I *tried* to buy into this, but their lame web site didn't let me. I inquired via their "contact me" link, and got nothing in return. Given those two bad signs, I gave up.
If you are a technology company that can't build a web site and can't monitor an email address, your inability to ship a product is hardly surprising.
If these IoT devices are so smart, why can't they update themselves?
I'm not sure about most consumers - even geeky ones - but a normal list of fun-things-to-do-this-weekend doesn't usually include updating the software on my refrigerator and stove.
Hey, if they pushed the update to everyone at once, they'd put a big load on the servers - which would undoubtedly crash, since they're running Windows.
In all my years of phone ownership, I have yet to plug *anything* into the headphone jack. Never used it for any purpose at all. If it disappeared from my next phone I'm not sure if I'd even notice. So why exactly should I boycott?
If I drove like a moronic asshat, and nearly killed some innocent person, only to be saved by a computer, I might not admit it so publically. Especially when the police and the DMV read the internet.
Linus got an abundance of coders and by far most are paid
If this was a paid employee, then this is basically a boss-to-employee performance review. Would you be comfortable with *your* boss giving *you* scathing bad performance reviews, live on the internet?
I both heartily agree with him, and think he's a crackpot. If you're trying to attract unpaid people to work on a project, this isn't the way to do it.
// and, for the record, who uses c-style comments any more? // haven't written one in years // double-slash comments are the one and only improvement that c++ gave us
Anyone who has lived and worked in the Bay Area knows: "San Francisco" and "Silicon Valley" (Mountain View/Sunnyvale) and "San Jose" and "East Bay" are very different, very distinct markets. Heck, we're talking about an area the size of Rhode Island; why wouldn't they be distinct? But oh so many studies, done by so-called professionals, confuses the areas, or mashes them together.
I *do* want Redmond working on this. Hopefully they'll bet Microsoft's future on it, fail spectacularly, and bankrupt the company.
We had hopes there with Windows Phone, but they just didn't invest enough cash to bring about financial ruin. AI will take much more time, effort and money - so there's a better chance.
Freedom of *SPEECH* is not dead. What is under discussion here is freedom of expressing your opinion on a privately owned electronic communications medium.
Let's rewind to say 1860. You are free to express your opinion in the town square. A reporter from the press is there. Can you force him to reprint your opinion in the next day's newspaper? I doubt it; this is where your freedom ends, and his (and the press') freedom begins.
So then why would you expect the electronic version of the press - Google, Facebook, et al - to be forced to distribute and popularize your opinion? You are completely free to start your own corporation and web site, and spread your word to the masses; expecting Google to do so - for free, no less - is just a wild expansion of what "freedom of speech" means.
I see. Verizon and Samsung won't let me root my phone, but Russian and Chinese hackers can. Thanks Verizon and Samsung.
Came here to say just this. "Rooting" your phone should be a setting in a menu somewhere saying "Allow me to access my own device"; it shouldn't require searching the internet for the least-sketchy app to flip a bit somewhere.
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I *tried* to buy into this, but their lame web site didn't let me. I inquired via their "contact me" link, and got nothing in return. Given those two bad signs, I gave up.
If you are a technology company that can't build a web site and can't monitor an email address, your inability to ship a product is hardly surprising.
You can buy an AK-47 at the local store, but tcpdump is a prohibited weapon.
If these IoT devices are so smart, why can't they update themselves?
I'm not sure about most consumers - even geeky ones - but a normal list of fun-things-to-do-this-weekend doesn't usually include updating the software on my refrigerator and stove.
And, once again, real life is striving to catch up to Futurama.
My gaming rig runs Windows 10 and is perfectly fine; It runs like a top.
Gradually gets slower and slower over time, until it crashes? Yeah, that's pretty typical.
Hey, if they pushed the update to everyone at once, they'd put a big load on the servers - which would undoubtedly crash, since they're running Windows.
"Ruby on Rails" ? Is there a good reason for the name, or were you watching too many old western train movies?
I had to go to Pornhub [...] to find the footage after it'd been yanked off
Yes, PornHub is the obvious place to go for yanking off videos.
Troll? Seriously?
This is why slashdot is becoming useless. It has nothing to do with ownership.
In all my years of phone ownership, I have yet to plug *anything* into the headphone jack. Never used it for any purpose at all. If it disappeared from my next phone I'm not sure if I'd even notice. So why exactly should I boycott?
If I drove like a moronic asshat, and nearly killed some innocent person, only to be saved by a computer, I might not admit it so publically. Especially when the police and the DMV read the internet.
Is it the same country?
No. China has decent food.
How is this different from safari, Firefox or chrome or than the geographical location?
Because it sounds much more scary to say "your private info is being sent to China" than "your private data is being sent to Mountain View".
There's no *actual* difference, of course; but the press can run with this story, because China == scary and California == good.
Linus got an abundance of coders and by far most are paid
If this was a paid employee, then this is basically a boss-to-employee performance review. Would you be comfortable with *your* boss giving *you* scathing bad performance reviews, live on the internet?
I both heartily agree with him, and think he's a crackpot. If you're trying to attract unpaid people to work on a project, this isn't the way to do it.
If you can say "Surface as a service" ten times in a row, Microsoft will give it to you for free.
Anyone who has lived and worked in the Bay Area knows: "San Francisco" and "Silicon Valley" (Mountain View/Sunnyvale) and "San Jose" and "East Bay" are very different, very distinct markets. Heck, we're talking about an area the size of Rhode Island; why wouldn't they be distinct? But oh so many studies, done by so-called professionals, confuses the areas, or mashes them together.
So you're saying that McAfee is a killer app?
I *do* want Redmond working on this. Hopefully they'll bet Microsoft's future on it, fail spectacularly, and bankrupt the company.
We had hopes there with Windows Phone, but they just didn't invest enough cash to bring about financial ruin. AI will take much more time, effort and money - so there's a better chance.
If it wasn't in the kernel, how would it constantly suck 50% of your CPU and slow your machine to a crawl?
A bug in Norton? Really? How surprising. That's never happened before, has it?
Freedom of *SPEECH* is not dead. What is under discussion here is freedom of expressing your opinion on a privately owned electronic communications medium.
Let's rewind to say 1860. You are free to express your opinion in the town square. A reporter from the press is there. Can you force him to reprint your opinion in the next day's newspaper? I doubt it; this is where your freedom ends, and his (and the press') freedom begins.
So then why would you expect the electronic version of the press - Google, Facebook, et al - to be forced to distribute and popularize your opinion? You are completely free to start your own corporation and web site, and spread your word to the masses; expecting Google to do so - for free, no less - is just a wild expansion of what "freedom of speech" means.
Snapchat is already overloaded with dick pics; now people are going to get paid because they're modelling Trojans?
I see. Verizon and Samsung won't let me root my phone, but Russian and Chinese hackers can. Thanks Verizon and Samsung.
Came here to say just this. "Rooting" your phone should be a setting in a menu somewhere saying "Allow me to access my own device"; it shouldn't require searching the internet for the least-sketchy app to flip a bit somewhere.
>> "Microsoft's self-professed Linux love"
Say what? Is this like Donald Trump's self-professed love of Mexicans?