With the move towards virtualization, etc -- would it really be so insane to consider in-browser virtualization code that lets you run code natively built for other another os? It's no longer really just a "browser" anyway.
And for all those in the "WebOS is teh suck" crowd, consider how much user-level work is done on the web vs on the local system (think "average user"). The web *is* the computer (or, its probably at 80%+ now). The things it can't do: games, word processing, specialized applications, photoshop, instant messaging. Word processing is getting there, specialized applications are getting better, photoshop -- that one needs some word (WebGIMP?) -- instant messaging is interesting, but not really there, and games -- well, that one is likely way off, unless people stop caring so much about eye candy and more about game quality.
Their other avenues for protecting their creations (patents, copyrights and trademarks) I presume they are already aware of. But when more onerous people with less benign intent come calling, we'll all have Apple to thank for the precedent.
Dear Sir or Madam,
The word 'their' refers (loosely) to ownership or possession. Unless you're talking about avenues that Apple already has ownership or possession of, I believe you should have used the word "they're", a contraction for the phrase "there are". Since this is your first offense, I'm going to let you off with a warning. Type carefully.
Alright, everyone's going to jump down the guy's throat for:
But I wonder how much energy did it consume to produce those huge amounts of Hydrogen & Oxygen? Will it be lesser than the power generated by the reaction between them?
However, I think we should question the efficiency of this. If it takes X amount of energy to run a normal train, but 4X to produce the fuel cell, then is that really a good thing? It's like people saying that electric cars are so much better for the environment. Instead of burning gasoline, you burn coal (or whatever) in the power plants. Is the efficiency of a power plant really so much better than your car?
I don't know the answer to that, but I'm sure there's a/.er out there with some nice statistics for us all.
Wouldn't it be interesting if they created a duplicate cannon, and hid the original one somewhere near Caltech? Last I checked, airlines don't let you check cannons, and a 3,000 mile drive wouldn't be my favorite thing to do (though they had time to do it).
I agree, I used to play games back when they were fun (KQ3, FF1, FF2, Phantasy Star 2, etc), and these sucked up quite a bit of time, but hey, I was about 11.
Now, I play Halo or some of the other modern games (yes, Halo isn't a MMORPG, blah), but these games don't have the same appeal. The game shouldn't be about the UI, but about the story and the game play. Plus, for some odd reason, I get nauseous after playing some of these games on a big-screen TV.
There are plenty of things to be addicted to -- MMORPGs, TV, porn, work, alcohol/drugs, cars, etc. Once you get past the point of something being a 'hobby', then it's a problem, and you should try to recognize that. My rule of thumb is probably "if you miss work for [INSERT ADDICTION], then it's gone too far".
$2,000 for the mac, $5,000 for the iPods, and $10,000 in music is $17,000 worth of "winnings". The IRS will want to see roughly $7,000 in cash (they don't take iTunes cards).
If the water is 70% shark, and sharks are (roughly) 70% water, maybe that water is 70% shark, which are indeed 70% water.. Oh lord. Where does this end?!!
A good point, but if true, then what the hell are we here for? If we're all just bouncing around like pool balls on a table then there isn't much point in arguing anyway-- it's all pre-determined. There are certainly causes and effects (Bill punches Sam in the nose, now Sam has a crooked nose, and can blame Bill for it), but you could blame others for every aspect of your lot and then you go through a life a whining and sueing everyone.
Is it just me, or are people growing less and less willing to take responsibility for their situations in life? "It's not fair, I've got The Fat (Fattitis? Human Fat Virus?)" People like to blame anyone else for their (lack of) eduction, their inability to drive, their terrible job, their ugly spouce (n/a for/.ers), their babysitter (TV) not censoring their kids enough.. Lets see, what else...
Sorry folks, maybe I'm just lucky, but I've been very happy with available training. First, there's online (free) training. Learn to read HOWTOs and free online books. OpenCourseware is good for academic content. Buy a book or two per month from Borders. You should be able to get reimbursed for that pretty easily. Conferences are a bit harder, especially Blackhat/RSA/SANS and the other expensive ones-- for these, try submitting a presentation. If you're going to speak at one of these things, your company may be more receptive.
Otherwise, take a vacation day or two and go to a cheaper conference (Defcon, OWASP) or a free one (there are many of these). The point is, investing a couple hundred bucks a year into your education will likely pay you back a hundred-fold.
Most employers don't want to throw away money, but you can usually make a convincing argument. Otherwise, earn favors by going the 'extra mile' and then cash them in for training.
Since most of these conferences publish their content online after the show, you usually don't NEED to be there-- between that, and books, you can get the same training.
It's so good to be alive these days. The hours I spend each day riding up to the 9th floor of my building could be exchanged for time spent waiting on the ground floor with dozens of other (now happy) travelers.
Or consider the word "spelt," an older participial form of the word "spell." You almost never encounter "spelt" in the United States, but it is actually fairly common in England. On the other hand, the older participial form "gotten" is almost unheard of in England, but in most sentences it is the preferred form in the U.S. (from: http://www.grammartips.homestead.com/british.html)
Alright, I'll give him a 'pass' on this one, but I don't like it.
...bag fill with company information and, you guest it, free stuff!
Oh come on now. That's not a typo like 'teh', or a common mistake like 'their/there/they're'-- that's just plain wrong. I'm going to have to turn this matter over to the regional spelling police-- they might want to question you further.
My ISP (optimum online) has blocked me (not just me--anyone) from going outgoing on port 25. They say that I have to use their mail servers. Match this with some simple rules on the ISP like, "if you want to send more than 50 pieces of e-mail a day via SMTP, you need to contact us and tell us why, etc". If every ISP did this, this would probably cut off a huge amount of spam (spam comes from (a) dsl/cable lines, (b) zombied pcs, and (c) hacked mail servers-- this would take care of (a) and (b), and we can deal with (c) via the blacklists.
Probably not the easiest thing to do: 1. Although most spammers are trying to sell "products", there are plenty (Nigeria, Phishing, etc) that don't. 2. It's extremely easy to accept credit cards (takes about 2 days to use PayPal-- I'm sure it's similar for other companies)-- Placing the burden of spammer-checking on the credit card gateways (or parent companies) would significantly increase the cost to businesses of accepting credit cards. 3. It's be rather easy for me to spam YOUR product in an attempt to (a) blackmail you, or (b) get credit card companies to drop you (in the case of a competitor). 3a. It would be equally easy for you to spam and then claim that it's actually me doing it. 4. What about companies that accept PayPal (or similar)?
Personally, I think we're on the right track. Tougher laws, better technology. I don't think we need more to add more bloat to the process of selling products.
The songs, I mean.
Woman You're a mess Gonna die in your sleep
There's blood on my amp and my Les Paul's beat
Can't keep you home You're messin' around
My best friend told me you're the best lick in town
Slashdot Mirror
Funny, but it's actually a fair question.
With the move towards virtualization, etc -- would it really be so insane to consider in-browser virtualization code that lets you run code natively built for other another os? It's no longer really just a "browser" anyway.
And for all those in the "WebOS is teh suck" crowd, consider how much user-level work is done on the web vs on the local system (think "average user"). The web *is* the computer (or, its probably at 80%+ now). The things it can't do: games, word processing, specialized applications, photoshop, instant messaging. Word processing is getting there, specialized applications are getting better, photoshop -- that one needs some word (WebGIMP?) -- instant messaging is interesting, but not really there, and games -- well, that one is likely way off, unless people stop caring so much about eye candy and more about game quality.
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Their other avenues for protecting their creations (patents, copyrights and trademarks) I presume they are already aware of. But when more onerous people with less benign intent come calling, we'll all have Apple to thank for the precedent.
Dear Sir or Madam,
The word 'their' refers (loosely) to ownership or possession. Unless you're talking about avenues that Apple already has ownership or possession of, I believe you should have used the word "they're", a contraction for the phrase "there are". Since this is your first offense, I'm going to let you off with a warning. Type carefully.
-Grammar Police
Nice caesar cipher (n -> n+1). What are you, some kind of mafia boss?
Alright, everyone's going to jump down the guy's throat for:
/.er out there with some nice statistics for us all.
But I wonder how much energy did it consume to produce those huge amounts of Hydrogen & Oxygen? Will it be lesser than the power generated by the reaction between them?
However, I think we should question the efficiency of this. If it takes X amount of energy to run a normal train, but 4X to produce the fuel cell, then is that really a good thing? It's like people saying that electric cars are so much better for the environment. Instead of burning gasoline, you burn coal (or whatever) in the power plants. Is the efficiency of a power plant really so much better than your car?
I don't know the answer to that, but I'm sure there's a
Wouldn't it be interesting if they created a duplicate cannon, and hid the original one somewhere near Caltech? Last I checked, airlines don't let you check cannons, and a 3,000 mile drive wouldn't be my favorite thing to do (though they had time to do it).
I agree, I used to play games back when they were fun (KQ3, FF1, FF2, Phantasy Star 2, etc), and these sucked up quite a bit of time, but hey, I was about 11.
Now, I play Halo or some of the other modern games (yes, Halo isn't a MMORPG, blah), but these games don't have the same appeal. The game shouldn't be about the UI, but about the story and the game play. Plus, for some odd reason, I get nauseous after playing some of these games on a big-screen TV.
There are plenty of things to be addicted to -- MMORPGs, TV, porn, work, alcohol/drugs, cars, etc. Once you get past the point of something being a 'hobby', then it's a problem, and you should try to recognize that. My rule of thumb is probably "if you miss work for [INSERT ADDICTION], then it's gone too far".
(see how I brought that post back on-topic?)
I think I've heard of Raytheon somewhere. They make model airplanes, don't they?
It can run Duke Nukem Forever... in a JVM.
It's faster than the Quantum Optical Laptop
And it requires a nuclear power plant to supply the power.
Nice.
$2,000 for the mac, $5,000 for the iPods, and $10,000 in music is $17,000 worth of "winnings". The IRS will want to see roughly $7,000 in cash (they don't take iTunes cards).
If the water is 70% shark, and sharks are (roughly) 70% water, maybe that water is 70% shark, which are indeed 70% water.. Oh lord. Where does this end?!!
I bet he's flying cargo planes out of Hong Kong filled with you-know-what.
It's nice to see people standing up for the rights of the individual. Too bad it happens so infrequently these days...
(in other news, Kathy the Librarian is being held as an enemy combatant in a secret military holding area)
You've obviously been waiting months, if not years, to make a Chuck Norris reference.
Unless you actually ARE Chuck Norris...which would be way cool.
think the article title meant that Google ran *their business* on Ubuntu desktops?
A good point, but if true, then what the hell are we here for? If we're all just bouncing around like pool balls on a table then there isn't much point in arguing anyway-- it's all pre-determined. There are certainly causes and effects (Bill punches Sam in the nose, now Sam has a crooked nose, and can blame Bill for it), but you could blame others for every aspect of your lot and then you go through a life a whining and sueing everyone.
Be a winner. Not a whiner.
Is it just me, or are people growing less and less willing to take responsibility for their situations in life? "It's not fair, I've got The Fat (Fattitis? Human Fat Virus?)" People like to blame anyone else for their (lack of) eduction, their inability to drive, their terrible job, their ugly spouce (n/a for /.ers), their babysitter (TV) not censoring their kids enough.. Lets see, what else...
Sorry folks, maybe I'm just lucky, but I've been very happy with available training. First, there's online (free) training. Learn to read HOWTOs and free online books. OpenCourseware is good for academic content. Buy a book or two per month from Borders. You should be able to get reimbursed for that pretty easily. Conferences are a bit harder, especially Blackhat/RSA/SANS and the other expensive ones-- for these, try submitting a presentation. If you're going to speak at one of these things, your company may be more receptive.
Otherwise, take a vacation day or two and go to a cheaper conference (Defcon, OWASP) or a free one (there are many of these). The point is, investing a couple hundred bucks a year into your education will likely pay you back a hundred-fold.
Most employers don't want to throw away money, but you can usually make a convincing argument. Otherwise, earn favors by going the 'extra mile' and then cash them in for training.
Since most of these conferences publish their content online after the show, you usually don't NEED to be there-- between that, and books, you can get the same training.
In other news, the director of the Suffolk County Water Authority has released a study concluding that, "Water is wet."
It's so good to be alive these days. The hours I spend each day riding up to the 9th floor of my building could be exchanged for time spent waiting on the ground floor with dozens of other (now happy) travelers.
Thank you, Smart Elevator Company!
Or consider the word "spelt," an older participial form of the word "spell." You almost never encounter "spelt" in the United States, but it is actually fairly common in England. On the other hand, the older participial form "gotten" is almost unheard of in England, but in most sentences it is the preferred form in the U.S.)
(from: http://www.grammartips.homestead.com/british.html
Alright, I'll give him a 'pass' on this one, but I don't like it.
spelt
Do not mock me, buddy!
...bag fill with company information and, you guest it, free stuff!
Oh come on now. That's not a typo like 'teh', or a common mistake like 'their/there/they're'-- that's just plain wrong. I'm going to have to turn this matter over to the regional spelling police-- they might want to question you further.
Good point.
My ISP (optimum online) has blocked me (not just me--anyone) from going outgoing on port 25. They say that I have to use their mail servers. Match this with some simple rules on the ISP like, "if you want to send more than 50 pieces of e-mail a day via SMTP, you need to contact us and tell us why, etc". If every ISP did this, this would probably cut off a huge amount of spam (spam comes from (a) dsl/cable lines, (b) zombied pcs, and (c) hacked mail servers-- this would take care of (a) and (b), and we can deal with (c) via the blacklists.
Probably not the easiest thing to do:
1. Although most spammers are trying to sell "products", there are plenty (Nigeria, Phishing, etc) that don't.
2. It's extremely easy to accept credit cards (takes about 2 days to use PayPal-- I'm sure it's similar for other companies)-- Placing the burden of spammer-checking on the credit card gateways (or parent companies) would significantly increase the cost to businesses of accepting credit cards.
3. It's be rather easy for me to spam YOUR product in an attempt to (a) blackmail you, or (b) get credit card companies to drop you (in the case of a competitor).
3a. It would be equally easy for you to spam and then claim that it's actually me doing it.
4. What about companies that accept PayPal (or similar)?
Personally, I think we're on the right track. Tougher laws, better technology. I don't think we need more to add more bloat to the process of selling products.
Awful, man. Just awful.
The songs, I mean.
Woman You're a mess Gonna die in your sleep
There's blood on my amp and my Les Paul's beat
Can't keep you home You're messin' around
My best friend told me you're the best lick in town
Awful.