Gypsies. 2/3 of European Jews were slaughtered. And no, this is not an American point of view.
I'm not downplaying the loss of life however the amount of focus placed upon a single ethnic group is really sad. The remark regarding the American view point stems from the Jewish ethnic focus. Millions of non-Jewish Polish civilians died as well.... For the sake of argument lets estimate six million Jewish deaths total. In Poland nearly half of their losses were civilians, you know Doctors, Lawyers, Journalists, Clergy. At over 16% of the population Poland suffered the highest per capita death rate of ANY country. WWII didn't just involve Europe, China also sufferred massively at the hands of the Japanese. WWII death tolls for countries involved might be of interest to you.
Hilter was out to conquer the world, but he only devised the "final solution" for the "Jewish question".
You're entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts. You may be surprised to disocover that the Final Solution was devised by Himmler. You know who else was out to conquer the world? Britain. For some fun read up on evil that the British East India Company was responsible for in India.
The reason workers choose to work at Foxconn is precisely because it is better to work for them than to not have a job at all, or even work for another company.
I'm not sure about all of the options avialable to workers perhaps part of the appeal is that life in the city is perceived superior to what one finds on a farm? I've done my share of outdoor labor and for the most part I'll choose indoor when provided with a choice (especially in the South West).
The worker's labor is worth precisely how much he or she is being paid, and the work conditions they must suffer through, otherwise Foxconn would have to better the wage and conditions to attract workers. Now, perhaps China as a whole isn't the greatest place to be, that a company like Foxconn is seen as an improvement, but that's a larger issue that ultimately will only be fixed by using China for cheap labor more and more until their employment levels and living conditions rise to western standards. As miserable as the work may be at times for these workers, it sure beats starving to death, or people would choose to starve.
To add to this, not too long ago there were similar conditions in parts of America. China is going through an Industrial Revolution and there are always growing pains.
Apple is evil, Dell is evil, Google is evil, Microsoft is evil....
To a degree, but wouldn't it be more appropriate to say people are evil? Many people continue buy Nikes, Levis, and electronics that are produced by "evil companies". Life isn't so black and white, good and evil. It would really make things simple to see "Now with more Slavery" next to the Underwriters Labratories logo but who is more evil though? The company filling a demand at market prices, or countries lacking strong worker protection enabling situations like this, or people who support/reward "evil companies" by purchasing their goods etc.? The way this is phrased it could imply that people are good until they form companies. The same companies which sell goods and services to others at the prices they want (yes, even Apple!). Ultimately it comes down to voting with your wallet.
Nobody in the business world gives one shit about any of the pleebs...
I don't think this is something the average man is concerned with either (based on spending habits). Many people are pragmatic but if the non business world is so people centric wouldn't there be a focus on buying domestic? For many the biggest motivation in a purchase decision is the price. Look at the current trend with new games retailing at lower prices (especially on mobile platforms). Steam sales provide another great sample of buying habits with their mid week and weekend sales. On sale titles have moved more units during a "holiday" sale than when the game originally came out.
they're just resources to get the job done to make money to keep the shareholders happy.
I don't disagree with you but think about this: When you are employed do you do what is expected of you? Or do you perform poorly and/or not cover what you're being paid to do? For example if you're in sales and you don't sell, don't be shocked if you're out a job. It's business. One of the easiest ways to secure a position besides being a rockstar with your work is to be liked by your boss (voting shareholders). In the real world what shareholder would want a company making decisions that aren't in it's best interests?
.....and no, PC is not the answer. I cannot walk into a big box and pick up a budgetbox($399 orso) that has outpaced the PS3. The offerings I find will have a mid-range dual core processor or maybe a cheap quad core thats worse off. It'll have integrated graphics that would struggle to render modern games, and I'd be lucky if it had HDMI/DVI. Simply put, thats shit. The hardware is still tops for the console market
It's easy to let prices fool you however it's disingenuous comparing Consoles to PCs on price because of subsidized hardware. There are exceptions but the Console industry is not alone in this practice, see cell phones in the U.S.
You may have a point if the parent is referring to all of the leaked cables. For what it's worth the grand parent was specific:
What's that official death count from all those leaked afghan cables? Zero? One?
Actually, Wikileaks appears to have played a large part in stirring the uprising in Tunisia (cables about corruption), and consequently Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan, Yemen, Syria and Libya...
So back to that death count...
It appears the Governments there made their own mess. You discount the oppressive people/governments who actually are responsible for their actions thus far. Go back to bed Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan, Yemen, Syria and Libya.
So about that blaming the victims, not the perpetrators...
Really? Then why haven't we seen any massive credit card fraud yet? Sony is claiming at over 10 million CC numbers were "stolen" and that was from a hack done more than 2 weeks ago.
Perhaps there is a delay because reports will come from individuals not a massive company.
If these were career criminals, why haven't we yet seen the horror stories of millions of dollars of goods shipped to Romania, with average joes holding the bag on the bill?
Banks are pretty good at looking after their money. Haven't you ever had them contact you about suspicious purchases? I know of two people who have had multiple thousand dollar charges on their credit cards due to this. Interestingly enough one charge was at an Apple store for around $5000 which he joked would probably buy them two Ipads. The other works for Sony... go figure.
And why target Sony? Amazon would have far more data, as well as Facebook. Or, hack Microsoft's Xbox network which has more users in the USA. Why wasn't Nintendo targeted?
Perhaps how the hack was pulled off would shed some more light on this. Baseless speculation: Perhaps it has something to do with implicit trust of the client...
That doesn't sound career criminal to me, that sounds like vengeance from the user community after "Other OS" was removed.
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You mean that feature that was included so the PS3 could be classified as a computer to get it into certain countries under a different tax status which ultimately failed and they subsequently removed?
Notice how the PS3 ads are off TV? They need to change their slogan to "It only does nothing".
The point is, there are as yet no "drive by" or otherwise spontaneous infections you can get on a Mac. Any bad things that could happen rely on some form of social engineering or deception.
Some not very nice person disguises their malware in a piece of pirated software and upload it to torrent sites or whatnot. Some people download it and get infected because they don't realize the danger of such an occurrence
Changing the icon so people will (and did) click to run it. No torrent site or offer of pirate software required.
Sample Mac Virus
The Mac OS X security model is in many ways stronger than the Windows security model, but it's certainly not infallible.
If it's so superior why does Mac require a single "hack" to bypass vs chaining three "hacks" to compromise Windows security (pwn2own 2011)?
Exhibit A
I'd like to think that by being asked to enter a password a user is more likely to consider what they're authorizing but in most cases, the user is the weakest link.
Would you say that to a Jew?
Remember according to the Russians genocide was not illegal till the 90's.
I'll bite. Jews weren't the only ones who were slaughtered nor were they the majority. I assume you're referring to WWII which was responsible for many more Russians deaths at the hand of the Nazis. Hitler was bad but Stalin was much worse. Your view point seems very American. In Poland the Holocaust has more Catholic undertones due to the purge of the clergy (among others).
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Not sure if you're trolling but it's a reference from a movie called "Space Balls" which is full of many amusing scenes and quotes.
IE9 does finally support border-radius, but I know it doesn't support text-shadow.
Sorry if my wording is confusing but my post mentions supporting border-radius AND a background gradient. I thought this was clear in my second sentence:
However, when using a radius + a gradient, the gradient overrides the radius property which makes the div look boxy
Unfortunately, it doesn't matter how well new versions of IE support new standards. The masses won't be using it until they buy a new computer that already has the latest version pre-installed. Most of them are too terrified of breaking their computer to proceed with the upgrade they're prompted with through Windows Update.
True! The faster we can get away from IE6(7,8) requirements the better. I think many of these people aren't using Windows Update on dubious installs anyway so it's moot, right? On the bright side we're in a better place than one year ago as far as CSS3 support is concerned across the board. This is a good thing!
I'm not much of a designer so I can't speak for the CSS compatability first hand, but my designer co-worker assures me that there are some parts of the CSS spec that IE 9 still doesn't do that he would love to use. (Something about border images) but it seems like most of the CSS spec is implemented in some form or another.
Off the top of my head the border-radius and background gradient support comes to mind. IE9 is superior to the previous versions as far as CSS support is concerned. However, when using a radius + a gradient, the gradient overrides the radius property which makes the div look boxy. There are a few dirty tricks to emulate it but it's still a hack. For a more hands on example which you can see how things vary subtly from one browser to another, take a look at the Layerstyles.org builder. I'm not affiliated with them, it's simply a neat interactive toy.
I like the direction things are going and browser support for "new" technologies grows daily which enables designers to do more. CSS3 is fun stuff and it's great how it degrades gracefully but it's still not something you can depend on, yet.
If it looks like a sale, acts like a sale, works like a sale, then it's a sale.
That's alot like when people join two separate words together. I feel kinda pissed off about it.
Are you pissed off a lot? ;)
Way to demonize the OSS community by associating them with Lulzsec. I'm not a staunch supporter of OSS nor do I condone the actions taken against Sony. The OtherOS feature was implemented in a failed effort to have the PS3 classified as a computer and not a console for reduced import fees in certain European countries. After the effort failed it appears Sony ended support for OtherOS. This has nothing to do with nice, only dollars. It's the information age, so there's no excuse for not having your information straight.
Okay, we're probably arguing unnecessary semantics over what YouTube is and isn't, at this level it just needs to be a public place where you can post videos that can be viewed by people you probably don't know. And that's why you need to show some discretion and forethought, probably more so on a service that is a privilege, rather than a right, to use.
Yes we are and I concede the point.
And, yes, there are as many assholes out there with nothing better to do with their time than actively search for things to be offended by - but at least if you've demonstrated some initial discretion yourself in the first place, then that gives you the right to tell the busy-bodies to bugger off and mind their own business... going back to my pedigree dogs analogy, if I'm stood in a corner discussing the topic fairly privately to someone and a third party butts in and starts taking offence, I can turn round to them and tell them they weren't included in this private conversation so should butt out. :-)
I think many people forget that something can bother you only if you allow it to. I'm very curious to see how this will pan out for both the school and the student now that it's receiving attention. Baseless speculation: Perhaps there is a history that we don't know about?
A simple example but a demonstration of how considering actions for the benefit of others around you and ensuring you understand the possible consequences before you do something.
Many people today are foolish, selfish, and fail to put themselves in someone else's shoes.
This scenario is no different - the kid posted something in a public place and should therefore have understood, before he did it, who might see it and what they might do about it. Sure, I defend his right to post whatever he wants on YouTube, that's pretty much what it's there for - but what happens afterwards is entirely his responsibility to deal with.
You've stated your point very well however both you and the kid incorrectly refer to a right to post something to Youtube. Youtube is is a private video hosting service offered by a company and privilege to use. I stand corrected if Canada has mandated free expression on the web via a U.S. Company. I'll admit that I'm not that familiar with Canadian law.
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It would have been great if the default for search engines would have been opt-out and only if you want it to be opt-in then it would be opt-in. Unfortunately too late for that now.
No it's not, simply refrain from placing things you don't want accessed by all in publicly accessible locations. Your opt-in is implicit when you share something on a webserver. "I've made my information freely accessible to all, but I don't want it accessible by some." The issue is that search engines are part of the 'all'.
This reminds me of a PHB/CFO at a web hosting company I worked for during the recent real estate bubble who was bothered that another company was accessing listing information on one of our client's sites. I'm aware of licenses with data and copyright, however my point is the lack understanding with the underlying technology.
I imagine one hypothetical implementation of your opt-in would require anyone (not just search engines since they don't always identify themselves) who accesses a website to request access similar to an email spam guard system (Earthlink?). The admin or whomever then chooses to whitelist or deny the request and the user is notified. It sounds like a complete step backwards for users. However you could pitch this to countries which have interest in restrictive firewall tech and lobby/mandate having the access control mod installed on all servers operating within its borders or doing business with nationals.
Due to how badly Gibson's big screen adaptation of Johnny Mnemonic butchered the original story,
IIRC part of which was due to Gibson wanting to retain rights to specific characters (Molly for starters).
When I read the part about the door being kicked in I didn't interpret explode literally. More like an action packed word implying kicked in or flying open.
Example: Crashing down the tree branch landed upon the ground.
It's sounds more exciting than falling. I see how the poster's sentence could be interpreted as a breach charge after reading your reply but I think the word choice is appropriate for the telling of an entertaining tale fiction or not.
Well played =)
Useful stuff, like math, physics and chemistry.
Snce this IS a site populated by smart asses and your post is inflammatory. Don't forget another useful skill: English. You know that thing that's used every day to communicate ideas, like what you're doing in your post. Since you're referring to courses (Proper Nouns) everyone knows* you capitalize them. It's great you can argue that things don't fall to the ground because they love it and yet can't create a proper sentence. *Assuming you passed elementary English.
Microsoft is buying a huge user base. They need it, because their own efforts at getting a big social community have otherwise largely failed. Google has one, Apple has one, now Microsoft's bought one.
While I don't argue otherwise, how big of a social community? Love it or hate it Xbox Live is an example of a successful Microsoft created and managed social community. To a lesser degree there is also MSN/Windows Live Messenger which ties into Hotmail/Windows Live.
If this spawns great FOSS VoIP and P2P media distribution infrastructure, so much the better.
Amen.
Taking this a step further since one must be alive to commit a crime why not outlaw life!?
What a tired, stupid, cliche. What the iPod did was make carrying our music around easier and remove lots of moving parts that are no longer necessary.
It may come as a shock but Apple didn't invent the MP3 player with the iPod. Since you're passionate in dismissing others claims I'll remind you that to this day you do not own music, and the reference to it being yours (if you did indeed "purchase" it) is, to use one of your words: stupid. The exception being if you recorded it yourself, which wouldn't surprise me.
You are claiming the headphone cord hanging in front is some sort of statement? That would make virtually all headphones a statement. I personally use ones that go behind the head for running, but sitting on a commuter train, I don't really care what color the headphone cord is or where it dangles.
Have you actually seen any advertisements over the years? Why are the white earbuds and player so prominently displayed in the iPod advertisements? In fact why are there colored cases sold by 3rd parties? Not to mention the price (apple products are typically prominent) don't choose Apple because it's cheap.
Only the most vapid teenager cares about white headphones. Foremost, the iPod is successful because it's a good product.
Apparently more than just vapid teenagers as white earbuds/cables/accessories started to appear by other companies. It's like claiming Windows is successful because it's a good product.
Lastly, how impressive is it to "proclaim ownership" of a mass marketed and relatively cheap product? It's not a badge of honor to own a $120 device that millions of other people also own.
Quite right but you're obviously not who they're targeting. Plenty of people are happy to use things as status symbols, look at how certain brands of clothes (Adidas, Nike, Fubu etc.) have their logos in very visible areas. Why do cars have their logos in prominent positions? Perhaps it's a badge of honor to some vapid teenager who just got a job...
Technology was the driving factor for its success, especially in the early Mac + iTunes only ecosystem. Once it opened up to PC and changed to USB, it really took off.
You mean the technology they didn't invent? I had one of these and it was awesome it didn't skip, but the minidisk was superior in storage (notice the software ran only Windows 98). Later I also had another portable model which used CDRs. Apple didn't invent the portable music player, or MP3s, or making them available (Napster and friends were amazingly popular before iPod). Your statement about it "opening up on PC" is amusing not to mention backwards if portable players were available many years before on another massively popular platform. Interesting you're not including Apple computers as PCs, you know Personal Computers... it looks like marketing works.
Yes more Russians were killed in WWII than Jews in absolute numbers, simply because there were more Russians to begin with.
Lets turn this around: Yes fewer Jews were killed in WWII than Russians in absolute numbers, simply because there were less Jews to begin with. Profound indeed. /sarcasm
Jews lost a far greater fraction of their number than anyone else, except maybe the Gypsies. 2/3 of European Jews were slaughtered. And no, this is not an American point of view.
I'm not downplaying the loss of life however the amount of focus placed upon a single ethnic group is really sad. The remark regarding the American view point stems from the Jewish ethnic focus. Millions of non-Jewish Polish civilians died as well.... For the sake of argument lets estimate six million Jewish deaths total. In Poland nearly half of their losses were civilians, you know Doctors, Lawyers, Journalists, Clergy. At over 16% of the population Poland suffered the highest per capita death rate of ANY country. WWII didn't just involve Europe, China also sufferred massively at the hands of the Japanese. WWII death tolls for countries involved might be of interest to you.
Hilter was out to conquer the world, but he only devised the "final solution" for the "Jewish question".
You're entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts. You may be surprised to disocover that the Final Solution was devised by Himmler. You know who else was out to conquer the world? Britain. For some fun read up on evil that the British East India Company was responsible for in India.
The reason workers choose to work at Foxconn is precisely because it is better to work for them than to not have a job at all, or even work for another company.
I'm not sure about all of the options avialable to workers perhaps part of the appeal is that life in the city is perceived superior to what one finds on a farm? I've done my share of outdoor labor and for the most part I'll choose indoor when provided with a choice (especially in the South West).
The worker's labor is worth precisely how much he or she is being paid, and the work conditions they must suffer through, otherwise Foxconn would have to better the wage and conditions to attract workers. Now, perhaps China as a whole isn't the greatest place to be, that a company like Foxconn is seen as an improvement, but that's a larger issue that ultimately will only be fixed by using China for cheap labor more and more until their employment levels and living conditions rise to western standards. As miserable as the work may be at times for these workers, it sure beats starving to death, or people would choose to starve.
To add to this, not too long ago there were similar conditions in parts of America. China is going through an Industrial Revolution and there are always growing pains.
Apple is evil, Dell is evil, Google is evil, Microsoft is evil....
To a degree, but wouldn't it be more appropriate to say people are evil? Many people continue buy Nikes, Levis, and electronics that are produced by "evil companies". Life isn't so black and white, good and evil. It would really make things simple to see "Now with more Slavery" next to the Underwriters Labratories logo but who is more evil though? The company filling a demand at market prices, or countries lacking strong worker protection enabling situations like this, or people who support/reward "evil companies" by purchasing their goods etc.? The way this is phrased it could imply that people are good until they form companies. The same companies which sell goods and services to others at the prices they want (yes, even Apple!). Ultimately it comes down to voting with your wallet.
Nobody in the business world gives one shit about any of the pleebs...
I don't think this is something the average man is concerned with either (based on spending habits). Many people are pragmatic but if the non business world is so people centric wouldn't there be a focus on buying domestic? For many the biggest motivation in a purchase decision is the price. Look at the current trend with new games retailing at lower prices (especially on mobile platforms). Steam sales provide another great sample of buying habits with their mid week and weekend sales. On sale titles have moved more units during a "holiday" sale than when the game originally came out.
they're just resources to get the job done to make money to keep the shareholders happy.
I don't disagree with you but think about this: When you are employed do you do what is expected of you? Or do you perform poorly and/or not cover what you're being paid to do? For example if you're in sales and you don't sell, don't be shocked if you're out a job. It's business. One of the easiest ways to secure a position besides being a rockstar with your work is to be liked by your boss (voting shareholders). In the real world what shareholder would want a company making decisions that aren't in it's best interests?
.....and no, PC is not the answer. I cannot walk into a big box and pick up a budgetbox($399 orso) that has outpaced the PS3. The offerings I find will have a mid-range dual core processor or maybe a cheap quad core thats worse off. It'll have integrated graphics that would struggle to render modern games, and I'd be lucky if it had HDMI/DVI. Simply put, thats shit. The hardware is still tops for the console market
It's easy to let prices fool you however it's disingenuous comparing Consoles to PCs on price because of subsidized hardware. There are exceptions but the Console industry is not alone in this practice, see cell phones in the U.S.
What's that official death count from all those leaked afghan cables? Zero? One?
Actually, Wikileaks appears to have played a large part in stirring the uprising in Tunisia (cables about corruption), and consequently Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan, Yemen, Syria and Libya...
So back to that death count...
It appears the Governments there made their own mess. You discount the oppressive people/governments who actually are responsible for their actions thus far. Go back to bed Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan, Yemen, Syria and Libya.
So about that blaming the victims, not the perpetrators...
Really? Then why haven't we seen any massive credit card fraud yet? Sony is claiming at over 10 million CC numbers were "stolen" and that was from a hack done more than 2 weeks ago.
Perhaps there is a delay because reports will come from individuals not a massive company.
If these were career criminals, why haven't we yet seen the horror stories of millions of dollars of goods shipped to Romania, with average joes holding the bag on the bill?
Banks are pretty good at looking after their money. Haven't you ever had them contact you about suspicious purchases? I know of two people who have had multiple thousand dollar charges on their credit cards due to this. Interestingly enough one charge was at an Apple store for around $5000 which he joked would probably buy them two Ipads. The other works for Sony... go figure.
And why target Sony? Amazon would have far more data, as well as Facebook. Or, hack Microsoft's Xbox network which has more users in the USA. Why wasn't Nintendo targeted?
Perhaps how the hack was pulled off would shed some more light on this. Baseless speculation: Perhaps it has something to do with implicit trust of the client...
That doesn't sound career criminal to me, that sounds like vengeance from the user community after "Other OS" was removed.
" You mean that feature that was included so the PS3 could be classified as a computer to get it into certain countries under a different tax status which ultimately failed and they subsequently removed?
Notice how the PS3 ads are off TV? They need to change their slogan to "It only does nothing".
It only does identity theft.
The point is, there are as yet no "drive by" or otherwise spontaneous infections you can get on a Mac. Any bad things that could happen rely on some form of social engineering or deception.
The results of the pwn2own 2011 may surprise you.
Some not very nice person disguises their malware in a piece of pirated software and upload it to torrent sites or whatnot. Some people download it and get infected because they don't realize the danger of such an occurrence
Changing the icon so people will (and did) click to run it. No torrent site or offer of pirate software required. Sample Mac Virus
The Mac OS X security model is in many ways stronger than the Windows security model, but it's certainly not infallible.
If it's so superior why does Mac require a single "hack" to bypass vs chaining three "hacks" to compromise Windows security (pwn2own 2011)? Exhibit A
I'd like to think that by being asked to enter a password a user is more likely to consider what they're authorizing but in most cases, the user is the weakest link.
I completely agree.
Would you say that to a Jew? Remember according to the Russians genocide was not illegal till the 90's.
I'll bite. Jews weren't the only ones who were slaughtered nor were they the majority. I assume you're referring to WWII which was responsible for many more Russians deaths at the hand of the Nazis. Hitler was bad but Stalin was much worse. Your view point seems very American. In Poland the Holocaust has more Catholic undertones due to the purge of the clergy (among others).