It's the geek's time-honored right to rant and whine that Big Media produces nothing but remakes and sequels. But when given the chance to show what he can do, it always Star Trek: Back To The Future.
Henry Ford said that, 'If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.'
Ford was raised on a farm.
He knew perfectly well that what people wanted was a tireless "iron horse" with coach or wagon that demanded minimal care and expense and could be out on the road in an instant.
The Ford Model A could cruise safely and comfortably at 25-45 mph on a hard surfaced road, but these were almost non-existent outside the larger cities in the early days.
You could make your charger open to people with chargers who would make them available to you...
When Hell Freezes Over.
It is not a gated community, but I live in a suburban cul-de-sac that is generally regarded as safe and secure. In no small part, of course, because there is no through traffic.
It is a really, really bad idea to try an end-run around the residential zoning laws here. Your neighbors turn on a dime and come at you with knives and pitchforks at the ready.
You could make a very strong case for Android being the most insecure, incompetently planned and managed OS in the wild.
Google's position is complicated, because it has produced a platform that it has no power to update. There's no Windows Update for Android phones, and Google has no ability to push out updates to the operating system; it has to depend on a range of OEMs and network operators to adopt its source code changes and distribute them to users. Both Apple and Microsoft, in contrast, have a direct channel to update their mobile operating systems.
Having a way for the 2 year old to call for help on her own in such situations could make a tremendous difference
Unless of course it is the two year who gets hurt when Mom has a seizure.
Her seizures aren't under control. That is in the first line of the post. Once you admit that, you need to go with a care plan approved by her doctor, and the pediatrician who cares for your kids.
The web equivalent of the sign on the whale-shaped car wash that went out of business during the Carter Administration.
Rapid Eye has three incredibly obscure six month old six minute videos posted to YouTube. Rapid Eye Studios and of course a Facebook page. Children of the Machine
My wife is epileptic. Her seizures have been well controlled by medication until recently
An infant, a toddler, and mother whose seizures are no longer under control.
There are no technical solutions for a problem like this. You can not and must not ask a two year old to be caretaker for her mom. She is not there as a backup for your webcams or to care for your baby. This is a huge red flag for child protection services.
What you need is are licensed home care aides or nurses, with full time coverage when you absent from the home. If you want to avoid institutionalization for your wife and kids this is your only option.
They really aren't 'developing' anything, sure putting together a nice interface takes work but they really aren't doing anything a determined user couldn't do themselves.
and now you know why the UI of an open source project sucks rocks.
It doesn't matter if the engine purrs like a kitten under the hood if you can't find the ignition or work the clutch.
The determined user is almost by definition someone with a problem to be solved and no time to battle an intransigent UI or hack out a solution of his own --- even if he had the necessary skills.
Newer dark sites are likely to protect their servers by basing them in countries "hostile to U.S. law enforcement."
Why does the geek always assume that "keeping our servers in countries hostile to US law enforcement" translates as "we won't mine your data for our own purposes or quietly sell you out to agencies foreign and domestic when the price is right?"
I am not expecting the FBI to raid me at any time, but just out of caution, I have my computer encrypted using Bitlocker (yeah, I know) and all data at rest is stuck in a hidden TrueCrypt partition. If I want to access it, I have to sign in separately.
and if you are nabbed when you have signed in and your TrueCrypt partition is exposed?
Another ruination of a non-Americanised culture begins
What will American culture look like when the population is majority Hispanic?brNetflix isn't in Cuba looking for it can sell, it is looking for what it can buy.
It would be idiotic for Microsoft not to trademark Windows 365 whatever its plans.
Microsoft reported a 128 percent year-over-year growth for Azure and its other commercial cloud services, including Office 365 for business. Home users of Office 365 (now numbering 7 million, Microsoft says) also edged up 25 percent over the last quarter.
In some ways the Office 365 figures are more significant than the Azure numbers, since they hint that one of Microsoft's most intractable customer groups -- users of the desktop, on-premises Office suite -- can be transformed incrementally into cloud users, and from "transactional purchasing to annuity" (read subscription) customers. Microsoft has made wise moves in that area, such as offer more granular Office 365 subscription deals for small businesses. The basic Business SKU, which includes the full Office desktop apps, is now $8.25 per user per month for up to five devices per user.
Freedom of speech.
There done. Issue solved. Next?
Not so fast.
Shouting out "Freedom of speech!" to abort all thought and argument about the meaning and limits of free speech is the oldest and most subtle enemy of free speech.
why do rich and poor people always get things for "free"???
maybe because most people know deep down that they never more than a step away from the personal or financial crisis that would take them out of the middle class?
it is not hard to picture the geek as the eternal adolescent who thinks that he will never get sick, never grow old, never lose his job....
that the toast will always hit the floor jam side up.
Its starts with terror and kidding porn, next comes online casinos that don't have a license from the french government, follow by online BitCoin & alternate currencies web sites the government will claim are being used to avoid paying taxes
I always find it interesting to see how the geek frames his "slippery slope" arguments.
"Kidding porn" is a new one to me.
You said that if we allow A to happen, then Z will eventually happen too, therefore A should not happen.
The problem with this reasoning is that it avoids engaging with the issue at hand, and instead shifts attention to extreme hypotheticals. Because no proof is presented to show that such extreme hypotheticals will in fact occur, this fallacy has the form of an appeal to emotion fallacy by leveraging fear. In effect the argument at hand is unfairly tainted by unsubstantiated conjecture.
Example: Colin Closet asserts that if we allow same-sex couples to marry, then the next thing we know we'll be allowing people to marry their parents, their cars and even monkeys.
A general boycott now would, IMHO, get press attention and make a clear statement to media companies that buyers are sick and tired of being treated like farm animals./. can make it happen!
No it can't.
This 24" Vizio HDTV from Walmart has integrated WiFi, a full suite of apps including Netflix and costs $178.
We have reached the point where it has become almost impossible to buy any random piece of home video hardware or accessory that does not include integrated WiFi and a basic suite of Internet apps, with protected streaming media services like Netflix at the top of the list,
They don't care about users freedom what-so-ever. All they care about is market share.
The product that can't stream protected media has no market --- which means that it can't and won't be used to introduce DRM-free streaming media to users.
Many premium content providers such as Netflix require DRM support. Matchstick has undertaken the mission to develop DRM as an independent project with the open source community...We plan to use the Microsoft PlayReady technology and are excited to bring premium content to Matchstick. We'll keep you updated as we work to contribute newly developed source codes for DRM back to the open community. It's our goal to make sure open source technology doesn't mean 2nd tier content and experiences!
There is a lot to be said for a standardized DRM platform based on open-source code. Time is short, It is becoming almost impossible to buy an HDTV without integrated WiFI and its own suite of apps.
2 The studio has become scarily good at creating strong female characters and casting them in non stereotypical roles that win over male and female audiences of every age.
3 It has been wiling to take on high-risk projects with serious geek cred. That do not crash and burn at the box office because they reach out to a much larger audience.
Wreak-It-Ralph, Guardians of the Galaxy, Big Hero 6.
I would think any improperly obtained evidence should be contestable...I'd like to hear a lawyer's opinion on the subject.
I am not a lawyer.
But it comes down to the fact that a judge's deepest instinct is to insure that all relevant evidence is laid out before the jury so that they can make the right decision.
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It's the geek's time-honored right to rant and whine that Big Media produces nothing but remakes and sequels. But when given the chance to show what he can do, it always Star Trek: Back To The Future.
Henry Ford said that, 'If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.'
Ford was raised on a farm.
He knew perfectly well that what people wanted was a tireless "iron horse" with coach or wagon that demanded minimal care and expense and could be out on the road in an instant.
The Ford Model A could cruise safely and comfortably at 25-45 mph on a hard surfaced road, but these were almost non-existent outside the larger cities in the early days.
You could make your charger open to people with chargers who would make them available to you...
When Hell Freezes Over.
It is not a gated community, but I live in a suburban cul-de-sac that is generally regarded as safe and secure. In no small part, of course, because there is no through traffic.
It is a really, really bad idea to try an end-run around the residential zoning laws here. Your neighbors turn on a dime and come at you with knives and pitchforks at the ready.
Having the inmates be punished for something someone does on the outside seems ridiculous.
It's not ridiculous at all.
The family member is being used as a courier.
Windows - the most insecure OS in the world. There are probably more viruses, malware and ransonware than actual apps.
I doubt it.
Download.com alone hosts over 51,000 Windows apps. Search Results for all Windows, Sourceforge, 16,000, 2,200 certified Fresh.
Amazon.com 22,000 for retail sale. PC Software
You could make a very strong case for Android being the most insecure, incompetently planned and managed OS in the wild.
Google's position is complicated, because it has produced a platform that it has no power to update. There's no Windows Update for Android phones, and Google has no ability to push out updates to the operating system; it has to depend on a range of OEMs and network operators to adopt its source code changes and distribute them to users. Both Apple and Microsoft, in contrast, have a direct channel to update their mobile operating systems.
Google won't fix bug affecting 60 percent of Android users
Having a way for the 2 year old to call for help on her own in such situations could make a tremendous difference
Unless of course it is the two year who gets hurt when Mom has a seizure.
Her seizures aren't under control. That is in the first line of the post. Once you admit that, you need to go with a care plan approved by her doctor, and the pediatrician who cares for your kids.
There can be nothing harder in the world.
The web equivalent of the sign on the whale-shaped car wash that went out of business during the Carter Administration.
Rapid Eye has three incredibly obscure six month old six minute videos posted to YouTube. Rapid Eye Studios and of course a Facebook page. Children of the Machine
Epileptics are fine most of the time, particularly if they control their seizures with medication.
But her seizures aren't under control. It's there in the first line of his post.
My wife is epileptic. Her seizures have been well controlled by medication until recently
An infant, a toddler, and mother whose seizures are no longer under control.
There are no technical solutions for a problem like this.
You can not and must not ask a two year old to be caretaker for her mom. She is not there as a backup for your webcams or to care for your baby. This is a huge red flag for child protection services.
What you need is are licensed home care aides or nurses, with full time coverage when you absent from the home. If you want to avoid institutionalization for your wife and kids this is your only option.
They really aren't 'developing' anything, sure putting together a nice interface takes work but they really aren't doing anything a determined user couldn't do themselves.
and now you know why the UI of an open source project sucks rocks.
It doesn't matter if the engine purrs like a kitten under the hood if you can't find the ignition or work the clutch.
The determined user is almost by definition someone with a problem to be solved and no time to battle an intransigent UI or hack out a solution of his own --- even if he had the necessary skills.
Newer dark sites are likely to protect their servers by basing them in countries "hostile to U.S. law enforcement."
Why does the geek always assume that "keeping our servers in countries hostile to US law enforcement" translates as "we won't mine your data for our own purposes or quietly sell you out to agencies foreign and domestic when the price is right?"
I am not expecting the FBI to raid me at any time, but just out of caution, I have my computer encrypted using Bitlocker (yeah, I know) and all data at rest is stuck in a hidden TrueCrypt partition. If I want to access it, I have to sign in separately.
and if you are nabbed when you have signed in and your TrueCrypt partition is exposed?
Another ruination of a non-Americanised culture begins
What will American culture look like when the population is majority Hispanic?brNetflix isn't in Cuba looking for it can sell, it is looking for what it can buy.
Microsoft reported a 128 percent year-over-year growth for Azure and its other commercial cloud services, including Office 365 for business. Home users of Office 365 (now numbering 7 million, Microsoft says) also edged up 25 percent over the last quarter.
In some ways the Office 365 figures are more significant than the Azure numbers, since they hint that one of Microsoft's most intractable customer groups -- users of the desktop, on-premises Office suite -- can be transformed incrementally into cloud users, and from "transactional purchasing to annuity" (read subscription) customers. Microsoft has made wise moves in that area, such as offer more granular Office 365 subscription deals for small businesses. The basic Business SKU, which includes the full Office desktop apps, is now $8.25 per user per month for up to five devices per user.
Microsoft reported solid Q1 gains with Azure and Office 365, but the payoff from its mobile efforts may still be a long way off [oct 24, 2014]
OK, this was fun.
But Kickstarter needs better quality control than this.
What's next? Basement Cold Fusion? Brew Your Own Cure for Cancer?
Trevor Nestor Creatorr
Freedom of speech.
There done. Issue solved. Next?
Not so fast.
Shouting out "Freedom of speech!" to abort all thought and argument about the meaning and limits of free speech is the oldest and most subtle enemy of free speech.
why do rich and poor people always get things for "free"???
maybe because most people know deep down that they never more than a step away from the personal or financial crisis that would take them out of the middle class?
it is not hard to picture the geek as the eternal adolescent who thinks that he will never get sick, never grow old, never lose his job....
that the toast will always hit the floor jam side up.
Its starts with terror and kidding porn, next comes online casinos that don't have a license from the french government, follow by online BitCoin & alternate currencies web sites the government will claim are being used to avoid paying taxes
I always find it interesting to see how the geek frames his "slippery slope" arguments.
"Kidding porn" is a new one to me.
You said that if we allow A to happen, then Z will eventually happen too, therefore A should not happen.
The problem with this reasoning is that it avoids engaging with the issue at hand, and instead shifts attention to extreme hypotheticals. Because no proof is presented to show that such extreme hypotheticals will in fact occur, this fallacy has the form of an appeal to emotion fallacy by leveraging fear. In effect the argument at hand is unfairly tainted by unsubstantiated conjecture.
Example: Colin Closet asserts that if we allow same-sex couples to marry, then the next thing we know we'll be allowing people to marry their parents, their cars and even monkeys.
slippery slope
Ars Technica reports that a Las Vegas teenager is in custody for multiple instances of swatting.
... but to me a nineteen year old is not a "teenager."
Up to 5 years? That's it?
That depends on how many incidents can be traced back to him and in how many states --- each one of which may decide to press their own charges.
A general boycott now would, IMHO, get press attention and make a clear statement to media companies that buyers are sick and tired of being treated like farm animals. /. can make it happen!
No it can't.
This 24" Vizio HDTV from Walmart has integrated WiFi, a full suite of apps including Netflix and costs $178.
We have reached the point where it has become almost impossible to buy any random piece of home video hardware or accessory that does not include integrated WiFi and a basic suite of Internet apps, with protected streaming media services like Netflix at the top of the list,
They don't care about users freedom what-so-ever. All they care about is market share.
The product that can't stream protected media has no market --- which means that it can't and won't be used to introduce DRM-free streaming media to users.
Many premium content providers such as Netflix require DRM support. Matchstick has undertaken the mission to develop DRM as an independent project with the open source community...We plan to use the Microsoft PlayReady technology and are excited to bring premium content to Matchstick. We'll keep you updated as we work to contribute newly developed source codes for DRM back to the open community. It's our goal to make sure open source technology doesn't mean 2nd tier content and experiences!
February Update --- Product Delay, Hardware, DRM, Content, and more!
There is a lot to be said for a standardized DRM platform based on open-source code. Time is short, It is becoming almost impossible to buy an HDTV without integrated WiFI and its own suite of apps.
VIZIO E241i-B1 24" 1080p 60Hz Razor LED Smart HDTV $178.
Netflix goes with Microsoft PlayReady DRM for upcoming streaming devices (May 25, 2010)
1 Disney has a rock-solid reputation for doing popular science right. Man in Space, Our Friend the Atom
2 The studio has become scarily good at creating strong female characters and casting them in non stereotypical roles that win over male and female audiences of every age.
3 It has been wiling to take on high-risk projects with serious geek cred. That do not crash and burn at the box office because they reach out to a much larger audience.
Wreak-It-Ralph, Guardians of the Galaxy, Big Hero 6.
I would think any improperly obtained evidence should be contestable...I'd like to hear a lawyer's opinion on the subject.
I am not a lawyer.
But it comes down to the fact that a judge's deepest instinct is to insure that all relevant evidence is laid out before the jury so that they can make the right decision.