Or in the same manner that they're playing to the soccer (or in this case, hockey) moms with an interest in Palin, they're playing to the people they think will add to Biden's popularity, and thus bring in more votes for Obama/Biden. I think it's too early to know what this means. I'm also guessing someone like Walt Mossberg will get some sort of answers/ink inches in his WSJ column discussing this.
Sort of, I guess. (I'm sure someone else posted this in the thread, but if not:) Anyone remember in '96 when McDonalds sued a Scottish Clan named McDonald?
Completely agree. At my current job, which I've been at for going on seven years, I remember my initial interview quite well:
Future boss: Do you have your MCSE?
Me: No sir, I know what I'm doing.
Unrelated: Years ago Cable and Wireless used to give a technical test (maybe displaying programming skills? I don't recall) to job applicants, to include the CTO position.
Agreed. I'm getting tired of people throwing out "but they said 'do no evil'." I swear, it's like the new version of Godwin's law. Don't like the TOS? Don't use the product. Find something else. And most of all, stop looking for conspiracies.
(And granted I can't get to the article so it may discuss this) so what? This has been proven. There have been a dozen stories on this. What are they doing about sharing the information with policy makers? It's great that we read this and become angry. But we don't create the laws*. Are they trying to use the school's considerable clout to get in front of the state Legislature? Congress? If not, then it's a neat hack and that's it.
* And I don't want to hear, "Well we elect the people who do." I've written to my Congressperson each time one of these stories comes up and I get a form letter back. I have no clout. UCSB does.
I used one of their last ones to build a middle-of-the-road gaming machine. I'd never built a box before (well, other than a headless fileserver) and the parts they recommended were almost all available on Newegg. I read/used the article around 3-4 months after it first came out so the parts they had in the article were actually a bit below what they had them listed as. All-in-all it was an interesting experience and the box turned out really well (in terms of gaming.) Being a Mac guy it gave me a chance to try some games I'd otherwise not be able to play and the performance is at least as good (if not better) than I had expected.
What about the newspaper's online archives? (Sorry. Someone probably already posted this. Too tired this a.m. to care to search. Then again, the judge man ban posting about the posting of names on the Internet.)
>At this point, it seems overwhelmingly apparent that the Olympics is simply big business
Bull. It's not "simply" anything - it is, in fact, a dozen+ things. It's not big business to a majority of the athletes. 90%+ do not receive lucrative Nike contracts, etc. For them, it's about the sport. It's not about big business to the typical resident of China. For them it's about looking good (and not losing face) in front of the world. For the fans, it's not about big business. Big business is what makes them pay ridiculous prices for tickets, but it's not what makes them cheer like maniacs and stand in exceptionally long queues and feel deep passion about their teams. Don't lump the entire two week event into one category. It belittles what the games are supposed to be - and in the case of the attendees, athletes, coaches, etc. etc. that's about what it will always remain.
Why not add, "whether or not" - "or not" is not needed. Or "both John and Frank" where "both" is not needed as John _and_ Frank appear in the sentence without an indictor that one is not participating. "Above" vice "more than," with "above" (and "below" for that matter) being a reference to location. I loath the word "utilize" and refuse to "Use" it.
Most of the time you're acting like a prick when you're on the phone. Seriously. Does anyone remember the time when you'd be walking along, hear someone say "hello" and either assume they'd run into someone they knew or they were nuckin' futs and were talking to themself? Mark me "flamebait" all you'd like. Cancer is simply another reason (granted, one that tops the list) that I wish society would reconsider the current usage patterns of cellphones.
... of a time I was speaking in front of a group of magazine publishers. They were worried about the effect of the Internet on their print publications and if there were subscription models for their Web sites that might work. I said that, at the time, there were two primary examples of subscription models for traditional print publications: WSJ.com and Playboy.com and that Playboy's model has been so successful that they were able to cut back on their print run. Then I paused and said, "Playboy.com... the sound of one hand typing..." Half of the room laughed. The other half looked veeerrrrry uncomfortable;)
When I was in J-school, it was made pretty clear to us: If there's a typo or misspelling and correcting it doesn't change the intent, fix it. If changing the quote to correct deficiencies in grammar, etc. would subtract from the reader's ability to understand or get a glimpse of the speaker's personality, don't change it. Not overly complicated.
Any 'engineer' choosing Microsoft is demonstrating total lack of ingenuity.
Or a desire to keep their job. Years ago the saying was, "Nobody ever lost their job for buying IBM." Then "IBM" got switched out for "Microsoft." The simple fact of the matter is that, in general, it's not engineers who have to have an easy way to work in MS Office or use the same OS as they use at home so they feel comfortable with their computers. It's senior management that falls into that category and it's senior management that makes the ultimate decision.
Do you have proof of collusion? Without proof, it's just conjecture. I mean, the rumor that/. is colluding with trolls can just be traced back to a bunch of comments on a message board. If someone's got REAL links with REAL data, let's have them!
The *only* way companies will ever learn to properly secure consumer data is if consumers drive them out of business when they fuck it up.
Let me know how that works out for you. Companies that provide/are supposed to protect medical history? Companies that provide/are supposed to protect medical history? Not likely to happen. The only way - and you can be sure that, regardless of the country in which this stuff happens this won't become required - to make a dent in this stuff is to mandate prison time for senior management. What's that? The CTO doesn't know enough about computers to make sure the database his folks built is secure? Mandate third-party audits for any product that is designed to store privacy information. Is that a guarantee that it'll work? Nope, but it's better than nothing.
Otherwise, grow up. "Voting with your wallet" doesn't work if a company like Nike loses your personal information. In their mind, your wallet contains pocket change.
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Or in the same manner that they're playing to the soccer (or in this case, hockey) moms with an interest in Palin, they're playing to the people they think will add to Biden's popularity, and thus bring in more votes for Obama/Biden. I think it's too early to know what this means. I'm also guessing someone like Walt Mossberg will get some sort of answers/ink inches in his WSJ column discussing this.
Sort of, I guess. (I'm sure someone else posted this in the thread, but if not:) Anyone remember in '96 when McDonalds sued a Scottish Clan named McDonald?
He got tired of waiting for Duke Nukem Forever.
Completely agree. At my current job, which I've been at for going on seven years, I remember my initial interview quite well:
Future boss: Do you have your MCSE?
Me: No sir, I know what I'm doing.
Unrelated: Years ago Cable and Wireless used to give a technical test (maybe displaying programming skills? I don't recall) to job applicants, to include the CTO position.
Why not the better part of 15 minutes? ;)
Agreed. I'm getting tired of people throwing out "but they said 'do no evil'." I swear, it's like the new version of Godwin's law. Don't like the TOS? Don't use the product. Find something else. And most of all, stop looking for conspiracies.
Here goes my karma, but ... other than a prudish mod with a distate of foul language, why was this post modded "troll"?
(And granted I can't get to the article so it may discuss this) so what? This has been proven. There have been a dozen stories on this. What are they doing about sharing the information with policy makers? It's great that we read this and become angry. But we don't create the laws*. Are they trying to use the school's considerable clout to get in front of the state Legislature? Congress? If not, then it's a neat hack and that's it.
* And I don't want to hear, "Well we elect the people who do." I've written to my Congressperson each time one of these stories comes up and I get a form letter back. I have no clout. UCSB does.
I used one of their last ones to build a middle-of-the-road gaming machine. I'd never built a box before (well, other than a headless fileserver) and the parts they recommended were almost all available on Newegg. I read/used the article around 3-4 months after it first came out so the parts they had in the article were actually a bit below what they had them listed as. All-in-all it was an interesting experience and the box turned out really well (in terms of gaming.) Being a Mac guy it gave me a chance to try some games I'd otherwise not be able to play and the performance is at least as good (if not better) than I had expected.
I'm worried my boss may ask me to monitory employee /. postings.
What about the newspaper's online archives? (Sorry. Someone probably already posted this. Too tired this a.m. to care to search. Then again, the judge man ban posting about the posting of names on the Internet.)
>At this point, it seems overwhelmingly apparent that the Olympics is simply big business
Bull. It's not "simply" anything - it is, in fact, a dozen+ things. It's not big business to a majority of the athletes. 90%+ do not receive lucrative Nike contracts, etc. For them, it's about the sport. It's not about big business to the typical resident of China. For them it's about looking good (and not losing face) in front of the world. For the fans, it's not about big business. Big business is what makes them pay ridiculous prices for tickets, but it's not what makes them cheer like maniacs and stand in exceptionally long queues and feel deep passion about their teams. Don't lump the entire two week event into one category. It belittles what the games are supposed to be - and in the case of the attendees, athletes, coaches, etc. etc. that's about what it will always remain.
Why not add, "whether or not" - "or not" is not needed. Or "both John and Frank" where "both" is not needed as John _and_ Frank appear in the sentence without an indictor that one is not participating. "Above" vice "more than," with "above" (and "below" for that matter) being a reference to location. I loath the word "utilize" and refuse to "Use" it.
;)
Wow am I off topic
Canadian pharmacy guarantees you higher Slashdot score!
That's very Spaceballs of you. :)
(Please tell me someone gets the reference?)
Funny, I've found the best way to see my stuff vanish is to find out my wife "cleaned the place up."
Maybe by getting bitten by snakes? ;)
Most of the time you're acting like a prick when you're on the phone. Seriously. Does anyone remember the time when you'd be walking along, hear someone say "hello" and either assume they'd run into someone they knew or they were nuckin' futs and were talking to themself? Mark me "flamebait" all you'd like. Cancer is simply another reason (granted, one that tops the list) that I wish society would reconsider the current usage patterns of cellphones.
... of a time I was speaking in front of a group of magazine publishers. They were worried about the effect of the Internet on their print publications and if there were subscription models for their Web sites that might work. I said that, at the time, there were two primary examples of subscription models for traditional print publications: WSJ.com and Playboy.com and that Playboy's model has been so successful that they were able to cut back on their print run. Then I paused and said, "Playboy.com ... the sound of one hand typing ..." Half of the room laughed. The other half looked veeerrrrry uncomfortable ;)
When I was in J-school, it was made pretty clear to us: If there's a typo or misspelling and correcting it doesn't change the intent, fix it. If changing the quote to correct deficiencies in grammar, etc. would subtract from the reader's ability to understand or get a glimpse of the speaker's personality, don't change it. Not overly complicated.
Any 'engineer' choosing Microsoft is demonstrating total lack of ingenuity.
Or a desire to keep their job. Years ago the saying was, "Nobody ever lost their job for buying IBM." Then "IBM" got switched out for "Microsoft." The simple fact of the matter is that, in general, it's not engineers who have to have an easy way to work in MS Office or use the same OS as they use at home so they feel comfortable with their computers. It's senior management that falls into that category and it's senior management that makes the ultimate decision.
Do you have proof of collusion? Without proof, it's just conjecture. I mean, the rumor that /. is colluding with trolls can just be traced back to a bunch of comments on a message board. If someone's got REAL links with REAL data, let's have them!
"I see you are trafficking in human organs! Would you like me to help you?"
The *only* way companies will ever learn to properly secure consumer data is if consumers drive them out of business when they fuck it up.
Let me know how that works out for you. Companies that provide/are supposed to protect medical history? Companies that provide/are supposed to protect medical history? Not likely to happen. The only way - and you can be sure that, regardless of the country in which this stuff happens this won't become required - to make a dent in this stuff is to mandate prison time for senior management. What's that? The CTO doesn't know enough about computers to make sure the database his folks built is secure? Mandate third-party audits for any product that is designed to store privacy information. Is that a guarantee that it'll work? Nope, but it's better than nothing.
Otherwise, grow up. "Voting with your wallet" doesn't work if a company like Nike loses your personal information. In their mind, your wallet contains pocket change.
Is there a way for a US agency (EFF? ACLU) to file something to bring about at least a temporary injunction against the release?