And besides, you'll be storing everything in Google's database (or some other cloud repository) so who cares? You just reconnect and you've got all of your data again.
Doesn't it seem like no matter what country we're talking about, when it comes to governments passing these types of restrictive laws, we're seeing this more and more?
Why can't they just use the IP address of the DNS server and assume (I know, I know. "Assume") the user is somewhat geographically close to the server and feed content from the appropriate source closest to that server? Does something like Comcast use only a couple of DNS servers or do the requests come from regional hubs? (Sorry if my question has an obvious answer; I'm really not overly DNS-savy.)
You're absolutely right. In fact, I was going to use some of my mod points to do just that - mark him as a troll. But I re-read and think his points are valid and even insightful (sans the punch-in-the-face component.) But, the poor choice of moderation points applies to ArsonSmith's posting as well. While his attempt may be at humor, it wasn't funny. It was the equivalent of posting a comment to a story about some new test being able to detect HIV early on and saying, "Hey! At least now they'll know your insurance should cover it before you die." I've spent a lot of time talking with folks who work for me who went through "shock and awe" and battles before and since. Having them talk to me about the dreams they have of friends who get blown up as they stand next to them - friends who have actually come home and are doing fine - is hardly a part of my day about which I'd make jokes.
So kids who supposedly spend too much time being "plugged in" are going to take time to stop texting, surfing, whatever to complete a journal? The article doesn't say if they were compensated to do so (free downloads at the iTunes store, downloadable ringtones, whatever) so I'm curious what the motivation was for participating. I'm guessing things haven't changed _that_ much since I was a kid and I'd take the voluntary assignment as just that, a volunteer assignment and do whatever it was to make it look like I did it and did it well in hopes of (a) getting some sort of reward and/or (b) making it look like I'm really special by giving the questioner answers I thought they wanted.
Sure, in theory. But clients often see something they think is sexy on the Warner Bro.'s site for some new movie or a really cool sports game on ESPN and they want something similar. Then trying to get them to understand that their desire for something similar on their site requires using something despised by a large number of people (i.e. Flash). Then you're in a tight spot. Most times, my clients want the neat shinies they see, despite the fact that it actually goes against the first requirement they give me: We need to get X information out to the widest audience. That requirement at times becomes unreachable when the second bullet says, "And it needs to [do something that JQuery or whatever can't do.]
So yes, we can ditch it. As soon as the clients stop asking for it.
> Writing a LUA [lua.org] script is extremely simple
Oh I don't know. Coordinating all of those grass skirts and getting the roast pig out in time can be a challenge. Plus, there's the whole fire-stick thing...
Don't forget: Mac Geek Gun - Looks great, is stylish, but a week later a new version is released, with slightly faster firing rate and two extra bullets.
Yeah, yeah. And when I was a kid, I had to wander through a maze of twisty little passages, all alike, in the snow, with no shoes, uphill both ways. Get off my open field west of a white house.
You can start by not being a pompous blowhard. No. Seriously. Give it a shot. The whole, "Mac people think they're superior" is a load of crap. Know what? Creative, artistic people tend to have a different world view and outlook toward people than, say, Gordon Gecko types. The tools they use make little difference. They can both be pricks, regardless of whether their mouse has one button or two.
For a few years now I've been saying Google will ultimately build a real world "planned community." They've been acquiring/building the right stuff for years: Energy, home entertainment (via YouTube's infrastructure), telephony (Google instant messenger and their new cellphone) bikes on their headquarters campus, biodiesel shuttles, etc. etc. Even their VC component (google.org) says, "What is the focus of the fund?
Google Ventures is broadly interested in startups in industries including consumer Internet, software, hardware, clean-tech, bio-tech, health care and others." Get ready for gCommunity.
Apple's "pet media" is no different than any other media. People want to see blood, the 6 o'clock news shows blood. Fox viewers want Obama bashing, Fox obliges (and Bush bashers like MSNBC). People want Apple news, either to bash the company or sing its praises. The media obliges. A gazillion iPhone/iPod sales are a good indicator that if you broadcast it, the viewers will come.
Lumpy - Agree with you 100%. In fact, the lack of color PDF support is the only thing I dislike about my Kindle - and I'm definately a Kindle fanboy. While there are good apps for the iPhone (I can't speak to other devices. I only have the iPhone and the Kindle) to view PDFs in color, they require scrolling from side-to-side to see the whole page. And with PDFs on things like Web design (or color theory) it's really not useful to view them on the Kindle. Regardless of being a Mac fanboy, I'd look seriously into the pending Apple tablet, depending on cost, battery life, etc. (I'd probably stick with Apple just for cross-device compatibility, including with our MacBooks, etc.)
All of that said, I don't think any of us will be really satisfied until something like the Knowledge Navigator comes out. It seems to combine everything that all of the posters want, and of course, a metric buttload more.
> but it takes a fair bit of experience, or somebody leading you around, to know how to find them
While I haven't played it, that sounds like how most/.'s describe Eve. But as has been pointed out in other postings, Eve seems to combine that with things that sound like they're fun.
Slashdot Mirror
The client demands it.
I'm not saying I like, or most likely most of the folks on /., I'm just saying it's going to be the way most people will use it.
And besides, you'll be storing everything in Google's database (or some other cloud repository) so who cares? You just reconnect and you've got all of your data again.
Doesn't it seem like no matter what country we're talking about, when it comes to governments passing these types of restrictive laws, we're seeing this more and more?
Why can't they just use the IP address of the DNS server and assume (I know, I know. "Assume") the user is somewhat geographically close to the server and feed content from the appropriate source closest to that server? Does something like Comcast use only a couple of DNS servers or do the requests come from regional hubs? (Sorry if my question has an obvious answer; I'm really not overly DNS-savy.)
You're absolutely right. In fact, I was going to use some of my mod points to do just that - mark him as a troll. But I re-read and think his points are valid and even insightful (sans the punch-in-the-face component.) But, the poor choice of moderation points applies to ArsonSmith's posting as well. While his attempt may be at humor, it wasn't funny. It was the equivalent of posting a comment to a story about some new test being able to detect HIV early on and saying, "Hey! At least now they'll know your insurance should cover it before you die." I've spent a lot of time talking with folks who work for me who went through "shock and awe" and battles before and since. Having them talk to me about the dreams they have of friends who get blown up as they stand next to them - friends who have actually come home and are doing fine - is hardly a part of my day about which I'd make jokes.
If this story had come out a few years ago, I can just see CmdrTaco's summary: "Wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame." ;)
So kids who supposedly spend too much time being "plugged in" are going to take time to stop texting, surfing, whatever to complete a journal? The article doesn't say if they were compensated to do so (free downloads at the iTunes store, downloadable ringtones, whatever) so I'm curious what the motivation was for participating. I'm guessing things haven't changed _that_ much since I was a kid and I'd take the voluntary assignment as just that, a volunteer assignment and do whatever it was to make it look like I did it and did it well in hopes of (a) getting some sort of reward and/or (b) making it look like I'm really special by giving the questioner answers I thought they wanted.
Wait ... Enter the Matrix was a Microsoft product? ;) (Enter the troll/offtopic points).
Sure, in theory. But clients often see something they think is sexy on the Warner Bro.'s site for some new movie or a really cool sports game on ESPN and they want something similar. Then trying to get them to understand that their desire for something similar on their site requires using something despised by a large number of people (i.e. Flash). Then you're in a tight spot. Most times, my clients want the neat shinies they see, despite the fact that it actually goes against the first requirement they give me: We need to get X information out to the widest audience. That requirement at times becomes unreachable when the second bullet says, "And it needs to [do something that JQuery or whatever can't do.]
So yes, we can ditch it. As soon as the clients stop asking for it.
> Writing a LUA [lua.org] script is extremely simple
Oh I don't know. Coordinating all of those grass skirts and getting the roast pig out in time can be a challenge. Plus, there's the whole fire-stick thing...
Not one reference to this being a kdawson post, or is my comment threshold set too high? ;)
Don't forget: Mac Geek Gun - Looks great, is stylish, but a week later a new version is released, with slightly faster firing rate and two extra bullets.
Yeah, yeah. And when I was a kid, I had to wander through a maze of twisty little passages, all alike, in the snow, with no shoes, uphill both ways. Get off my open field west of a white house.
You can start by not being a pompous blowhard. No. Seriously. Give it a shot. The whole, "Mac people think they're superior" is a load of crap. Know what? Creative, artistic people tend to have a different world view and outlook toward people than, say, Gordon Gecko types. The tools they use make little difference. They can both be pricks, regardless of whether their mouse has one button or two.
For a few years now I've been saying Google will ultimately build a real world "planned community." They've been acquiring/building the right stuff for years: Energy, home entertainment (via YouTube's infrastructure), telephony (Google instant messenger and their new cellphone) bikes on their headquarters campus, biodiesel shuttles, etc. etc. Even their VC component (google.org) says, "What is the focus of the fund? Google Ventures is broadly interested in startups in industries including consumer Internet, software, hardware, clean-tech, bio-tech, health care and others." Get ready for gCommunity.
Apple's "pet media" is no different than any other media. People want to see blood, the 6 o'clock news shows blood. Fox viewers want Obama bashing, Fox obliges (and Bush bashers like MSNBC). People want Apple news, either to bash the company or sing its praises. The media obliges. A gazillion iPhone/iPod sales are a good indicator that if you broadcast it, the viewers will come.
French Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand
From earlier article.
> actually try to tape it for me
But don't try to stream it online if you're in France, 'cause then Mitterrand will try to find some way to tax you. Makes about as much sense.
> Or just put everyone into jail, because he has a brain
As is apparent by this proposal, apparently not.
Lumpy - Agree with you 100%. In fact, the lack of color PDF support is the only thing I dislike about my Kindle - and I'm definately a Kindle fanboy. While there are good apps for the iPhone (I can't speak to other devices. I only have the iPhone and the Kindle) to view PDFs in color, they require scrolling from side-to-side to see the whole page. And with PDFs on things like Web design (or color theory) it's really not useful to view them on the Kindle. Regardless of being a Mac fanboy, I'd look seriously into the pending Apple tablet, depending on cost, battery life, etc. (I'd probably stick with Apple just for cross-device compatibility, including with our MacBooks, etc.)
All of that said, I don't think any of us will be really satisfied until something like the Knowledge Navigator comes out. It seems to combine everything that all of the posters want, and of course, a metric buttload more.
So are most /. readers.
And as a diuretic it gives new meaning to the term, "zip and ship."
Based on the level of detail you put into describing your coffee habits, I'm guessing the caffeine has kicked in. ;)
> but it takes a fair bit of experience, or somebody leading you around, to know how to find them
/.'s describe Eve. But as has been pointed out in other postings, Eve seems to combine that with things that sound like they're fun.
While I haven't played it, that sounds like how most