Because most people aren't self-aware enough to know when they're championing free speech and transparency in the abstract vs. championing free speech they agree with, and it's safer to campaign from principle than opinion.
In the Rackspace case, the opinion of the people about burning the Koran trumped any "principled" opinion about free speech, so Rackspace got a pass.
Speaking of problems, during the Google interview I think I was asked to design a data structure to represent a binary birch tree. I didn't get the job but I guess this is what the winning candidate built. Nice work!
Previous tablets all had a general purpose OS installed, typically Windows, didn't they?
Jokes aside, How much more freedom to "figure out how useful tablets can be" can you give than by installing an OS that can run any application you put on it?
In contrast, the iPad, with the Apple app store lock-in, etc.
The iPad definitely seems more successful, but not because of fewer usage scenario restrictions...
5 years ago I was running anything I wanted on a Toshiba M200 - the more limiting thing might have been the stylus requirement and heft (even without an optical drive). There, Apple's definitely done one better than that old school of tablet.
I think it's an apt analogy.
Nowhere does Ted comment on the quality of the software per se, just its maintainability/robustness, and ability to make money.
Generations of (insert your favorite crappy vendor here) software have taught us that the two are not related.
They would only send these e-mails if you, as an authenticated facebook user, clicked the "Download my account" link.
So an adversary would have to time extremely well the sending of the spam link in order for the user not to be suspicious.
Even then, if facebook wanted to further deter account download masquerade phishing, they could prompt for some kind of comment at the point of requesting an account download, which they could recapitulate in the e-mail to show the request was legitimate and came from you.
In cultures where cursing is at worst considered a sign of low class, does society favor the lower classes or those who act like one is a member of them? In social or business structures?
I feel as you do, but the rate of adoption of lossy audio would seem to disagree with us. And if not MP3s, the proliferation of highly compressed CDs with poor dynamic range would seem to disagree.
Worse, it's been shown that the eye can only distinguish, say, 1080p from 720p or 480p from within a few feet, unless your TV is large by conventional standards.
The future unfortunately does not look bright for fidelity.
The saving grace may be that the masses tend to crave a spectacle more than they crave a symphony.
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Because most people aren't self-aware enough to know when they're championing free speech and transparency in the abstract vs. championing free speech they agree with, and it's safer to campaign from principle than opinion.
In the Rackspace case, the opinion of the people about burning the Koran trumped any "principled" opinion about free speech, so Rackspace got a pass.
Yes, I passed the borg exam.
What's the DikiLeaks URL?
Speaking of problems, during the Google interview I think I was asked to design a data structure to represent a binary birch tree. I didn't get the job but I guess this is what the winning candidate built. Nice work!
Until the driver gets hit by a truck.
PayPal Innovate conference was in San Jose, not San Diego.
That's nothing.
At 8.5 months gestation I took a deep breath and self-delivered.
So you're saying Seagate's HR department doesn't have good TRIM support?
William H. Webster owes me $20. I TOLD him it was the lyrics to "Take My Breath Away"!
The quote in the summary doesn't make sense.
Previous tablets all had a general purpose OS installed, typically Windows, didn't they?
Jokes aside, How much more freedom to "figure out how useful tablets can be" can you give than by installing an OS that can run any application you put on it?
In contrast, the iPad, with the Apple app store lock-in, etc.
The iPad definitely seems more successful, but not because of fewer usage scenario restrictions ...
5 years ago I was running anything I wanted on a Toshiba M200 - the more limiting thing might have been the stylus requirement and heft (even without an optical drive). There, Apple's definitely done one better than that old school of tablet.
More like Pseudoku.
Mr. Andreesen,
Let me get this straight.
To get access to your browser beta, I need to let you:
Includes name, profile picture, gender, networks, user ID, list of friends, and any other information I've shared with everyone.
email me directly at xxx@xxx
post status messages, notes, photos, and videos to my Wall
This is what you've learned in 15 years? What happened to just a "Netscape Now!" button?
Are you kidding? After hard drive manufacturers, there is not a group more eager to adopt the kibigram.
I think it's an apt analogy. Nowhere does Ted comment on the quality of the software per se, just its maintainability/robustness, and ability to make money. Generations of (insert your favorite crappy vendor here) software have taught us that the two are not related.
I recently purchased an ad on facebook for my company's product.
I should have known something was awry when the following were offered as substitution variables in the ad copy:
$FIRST_NAME ...
$LAST_NAME
$WHAT_MOMMY_CALLS_THEM
$GENDER
$AGE_RANGE
$INCOME_LEVEL
$INCOME_LEVEL_REPORTED_ON_EHARMONY
$SEX_PARTNERS_IN_PAST_6_MONTHS
$SEX_PARTNERS_IN_PAST_6_MONTHS_REALLY
$POLITICAL_PARTY
$POLITICAL_PARTY_THEY_ACTUALLY_VOTE_FOR
$SPOUSE_BIRTHDAY
$MISTRESS_BIRTHDAY
$FACEBOOK_USER_THEY_STALK_MOST
$CREDIT_CARD_LAST_4_DIGITS
$CREDIT_CARD_FIRST_12_DIGITS
You've got it backwards.
The fricken' lasers need to shoot _out of_ the eyes.
An information leak facilitator named Doxer?
What's next, a sorority president named Cumdumpster?
They would only send these e-mails if you, as an authenticated facebook user, clicked the "Download my account" link.
So an adversary would have to time extremely well the sending of the spam link in order for the user not to be suspicious.
Even then, if facebook wanted to further deter account download masquerade phishing, they could prompt for some kind of comment at the point of requesting an account download, which they could recapitulate in the e-mail to show the request was legitimate and came from you.
Dude.
I've heard a lot of pundits claim that this approach would produce an environmental disaster. Is that just a tempest in a teapot?
Yes, you can have one.
It's ironic that you describe refraining from profanity as an anachronism, since the lesson to my kids is, "there's a time and a place".
In cultures where cursing is at worst considered a sign of low class, does society favor the lower classes or those who act like one is a member of them? In social or business structures?
Interesting, I assign none of those traits to cursing, do you feel that cursing is a sign of strength? rationality?
Yes, this is why I lock the doors on my automobile but I leave the ignition key on the dashboard, and leave the glove compartment open and unlocked!
Finally someone who sees things as I do!
Also, first car analogy.
I feel as you do, but the rate of adoption of lossy audio would seem to disagree with us. And if not MP3s, the proliferation of highly compressed CDs with poor dynamic range would seem to disagree.
Worse, it's been shown that the eye can only distinguish, say, 1080p from 720p or 480p from within a few feet, unless your TV is large by conventional standards.
The future unfortunately does not look bright for fidelity.
The saving grace may be that the masses tend to crave a spectacle more than they crave a symphony.