I have had to use thin clients at several different insitutions and I can tell you that they do not work well. I have an RDP connection to a server now at work which links to my (reletively) powerful corporate desktop. Even this experience is utterly lacking compared to local applications. I think that the author has never really worked with a remote system.
The only thing that I would like in this genre is if Google provided an official file storage service. I have my important stuff backed up on GMail, but the front end is a bit lacking.
Casual gamers are less likely to purchase all of those lovely extras for their games, thus generating less money. I do not know many super casual gamers who are out buying the latest SLI pair of graphics cards or multiple expansions to enhance their "Electroplankton" experience. This is a bigger deal for computer games instead of portable or consol games, but it is still worth noting. I do not see casual gaming becoming the "Real Next Gen," as TFA asserts.
Anyway, I do not like this weapon. This will enable reletively small forces to cripple large areas by deploying mines. There will not be any safe passages until one of two things happens:
1. All of the mines in the minefield are cleared. This is expensive and takes a long time, especially if new mines keep moving and attacking those trying to clear them.
2. Radio jammers. The US Army uses Warlock Red and Warlock Green jammers to stop remote controlled IEDs in Iraq. They might work here, but civilians do not have this ability and it is also pretty expensive.
If a networked minefield were established near a small African village, for example, it would be even more deadly than the ones that are already scattered across some parts of the continent.
"Of course it's ugly. It just started. Polish comes after functionality is in."
For once I actually agree with an AC! I much prefer a functional V1.0 game that has to grow a little in the graphics department to a gorgeous game with one level.
I never said that they were going to do as well or that they wanted to do as well. I only said that I know they can do as well if they reaelly honestly tried.
"It isn't possible to steal music unless it comes on CDs or tapes. If you meant that people copy it without permission, that's called copyright infringement.
So you are right and I am wrong. Well played. Without a durable medium it is a little hard to steal things.
I completely understand the difference between legal and otherwise. Like I said, I use the perfectly legal Napster service to get my music fix. Many other people on campus, however, choose to commit crimes in the persuit of their music. I was not endorsing their actions, I was simply stating that that is what people do.
Trying to keep this somewhat on topic, does anyone else think that the availabilty of music on University intranets makes free service offers less attractive? People can download gigabytes of music on my school's fiber network very quickly, which makes their offer of free Napster less interesting to some.
I agree that there needs to be an open dialogue between boss and peon. That is a vital part of having a successful business. However, there is no legal justification to large scale theft, regardless of how good Office Space was.
There is incredible effort focused on keeping bad people out of networks. Where I currently work I need to use three different passwords that must be changed regularly in order to access a large database. The problem is that there is nothing stopping an employee of any company who has legitimate access to any data from using it for nefarious ends. I seem to remember employees of a credit card company stealing numbers a while back. Also, the Department of Vetrans' Affairs and many other companies and agencies have lately had data breaches that were the direct result of employees either intentionally or accidentally removing data from the network and allowing it to be potentially misused.
Employers need to be more careful about whom they hire and what their employees are doing. Even the members of/. should agree that not all information should be free.
There is a gigantic risk when ordering pharmaceuticals over the Internet without the aid of doctors of pharmacists. You could easily end up with a pill that does nothing whatsoever or worse. Expired or fake drugs could cause serious injury or death. There is not that risk with online pr0n. People screw up their computers badly on some of these websites with spyware, but they generally live to tell about it unless the wife walks in.
Disclosure: I am currently employed by a pharmaceutical company, but my low opinion of buying drugs through spam pre-dates my employment.
You got it. I have been very happy with OoO's.doc support (I use Documents to Go with my LifeDrive and it doesn't yet support ODF) which I think has been a key to its popularity. If they can make things work fairly seemlessly between the two formats, I expect that Microsoft can do at least as well.
Microsoft has not caved as TFA says. Now they can compete in new markets where they were being gradually squeezed out. Now organizations can say that they support open standards while still using Microsoft Office. I am sure that they will do a half-hearted job of supporting ODF, and people will grow frustrated with how "limited" it is compared to the native XML file type. They will not realize that only Microsoft's implementation is limited. As a result they might start using the latter for things that are saved locally, undermining ODF efforts.
What makes a username created with a throwaway e-mail account so bad? If you Google andrewman327 you will find a few different places where I have been active online. I choose to write in my/. profile that I am a college student, an EMT, etc. If I wanted to be anonymous, however, I could easily create another account and no one would know who I was. Sites like Wikipedia actually log more information about their anon users than their registered ones.
I do not think that Post Secret is in the same genre. People make pretty custom postcards that describe their secrets and snail mail them. That is very different from an online forum.
I agree that many of GMail's features are designed to feed the geeks. Example: When I receive an e-mail from a friend on my primary account, it forwards to my LifeDrive's GMail account where it is downloaded by my e-mail client software via WiFi. Hardly the kind of thing the senior citizens I have worked with are interested in doing.
I am glad that they have not turned their backs on what made them famous. Their search continues to dominate and that is what will keep people returning to their site. From there people will discover other features. Whether or not those features are worth using or not is obviously up for debate.
I do not think that this would be the best option in the United States. Instead, I would contact the maker of a product and tell him that I want 500 of it. I think that they would be happy to oblige.
In the United States if you want to buy 500 of something, why not buy it wholesale? If you contacted the maker of a product and told him that you want several hundred of it, I am sure that he would be happy to oblige.
I think that Google does keep its apps competitive. That is why they do not need to keep throwing cash at marketing. 1 gig versus 2 megs kind of sells itself. GMail, for example, still has features that are unmatched by its competitors. POP3 forwarding, threading, integrated optional chat client, etc. Its other products also have competitive advantages.
If companies want to keep data safe, they need to worry more about their employees and less about obscure ways that said employees might be able to smuggle data out of the network. In my job I have access to files that should not leave the office. I know this, therefore I do not remove them from the office. However, I still have full access to everything on a specific database. If I really wanted to, just like any other employee, I could find a way to get the records out without using Skype. There are cases of credit company employees stealing personal info, and they did not need Skype to do it!
It is nice to see EMC moving a large part of its security stuff in house. I cannot say exactly what this will mean for the end user, but I hope that it will make security more integrated and, of course, more secure.
But most of the paradigm shifting events fizzle out before product launch. The vast majority of Google's offerings work roughly as promised. Granted, Google Catalogs is dead in the water, but they have a way above average success rate. If they didn't already have such a great motto, I would recomend "Make it work."
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The only thing that I would like in this genre is if Google provided an official file storage service. I have my important stuff backed up on GMail, but the front end is a bit lacking.
Casual gamers are less likely to purchase all of those lovely extras for their games, thus generating less money. I do not know many super casual gamers who are out buying the latest SLI pair of graphics cards or multiple expansions to enhance their "Electroplankton" experience. This is a bigger deal for computer games instead of portable or consol games, but it is still worth noting. I do not see casual gaming becoming the "Real Next Gen," as TFA asserts.
In that case, information strives to have a fueled airplane waiting at the hanger and no one gets hurt.
Anyway, I do not like this weapon. This will enable reletively small forces to cripple large areas by deploying mines. There will not be any safe passages until one of two things happens:
1. All of the mines in the minefield are cleared. This is expensive and takes a long time, especially if new mines keep moving and attacking those trying to clear them.
2. Radio jammers. The US Army uses Warlock Red and Warlock Green jammers to stop remote controlled IEDs in Iraq. They might work here, but civilians do not have this ability and it is also pretty expensive.
If a networked minefield were established near a small African village, for example, it would be even more deadly than the ones that are already scattered across some parts of the continent.
For once I actually agree with an AC! I much prefer a functional V1.0 game that has to grow a little in the graphics department to a gorgeous game with one level.
I never said that they were going to do as well or that they wanted to do as well. I only said that I know they can do as well if they reaelly honestly tried.
I agree that GW tends to screw you out of money, but in this specific case the money is coming from an anonomous donor outside of the administration.
So you are right and I am wrong. Well played. Without a durable medium it is a little hard to steal things.
Trying to keep this somewhat on topic, does anyone else think that the availabilty of music on University intranets makes free service offers less attractive? People can download gigabytes of music on my school's fiber network very quickly, which makes their offer of free Napster less interesting to some.
I love the free Napster service that my school (GW) gives, but many people use iPods and find it easier to steal music through MyTunes or OurTunes.
I agree that there needs to be an open dialogue between boss and peon. That is a vital part of having a successful business. However, there is no legal justification to large scale theft, regardless of how good Office Space was.
Well if you posted your e-mail address, I would!
Employers need to be more careful about whom they hire and what their employees are doing. Even the members of
Disclosure: I am currently employed by a pharmaceutical company, but my low opinion of buying drugs through spam pre-dates my employment.
You got it. I have been very happy with OoO's .doc support (I use Documents to Go with my LifeDrive and it doesn't yet support ODF) which I think has been a key to its popularity. If they can make things work fairly seemlessly between the two formats, I expect that Microsoft can do at least as well.
Microsoft has not caved as TFA says. Now they can compete in new markets where they were being gradually squeezed out. Now organizations can say that they support open standards while still using Microsoft Office. I am sure that they will do a half-hearted job of supporting ODF, and people will grow frustrated with how "limited" it is compared to the native XML file type. They will not realize that only Microsoft's implementation is limited. As a result they might start using the latter for things that are saved locally, undermining ODF efforts.
I do not think that Post Secret is in the same genre. People make pretty custom postcards that describe their secrets and snail mail them. That is very different from an online forum.
I am glad that they have not turned their backs on what made them famous. Their search continues to dominate and that is what will keep people returning to their site. From there people will discover other features. Whether or not those features are worth using or not is obviously up for debate.
I do not think that this would be the best option in the United States. Instead, I would contact the maker of a product and tell him that I want 500 of it. I think that they would be happy to oblige.
In the United States if you want to buy 500 of something, why not buy it wholesale? If you contacted the maker of a product and told him that you want several hundred of it, I am sure that he would be happy to oblige.
I think that Google does keep its apps competitive. That is why they do not need to keep throwing cash at marketing. 1 gig versus 2 megs kind of sells itself. GMail, for example, still has features that are unmatched by its competitors. POP3 forwarding, threading, integrated optional chat client, etc. Its other products also have competitive advantages.
If companies want to keep data safe, they need to worry more about their employees and less about obscure ways that said employees might be able to smuggle data out of the network. In my job I have access to files that should not leave the office. I know this, therefore I do not remove them from the office. However, I still have full access to everything on a specific database. If I really wanted to, just like any other employee, I could find a way to get the records out without using Skype. There are cases of credit company employees stealing personal info, and they did not need Skype to do it!
This has just made your commute to work that much more awkward when the blind gentleman next to you pulls out a Playboy.
It is nice to see EMC moving a large part of its security stuff in house. I cannot say exactly what this will mean for the end user, but I hope that it will make security more integrated and, of course, more secure.
But most of the paradigm shifting events fizzle out before product launch. The vast majority of Google's offerings work roughly as promised. Granted, Google Catalogs is dead in the water, but they have a way above average success rate. If they didn't already have such a great motto, I would recomend "Make it work."