Or, you know, make sure all passengers are able to request noise-canceling headphones, free of charge. Any frequent and sane flier carries these as a rule, of course.
I completely agree with you, but how long until an airline gets sued because a passenger was unable to take an emergency-related call? Reasonable policy exceptions must be allowed.
My wife has a Nexus 4, and if I told her she could improve the security of the device by updating to CM, she'd just stare back at me uncomprehendingly. Even if I explained, she'd never figure out HOW to do it. I suspect the majority of Nexus owners are not far off from that description as well. Let's keep the discussion tied to official vendor security support, ok?
Below average BMI? How is that possible, given all that free junk food that permeates the entire Google campus?? There's a reason that " Googler 15" phrase exists.
Apple gets sued pretty frequently in US courts. More than pretty frequently, in fact. That tends to happen when you have products, have a lot of cash on hand, and don't, in fact, have a wall of invulnerability. I doubt they get significantly more help from the US government than any other Fortune 500 company.
Right, because all Android devices... Indeed, all non-iOS devices everywhere, are all made by Samsung. Those billions of dollars from Apple's processor business? Yup, let's just sneeze at that, as it's clearly inferior to whatever we can get competing against the Chinese in the Third World. We MUST have market share, margins and profits don't matter!!
Why the fear over Rockstar? What have they accomplished? For that matter, what did they accomplish when the name Nortel existed? My point is, all the patent fear you can dream up is still peanuts compared to say, Samsung possibly losing that iPhone processor socket over to TSMC. Which right now, is entirely not a real worry, since TSMC is in no position to meet Apple's product roadmap+Apple's product volumes+ Apple's product timeline. Therefore, Apple IS Samsung's customer, period. The litigation is just posturing and side negotiations.
There's a world of difference between mediation and binding arbitration. Regardless, any judge is supposed to be on the lookout for opportunities for settlements in civil actions, regardless the likelihood of appeals process.
If anything, there is entirely too much discussion on that topic, given the extremely minuscule ways customers have actually been impacted by any of this smartphone-related patent litigation. This is all about $$$, nothing else.
The Samsung IC business relationship between these two is an order of magnitude more important than any lost sales from competition. Whether or not they settle on silly frilly patent disputes will not change that fact one iota.
Debug and test is certainly the hard part. Tools like Modelsim don't seem very approachable and take time to learn. Creating proper test coverage is always a challenge, even for vets. As for crossing clock domains... Oy, that part does have a steep learning curve...
Your point is well made. I work with a lot of software engineers who are required to be both highly proficient in C++ and modestly proficient in Verilog, and have seen many of the mistakes you highlight. One thing I wish I had mentioned before is, FOR-GENERATE logic specified in Verilog 2001 spec. Using this syntax made the transition for software engineers even easier, although it can be argued that type of syntax is often abused these days and is difficult to maintain.
Verilog syntax was designed specifically to make it similar to C syntax, so I have to partially disagree with you on that note. A lot of software engineers do understand basics of system design, as well as some basics of parallel processing. There is indeed a learning curve on Verilog, but I'd say the vast majority of it is learning how to create effective test benches, not writing the system logic itself.
It is smart business to charge more for earlier access to entertainment. If there are those who MUST have their fix immediately, make sure they pay an arm and leg for it. In terms of Internet streaming (or download) this means pushing the addicts towards iTunes and/or Amazon. (By the way, your justification for piracy amounts to nothing more than gross self-entitlement.)
JJ Abrams controls both Star Trek and Star Wars franchises now, so you have a lot of avoiding to do... As far as Lost goes, just pretend that the show ended when Jack and others got off the island the first time, and that the rest of the show never happened. Or, better yet, just pretend only the first two seasons happened, and that they were all killed by the Others shortly after that.
Once upon a time, my girlfriend (now wife) was hooked on Days of Our Lives. I remember, you sort of had to watch the Friday episodes in order to know what was going on, but the Monday-through-Thursday episodes could be watched in any order, or not at all for that matter.:)
Does broadcast TV still carry serials like "Lostâoe these days? I thought all serials had entirely gone over to paid Cable (and now also Netflix exclusives). Isn't broadcast stuff entirely reality TV, sitcoms, episodics like NCIS, etc? Why is watching that stuff out of order a problem? And also, why don't you use DVR?
Waiting a week / month / year is fine. I accept the business model at play here... Milk the wallets of those who can't resist instant gratification, and find some nominal revenues from everyone else. It's just... I hate the ad interruptions. I'd gladly pay for Hulu Plus... if there were no ads!
Netflix streaming business model is low cost, sub-prime content for sub-prime pricing.
How much would you be willing to pay for all-you-can-eat buffet for all prime content available on iTunes / Blu-Ray? I'm guessing no distributor could make that profitable at less than $75 a month. And that's not primarily padding the wallets of fat cats, it's primarily paying the average Joe's who are the bulk of the Hollywood labor force, as well as all the Netflix-style IT costs.
Yeah, the wonderful "Internet" has lowered distribution costs of media, but production and marketing costs are higher than ever. In other words, Hollywood still needs "scarce" revenue models, regardless the fact that it's composed of all for-profit corporations in the first place, just to maintain its existing level of production standards. Now, nobody is forcing you to consume anything they make. You can buy nothing if you like. But recognize your whine is really short-sighted when looking at the whole media ecosystem at large.
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Public libraries often ban talking on cell phones, and not on any safety grounds.
Or, you know, make sure all passengers are able to request noise-canceling headphones, free of charge. Any frequent and sane flier carries these as a rule, of course.
I completely agree with you, but how long until an airline gets sued because a passenger was unable to take an emergency-related call? Reasonable policy exceptions must be allowed.
My wife has a Nexus 4, and if I told her she could improve the security of the device by updating to CM, she'd just stare back at me uncomprehendingly. Even if I explained, she'd never figure out HOW to do it. I suspect the majority of Nexus owners are not far off from that description as well. Let's keep the discussion tied to official vendor security support, ok?
Below average BMI? How is that possible, given all that free junk food that permeates the entire Google campus?? There's a reason that " Googler 15" phrase exists.
Apple gets sued pretty frequently in US courts. More than pretty frequently, in fact. That tends to happen when you have products, have a lot of cash on hand, and don't, in fact, have a wall of invulnerability. I doubt they get significantly more help from the US government than any other Fortune 500 company.
Right, because all Android devices... Indeed, all non-iOS devices everywhere, are all made by Samsung. Those billions of dollars from Apple's processor business? Yup, let's just sneeze at that, as it's clearly inferior to whatever we can get competing against the Chinese in the Third World. We MUST have market share, margins and profits don't matter!!
Why the fear over Rockstar? What have they accomplished? For that matter, what did they accomplish when the name Nortel existed? My point is, all the patent fear you can dream up is still peanuts compared to say, Samsung possibly losing that iPhone processor socket over to TSMC. Which right now, is entirely not a real worry, since TSMC is in no position to meet Apple's product roadmap+Apple's product volumes+ Apple's product timeline. Therefore, Apple IS Samsung's customer, period. The litigation is just posturing and side negotiations.
There's a world of difference between mediation and binding arbitration. Regardless, any judge is supposed to be on the lookout for opportunities for settlements in civil actions, regardless the likelihood of appeals process.
If anything, there is entirely too much discussion on that topic, given the extremely minuscule ways customers have actually been impacted by any of this smartphone-related patent litigation. This is all about $$$, nothing else.
The Samsung IC business relationship between these two is an order of magnitude more important than any lost sales from competition. Whether or not they settle on silly frilly patent disputes will not change that fact one iota.
Or, you know, they might just let it happen, pending the terms agreed to. Whichever option is most profitable.
Debug and test is certainly the hard part. Tools like Modelsim don't seem very approachable and take time to learn. Creating proper test coverage is always a challenge, even for vets. As for crossing clock domains... Oy, that part does have a steep learning curve...
Your point is well made. I work with a lot of software engineers who are required to be both highly proficient in C++ and modestly proficient in Verilog, and have seen many of the mistakes you highlight. One thing I wish I had mentioned before is, FOR-GENERATE logic specified in Verilog 2001 spec. Using this syntax made the transition for software engineers even easier, although it can be argued that type of syntax is often abused these days and is difficult to maintain.
Verilog syntax was designed specifically to make it similar to C syntax, so I have to partially disagree with you on that note. A lot of software engineers do understand basics of system design, as well as some basics of parallel processing. There is indeed a learning curve on Verilog, but I'd say the vast majority of it is learning how to create effective test benches, not writing the system logic itself.
It is smart business to charge more for earlier access to entertainment. If there are those who MUST have their fix immediately, make sure they pay an arm and leg for it. In terms of Internet streaming (or download) this means pushing the addicts towards iTunes and/or Amazon. (By the way, your justification for piracy amounts to nothing more than gross self-entitlement.)
JJ Abrams controls both Star Trek and Star Wars franchises now, so you have a lot of avoiding to do... As far as Lost goes, just pretend that the show ended when Jack and others got off the island the first time, and that the rest of the show never happened. Or, better yet, just pretend only the first two seasons happened, and that they were all killed by the Others shortly after that.
Once upon a time, my girlfriend (now wife) was hooked on Days of Our Lives. I remember, you sort of had to watch the Friday episodes in order to know what was going on, but the Monday-through-Thursday episodes could be watched in any order, or not at all for that matter. :)
Does broadcast TV still carry serials like "Lostâoe these days? I thought all serials had entirely gone over to paid Cable (and now also Netflix exclusives). Isn't broadcast stuff entirely reality TV, sitcoms, episodics like NCIS, etc? Why is watching that stuff out of order a problem? And also, why don't you use DVR?
Did you know producing and marketing high quality TV and movies costs money? Shocking news!
For an avid TV fan, the cost of an Apple TV plus buying seasons on iTunes isn't too terrible. Or Roku/Chromecast/Apple TV plus Amazon.
Waiting a week / month / year is fine. I accept the business model at play here... Milk the wallets of those who can't resist instant gratification, and find some nominal revenues from everyone else. It's just... I hate the ad interruptions. I'd gladly pay for Hulu Plus... if there were no ads!
Netflix streaming business model is low cost, sub-prime content for sub-prime pricing. How much would you be willing to pay for all-you-can-eat buffet for all prime content available on iTunes / Blu-Ray? I'm guessing no distributor could make that profitable at less than $75 a month. And that's not primarily padding the wallets of fat cats, it's primarily paying the average Joe's who are the bulk of the Hollywood labor force, as well as all the Netflix-style IT costs.
Yeah, the wonderful "Internet" has lowered distribution costs of media, but production and marketing costs are higher than ever. In other words, Hollywood still needs "scarce" revenue models, regardless the fact that it's composed of all for-profit corporations in the first place, just to maintain its existing level of production standards. Now, nobody is forcing you to consume anything they make. You can buy nothing if you like. But recognize your whine is really short-sighted when looking at the whole media ecosystem at large.
Nice. In other words, it's now ethical to break any law you happen to disagree with.