Seriously, there's nothing wrong with the idea of 3d so much as the execution. The technology isn't there yet and the biggest hurdle is the most obvious one: having to wear glasses at home. People want to be lazy in front of the tv, not run around looking for glasses the same way they search for their remotes. Until that particular problem is solved it will continue to be a niche thing.
Also factor in that a lot of people just look at the time it would take to write code, but ignore all the time it takes to sit down with a client, find out what they need, do design, possibly do some prototypes, jump through whatever other hoops the client expects from you, write documentation....coding is only one step in the process. Many contractors screw themselves over by estimating TOO LOW because they ignore all the mundane stuff and end up losing money on projects.
I'm not saying all that had to go into this project, but don't assume that just because you can copy and paste some code from the internet in a few hours to do something similar that that was all that went into the work.
Yeah, I felt the same way. Watching it a few times and reading some other reports about him it seems like he's always like that though, being really shy and low key. Maybe just projecting a bit, but after a few times watching it, some of his little smiles started to make me think he was enjoying it even if he wasn't as visible about it as other people.
Of course, he also may have been a little high or partied out too. Can't rule out the first instinct.:)
I'm in the same boat. My daughter is 1 1/2 and loves sesame street. I keep tv to a minimum and always sit with her, but honestly, I don't really get the arguments that always focus on the educational value of TV. Isn't it ok to want to just wind down sometimes after a long day, even for children?
Not every second needs to be filled with learning. I can see times where my child is almost overstimulated from a long day and will wind down a bit when I give her the choice (yes she understands choices at this point) to just watch some muppets for a little while before bath time, book time, and then bed.
I've been hopping back and forth still depending what I want to do. At the end of the day, addons have more to do with my choice than the browsers themselves. Both can be configured roughly for what I need to do, with only minor annoyances.
Firefox 7 seems to be more stable for me than the previous version. The instability before was part of why I was messing with Chrome to begin with.
The main thing about Chrome that was annoying, honestly, had nothing to do with Chrome itself. I didn't like how AdBlock (and Plus) don't work as well in Chrome as it does in Firefox, especially when it comes to blocking video ads. This doesn't surprise me really, but for now Chrome doesn't give the same access in the APIs as Firefox does.
I guess they can make it official, but as someone with a child that's been watching this for a while now, they already started this before. They had a whole episode explaining the scientific method last season, and many of the other episodes showed math and discussed observation skills.
I've only seen the 1st episode this season so far though, which had the word of the day as "Engineer." Perhaps this is just a sign that they intend to do it every episode and make it even more of a focus, which is cool.
The problem with those studies has always been that there is no objective way to measure happiness. What they're usually measuring is stress and energy levels during a particular period. The 1st year with a baby is tiring and stressful. You do have to compromise a lot.
Also, every single one of those studies which I've read had the caveat that most of the parents said it was worth it even with the pressures. That should tell you something about the problems with measuring this sort of thing.
Personally, my daughter just turned one a few weeks ago. This year was tiring, stressful, full of compromises, and yet, as with some of these other parents, worth it to me. The things I compromised on mostly have turned you to be things I didn't really need in the first place. Sure, there are times when it would be nice to have a babysitter for the evening to go out with friends, and I'm less inclined to come home hung over now since I don't want to be the one up the next morning with my daughter, but some of that will come back as she gets older. When all is said and done, a lot of this is temporary until the child grows up a bit more.
You can argue it's a form of Stockholm syndrome or some sort of self-delusion, but what difference does it make if I still tell you I'm happy now?
People need to stop thinking the OS has much to do with this. Hardware comes into play for some people, but even then they're missing the point.
The ecosystem (itunes video and music and the app store) are what still makes Apple hard to beat. The established their beachhead with the ipods and iphone, and considering every app you purchase can be easily copied over to your iPad, THAT'S what many care about.
Only nerds care about the hardware and OS. We're not the majority.
The original commenter said they didn't contribute to open source. It doesn't matter what the license is, but Webkit is one example of where they took someone's open source code, arguably improved it, and put the changes back out into the community for others to use. Thanks for proving my point.
Webkit. Just one example. I'm not a fan of Steve Jobs at times, and while it could be argued that Apple may not be as giving as some other companies, it doesn't mean they don't participate.
Speak for yourself. Just because you're a control freak doesn't mean everyone is.
I HATE driving. I'd be perfectly happy to hand over control to a computer once they've worked out the kinks.
Anyone that thinks this isn't a solvable problem is silly. It would also be simple enough to have the computer take over on known territories and still have it relinquish control, when necessary, in more remote areas or when the driver wants to endanger everyone else with their flawed ego.
Well, I suppose I should elaborate since I may not have been as clear as I could have been.
When I'm talking about privacy here, I'm referring to the group privacy within Burning Man. In other words, the idea that what happens in Burning Man stays in Burning Man. The intent of these rules, as far as I understand them, is to make it so people can come to this event and not feel the need to hide themselves just because they're afraid of the outside world seeing them online.
The organization is trying to maintain some control over it so , for example, the "Burners gone wild" type videos or whatever they were called that Burning Man had to go after in previous years doesn't happen again.
So, I still do think the intent is noble.
There is a reasonable argument to be made about how realistic that is now that youtube, facebook, and flckr have become so common and people feel the need to share every aspect of their lives online. I'm not saying there is a simple answer to this, since copyright and privacy issues are full of gray areas.
"It's less about art and free love and the like, and more about college guys getting drunk/stoned and harassing girls, trying to get them to strip."
You seem to be confusing BM with spring break parties in Mexico. There are certainly a few of those types that show up every year, but it has grown enough that you get a variety of sub-cultures and not just hippies or frat-boys. Plus, the location they chose still tends to keep out more of the obnoxious people that couldn't handle the camping, which I believe was always intentional. Really, there's enough going on that you can choose what you want from the event and stay away from the things you aren't interested in.
Also, any large enough festival like this is going to have some bits of drama, most of it brought on from people that haven't really been there or get the point. I also don't really agree with the photo policies at BM, but I do understand the need to protect privacy in events like this.
They are specifically interested in giving people some control over their privacy (which is a good thing) so they can do what they want without fear of it ending up on youtube, facebook, or flickr. I wouldn't look at this like some evil corporation trying to take control of everything so much as a group that has good intentions and may just need to modify the rules to make sense. When the EFF criticized them last year they were willing to have conversations about how to change the rules, and that still seems to be an on-going conversation. I'm not sure where that is at exactly since I haven't paid attention to every detail, but I do believe they made at least some slight modifications during the last year or so based on the feedback.
To be fair, I've been with large enough groups that had to bring in sat phones to coordinate trucks and supplies, and having an emergency line wasn't such a bad thing. Most of that stops at the beginning of the week though.
I didn't see any people using their phones last year either, so it's not that hard to avoid. I was a bit surprised to find my cell phone had signal at all during the event, but just did what I always do and stored it in the glove compartment the whole week.
I swear though, I'll punch someone if they start twittering or some other bullshit during the event next year when I plan to go again.
I think what is more likely is that someone came to the engineer and said they needed to get the data and nobody really bothered to think of the privacy concern since it was going to be used internally anyway. Sure, if the engineer was told that the requirements demanded better privacy, he could have stripped the payloads, but if someone asked you to just get the data, it's less likely you'd think of that as a problem.
I would redefine it as sloth on the part of the management for not considering the issues, as opposed to lazy engineers.
...and just admit that we use the word when we really mean asshole, which Steve Jobs is.
Most of his comments at D8 and WWDC regarding Google, Flash, app store rejections, the 4.0 leak, and whatever are disingenuous at best, and flat out lies at worst.
That doesn't make them a monopoly though. He's obnoxious, but there are still other opportunities out there to be had.
So stop crying over the Mexican invasion that's taking place right now. If they're meant to take over, that's just how it's going to be.
This is life. Stop crying over spilled milk. We live in the present. Our sons/daughters will not be responsible for the sins of the current generation.
Just because you named your computer does not make it your wife, and I don't even want to know what you consider to be its jaw and tongue muscles. This drug will not work on your computer.
Yeah, I dug around online for solutions and had this working in 2.0 reasonably well using mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new.
I posted this question on mozillazine a few weeks ago and got some more information, including the bugs listed in bugzilla which are still unresolved. I probably should have included those before.
GMail IMAP still has problems though. I've been tracking it since the betas, and they haven't fixed the issues with checking folders for new mail. So, if you subscribe to the "All Mail" folder, you get a notification in your inbox and "All Mail." It basically ignores the checkbox right now for "check this folder for new mail" in the properties.
You could always unsubscribe to "all mail" but that kind of defeats the purpose of the new search and archive features.
I still like it overall, but the multiple notifications are a little annoying. I'm hoping they resolve them soon.
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Seriously, there's nothing wrong with the idea of 3d so much as the execution. The technology isn't there yet and the biggest hurdle is the most obvious one: having to wear glasses at home. People want to be lazy in front of the tv, not run around looking for glasses the same way they search for their remotes. Until that particular problem is solved it will continue to be a niche thing.
Better content wouldn't hurt either.
Also factor in that a lot of people just look at the time it would take to write code, but ignore all the time it takes to sit down with a client, find out what they need, do design, possibly do some prototypes, jump through whatever other hoops the client expects from you, write documentation....coding is only one step in the process. Many contractors screw themselves over by estimating TOO LOW because they ignore all the mundane stuff and end up losing money on projects.
I'm not saying all that had to go into this project, but don't assume that just because you can copy and paste some code from the internet in a few hours to do something similar that that was all that went into the work.
Yeah, I felt the same way. Watching it a few times and reading some other reports about him it seems like he's always like that though, being really shy and low key. Maybe just projecting a bit, but after a few times watching it, some of his little smiles started to make me think he was enjoying it even if he wasn't as visible about it as other people.
Of course, he also may have been a little high or partied out too. Can't rule out the first instinct. :)
Oh, also my daughter tends to prefer the Will.I.Am song they did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyVzjoj96vs :)
I'm in the same boat. My daughter is 1 1/2 and loves sesame street. I keep tv to a minimum and always sit with her, but honestly, I don't really get the arguments that always focus on the educational value of TV. Isn't it ok to want to just wind down sometimes after a long day, even for children?
Not every second needs to be filled with learning. I can see times where my child is almost overstimulated from a long day and will wind down a bit when I give her the choice (yes she understands choices at this point) to just watch some muppets for a little while before bath time, book time, and then bed.
Most children today may not be reading books off printed paper in the future anyway, so I consider it funny.
I've been hopping back and forth still depending what I want to do. At the end of the day, addons have more to do with my choice than the browsers themselves. Both can be configured roughly for what I need to do, with only minor annoyances.
Firefox 7 seems to be more stable for me than the previous version. The instability before was part of why I was messing with Chrome to begin with.
The main thing about Chrome that was annoying, honestly, had nothing to do with Chrome itself. I didn't like how AdBlock (and Plus) don't work as well in Chrome as it does in Firefox, especially when it comes to blocking video ads. This doesn't surprise me really, but for now Chrome doesn't give the same access in the APIs as Firefox does.
I guess they can make it official, but as someone with a child that's been watching this for a while now, they already started this before. They had a whole episode explaining the scientific method last season, and many of the other episodes showed math and discussed observation skills.
I've only seen the 1st episode this season so far though, which had the word of the day as "Engineer." Perhaps this is just a sign that they intend to do it every episode and make it even more of a focus, which is cool.
The problem with those studies has always been that there is no objective way to measure happiness. What they're usually measuring is stress and energy levels during a particular period. The 1st year with a baby is tiring and stressful. You do have to compromise a lot.
Also, every single one of those studies which I've read had the caveat that most of the parents said it was worth it even with the pressures. That should tell you something about the problems with measuring this sort of thing.
Personally, my daughter just turned one a few weeks ago. This year was tiring, stressful, full of compromises, and yet, as with some of these other parents, worth it to me. The things I compromised on mostly have turned you to be things I didn't really need in the first place. Sure, there are times when it would be nice to have a babysitter for the evening to go out with friends, and I'm less inclined to come home hung over now since I don't want to be the one up the next morning with my daughter, but some of that will come back as she gets older. When all is said and done, a lot of this is temporary until the child grows up a bit more.
You can argue it's a form of Stockholm syndrome or some sort of self-delusion, but what difference does it make if I still tell you I'm happy now?
People need to stop thinking the OS has much to do with this. Hardware comes into play for some people, but even then they're missing the point.
The ecosystem (itunes video and music and the app store) are what still makes Apple hard to beat. The established their beachhead with the ipods and iphone, and considering every app you purchase can be easily copied over to your iPad, THAT'S what many care about.
Only nerds care about the hardware and OS. We're not the majority.
Wait, so what if I'm using all 3? Does that just mean I'm conflicted?
The original commenter said they didn't contribute to open source. It doesn't matter what the license is, but Webkit is one example of where they took someone's open source code, arguably improved it, and put the changes back out into the community for others to use. Thanks for proving my point.
Webkit. Just one example. I'm not a fan of Steve Jobs at times, and while it could be argued that Apple may not be as giving as some other companies, it doesn't mean they don't participate.
Speak for yourself. Just because you're a control freak doesn't mean everyone is.
I HATE driving. I'd be perfectly happy to hand over control to a computer once they've worked out the kinks.
Anyone that thinks this isn't a solvable problem is silly. It would also be simple enough to have the computer take over on known territories and still have it relinquish control, when necessary, in more remote areas or when the driver wants to endanger everyone else with their flawed ego.
Guys, this isn't Reddit.
tl;dr: Try to fit your process to reality and not force reality into a process.
Unfortunately, it's all too common to have processes that just get in the way of getting useful work done in larger companies.
Well, I suppose I should elaborate since I may not have been as clear as I could have been.
When I'm talking about privacy here, I'm referring to the group privacy within Burning Man. In other words, the idea that what happens in Burning Man stays in Burning Man. The intent of these rules, as far as I understand them, is to make it so people can come to this event and not feel the need to hide themselves just because they're afraid of the outside world seeing them online.
The organization is trying to maintain some control over it so , for example, the "Burners gone wild" type videos or whatever they were called that Burning Man had to go after in previous years doesn't happen again.
So, I still do think the intent is noble.
There is a reasonable argument to be made about how realistic that is now that youtube, facebook, and flckr have become so common and people feel the need to share every aspect of their lives online. I'm not saying there is a simple answer to this, since copyright and privacy issues are full of gray areas.
Hopefully that clears up what I meant though.
"It's less about art and free love and the like, and more about college guys getting drunk/stoned and harassing girls, trying to get them to strip."
You seem to be confusing BM with spring break parties in Mexico. There are certainly a few of those types that show up every year, but it has grown enough that you get a variety of sub-cultures and not just hippies or frat-boys. Plus, the location they chose still tends to keep out more of the obnoxious people that couldn't handle the camping, which I believe was always intentional. Really, there's enough going on that you can choose what you want from the event and stay away from the things you aren't interested in.
Also, any large enough festival like this is going to have some bits of drama, most of it brought on from people that haven't really been there or get the point. I also don't really agree with the photo policies at BM, but I do understand the need to protect privacy in events like this.
They are specifically interested in giving people some control over their privacy (which is a good thing) so they can do what they want without fear of it ending up on youtube, facebook, or flickr. I wouldn't look at this like some evil corporation trying to take control of everything so much as a group that has good intentions and may just need to modify the rules to make sense. When the EFF criticized them last year they were willing to have conversations about how to change the rules, and that still seems to be an on-going conversation. I'm not sure where that is at exactly since I haven't paid attention to every detail, but I do believe they made at least some slight modifications during the last year or so based on the feedback.
To be fair, I've been with large enough groups that had to bring in sat phones to coordinate trucks and supplies, and having an emergency line wasn't such a bad thing. Most of that stops at the beginning of the week though.
I didn't see any people using their phones last year either, so it's not that hard to avoid. I was a bit surprised to find my cell phone had signal at all during the event, but just did what I always do and stored it in the glove compartment the whole week.
I swear though, I'll punch someone if they start twittering or some other bullshit during the event next year when I plan to go again.
I think what is more likely is that someone came to the engineer and said they needed to get the data and nobody really bothered to think of the privacy concern since it was going to be used internally anyway. Sure, if the engineer was told that the requirements demanded better privacy, he could have stripped the payloads, but if someone asked you to just get the data, it's less likely you'd think of that as a problem.
I would redefine it as sloth on the part of the management for not considering the issues, as opposed to lazy engineers.
...and just admit that we use the word when we really mean asshole, which Steve Jobs is.
Most of his comments at D8 and WWDC regarding Google, Flash, app store rejections, the 4.0 leak, and whatever are disingenuous at best, and flat out lies at worst.
That doesn't make them a monopoly though. He's obnoxious, but there are still other opportunities out there to be had.
So stop crying over the Mexican invasion that's taking place right now. If they're meant to take over, that's just how it's going to be.
This is life.
Stop crying over spilled milk.
We live in the present. Our sons/daughters will not be responsible for the sins of the current generation.
Just because you named your computer does not make it your wife, and I don't even want to know what you consider to be its jaw and tongue muscles. This drug will not work on your computer.
Yeah, I dug around online for solutions and had this working in 2.0 reasonably well using mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new.
I posted this question on mozillazine a few weeks ago and got some more information, including the bugs listed in bugzilla which are still unresolved. I probably should have included those before.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1615305
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496119
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528009
GMail IMAP still has problems though. I've been tracking it since the betas, and they haven't fixed the issues with checking folders for new mail. So, if you subscribe to the "All Mail" folder, you get a notification in your inbox and "All Mail." It basically ignores the checkbox right now for "check this folder for new mail" in the properties.
You could always unsubscribe to "all mail" but that kind of defeats the purpose of the new search and archive features.
I still like it overall, but the multiple notifications are a little annoying. I'm hoping they resolve them soon.