is that would-be laptop thieves need to learn how to wipe the harddrive and reinstall before connecting to the internet. Probably a lot easier than removing a lojack from a car before you are busted.
On the other hand, if thieves think will get busted by stealing laptops, this helps everyone. Schneier has an interesting note on his blog about lo jacks in cars benefiting everyone.
Well it may be triumphal, but it isn't mindless triumphalism in that sort of jingoistic way you imply. Rather is is a deep expression of joy and solidarity among your fellow human beings. With out a little work you will probably miss the point of any music which falls outside the musical vernacular within which you were raised. I would suggest spending a little time with the middle piano sonatas and concertos and move on from there. Beethoven did write some mind-blowingly profound music such as the late string quartets, but you need to be able to listen from a different point of view than you generally get by default in this culture.
Here is the text of the Schiller poem used in the last movement--I think flag waving is a stretch:
Joy! Joy, beautiful spark of God, Daughter of Elysium, We enter, fire-drunk, Heavenly, your shrine. Your magic reunites That which custom has strongly split; All humans will become brothers [Schiller's original: What custom's sword has parted; Beggars become princes' brothers] Where your soft wing whiles. Whoever has succeeded in the great attempt To be a friend of a friend; Whoever has achieved a lovely wife Mix in your joy! Yes, also whoever only one soul Calls his own around the world! And whoever has never known of this, Steal away crying out of this group! All beings drink joy At the breasts of nature; All the good, all the bad Follow her trail of roses. She gave us kisses and vines, A friend, proven in death; Great pleasure was given to the worm, And the cherub stands before God. Glad, like his sun flies Through heaven's splendid plan, Run, brothers, your race, Joyful, like a hero to the victory. Be embraced, millions! This kiss to all the world! Brothers, over the starry firmament Must live a loving father. Do you bow down, millions? Do you sense the Creator, world? Seek him beyond the starry firmament! He must dwell beyond the stars.
You know, at some point parents need to give their kids a little bit of space. Sending their kids off to school is a good first step and I think common sense would suggest that parents should spend a little more time encouraging children to communicate with them. If a bully is stealing their money or the lunch program sucks, the best surveillance system is the kid's eyes. Or maybe we should fund education a little better so schools and classes can be a more reasonable size where teacher observations together with well-balanced kids can work out normal human solutions. This seems like a better solution than teaching the kids to depend on surveillance cameras. On the other hand maybe the institutions putting in these systems have a vested interest in teaching the next generation to be accepting of cameras everywhere.
The law cannot be black and white--this is why we have courts. Imagine if lawmakers had taken your wisdom in creating copyright laws back in 1970--made it black and white. They would have made a set of laws that make no sense after the technological change that has occurred in the last 35 years. The law needs to be flexible so it can remain pertinent and applicable in a changing world. The law should paint broad principles and be clear enough so the principle behind the law--the idea--is well communicated, but flexible enough that it can cope with changing times. Of course this is a real challenge--maybe THE challenge for lawmakers. It was the same challenge faced by the original writers of the US constitution in the 18th century which is why the constitution is quite vague about specifics (thank goodness they didn't make everything black and white to reflect 18th century norms) and allows for amendments.
Well opera should enjoy this discovery while they can. I predict in a matter of moments they will be getting the cease and desist letter from Microsoft who patented this technology in the 70s.
...and look at this for a while. They understand that who you are and where you come from can make you a target. After all, the armed forces (whose upper ranks never lose a chance to make their soldiers dress up) tell their personnel not to wear their uniforms when traveling on civilian airlines, for the very reason that people don't want RDIF tags in their passport. And it's not just nationality. Airports all have wireless connections these days so you can get a name, do a quick Google search and stand a good chance of knowing enough about the person walking by to not only pick good targets but be able to imply uncanny knowledge about them. a corp. There must be a better solution that address both the governments concerns and the privacy concerns of our citizens. It seems that somebody has just made a decision and isn't willing to back off. We should isn't they try harder.
Peter Lynch, in his pop-investor books, talks about young companies who suddenly come into a lot of cash through an IPO and stop innovating and try to grow via purchases of ever-expanding diversity. He calls this deworsification when companies grow out of their expertise. This isn't always bad--a company needs to grow after all--but it can often be a sign of a company that isn't going to be innovating the same way. Now, it's not like google just went out and bought a fast-food franchise (although 'google burger' has a nice ring to it), but If I was a stock holder in google I might be looking closely at this strategy and start looking around for another innovative start-up whose valuation isn't so high and who is concentrating on a smaller array of products.
The media distribution companies, whether music labels, movie producers, or stock photography corps, all understand that when communication becomes much easier among individuals their business model suffers. The only service they really offer is making media easy to find and get. The internet has done that for everyone now, and frankly, I'm surprised it is taking this long for individual artists to get on board. One of the problems that still is being worked out is open, well supported formats for sharing information. Look what RSS did for blogging and what it is doing to traditional journalism. Imagine what similar formats and application to support them can do for other individual producers of content.
Sure...but that shouldn't prevent me from reading and using the format. I use patented stuff all the time. Unless you live in a cave you have too. I'm sure my frigde has a pantented design, but this doesn't prevent me (i hope) from keeping my beer in it.
...but I'm a little confused. Suppose I get a copy of a document in a format with a closed license. In what way am I bound to that license? When did I agree to it? Why would I ever need permission to from the creator of the format to read it? Is there some mysterious EULA that I accepted by being born? Or does this license only apply to people who create the documents with a microsoft application who have presumably agreed to some byzantine concept of ownership?
Nothing starts my day better than the pleasant scent of vaporware wafting from my computer. We live in a great time. This shows what a kid with nothing but a formalism and a dream can accomplish.
One of the nicest features of OS X is the ability to turn just about any darn thing into a PDF. Rather than spend the money on this just go out and buy a Mac.
Of course you can't turn this feature off in OS X, so maybe my OS is malware too.
The biggest problem with all these ventures is that nobody has found the genius to devise a system of keeping your medical records away from prying eyes. While the mounds of paperwork are expensive and slow, at least it is difficult for a prospective employer to get his/her hands on your medical records and decide not to hire you because you have high blood pressure and may risk costing the company. Or worse, insurance companies who decide that because you took an AIDS test a few years ago, you statistically lead a high risk life style (never mind that at least you are reponsible and get tested) and jack your rates way up. By making this information easy to share, they are making it easy to share with everyone, so the first priority should be to develop protocols to secure this data.
It is interesting that the government is suddenly concerned about the privacy implication of cameras now that they are in the hands of citizens. When the government puts cameras up everywhere they certainly don't announce when your image is captured--in fact they usually make them small and tuck them hign in a corner. When people complain that 'security' cameras are encroaching on their privacy the typical response is: "you have no resonable expectaion of privacy here."
So I think a good piggyback for this legislation would be a requirement that the government inform you everytime it collects information about you--including taking your picture. That would kill it in a hurry.
I half expect to see google ads when I open my fridge--just sitting there tastefully placed in the door bins.They probably will put adds into the body of the email and people will probably accept it. After all, it seems you can't visit any websites anymore without seeing google-placed ads. If people start seeing them in their email they will just get used to them and google will be on it's way to more profits.
Now will someone PLEASE tell me how to get a gmail account?
Yes you have one half of the equation--the half involving the choice consumers will make--dead on. People will, and for the most part should, choose what works for them. The problem, however, happens when one company gets a stranglehold on the market and uses this power to stifle competition and snuff out any other choices consumers might be tempted to make. This, of course, means less choice, less innovation, and higher prices--all of which we recognize as a negative consequence of a monopoly. Since we shouldn't count on consumers to make choices based on the ethics of the companies involved we are forced to use our collective might to compel the company to allow more competition in it's realm and hence we invent anti-monopoly legislation to act as a counterweight to an unbalanced environment. Unfortunately, due to our current political environment, this is proving to be rather ineffectual.
Linux seems to be showing amazing results AND determination. The people who "need to show results, rather then determination." are those we hired to reign in Microsoft in the anti-trust lawsuits but who prefer to settle the cases and sweep it under the rug.
Giving windows credit for working with sound cards gets thing rather backwards don't you think? Considering the MONOPOLY windows has, they don't need to to be compatible and work well with the sound cards. The sound cards need to make sure they work well with windows. Microsoft can do what ever they want and the world must switch it's practices and standards to suit it--which of course is the problem now isn't it.
The API is pretty well documented
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I've flipped through the Cocoa nutshell book at the store. Personally, I didn't think it was worth it simply because the documentation and help browser are so nice in XCode. I mean you can option click or command click on a method or class and it takes you right there. What would be really nice is a book of cocoa design patterns and in-depth looks at some of the more confusing classes rather than a listing of classes and methods with little explanation.
From the article: Department officials say they will send "ripples" through an industry that has proliferated on the Internet and grown into an estimated $10 billion-a-year colossus profiting Fortune 500 corporations such as Comcast, which offers hard-core movies on a pay-per-view channel.
It's interesting that the government looks for market-based solutions to behavior that actually kills people like dumping mercury into the air, serving arsenic-laden water to towns, or creating vehicular death-traps but when you offend their puritan sensibilities they go for the jugular--even when the market clearly says that a HUGE chunk of the electorate is all for a little obscenity.
Maybe rather than spending you time coming up with droll little cleverisms to pick up a few +1 funnies you can perform a public service and tell me how I can apply this to roulette during my trip to Reno this weekend.
Should I go and start betting on whatever color was on the wheel when I arrived? And what exactly counts as arriving? when I walk into the casino? when I first spot the table? when I first place the bet? It's going to be nice to be filthy, filthy, filthy rich.
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On the other hand, if thieves think will get busted by stealing laptops, this helps everyone. Schneier has an interesting note on his blog about lo jacks in cars benefiting everyone.
The moonlight sonata is beethoven's 14th piano sonata--written for solo piano. It is not from any of the symphonies.
Well it may be triumphal, but it isn't mindless triumphalism in that sort of jingoistic way you imply. Rather is is a deep expression of joy and solidarity among your fellow human beings. With out a little work you will probably miss the point of any music which falls outside the musical vernacular within which you were raised. I would suggest spending a little time with the middle piano sonatas and concertos and move on from there. Beethoven did write some mind-blowingly profound music such as the late string quartets, but you need to be able to listen from a different point of view than you generally get by default in this culture.
Here is the text of the Schiller poem used in the last movement--I think flag waving is a stretch:
Joy!
Joy, beautiful spark of God,
Daughter of Elysium,
We enter, fire-drunk,
Heavenly, your shrine.
Your magic reunites
That which custom has strongly split;
All humans will become brothers
[Schiller's original:
What custom's sword has parted;
Beggars become princes' brothers]
Where your soft wing whiles.
Whoever has succeeded in the great attempt
To be a friend of a friend;
Whoever has achieved a lovely wife
Mix in your joy!
Yes, also whoever only one soul
Calls his own around the world!
And whoever has never known of this,
Steal away crying out of this group!
All beings drink joy
At the breasts of nature;
All the good, all the bad
Follow her trail of roses.
She gave us kisses and vines,
A friend, proven in death;
Great pleasure was given to the worm,
And the cherub stands before God.
Glad, like his sun flies
Through heaven's splendid plan,
Run, brothers, your race,
Joyful, like a hero to the victory.
Be embraced, millions!
This kiss to all the world!
Brothers, over the starry firmament
Must live a loving father.
Do you bow down, millions?
Do you sense the Creator, world?
Seek him beyond the starry firmament!
He must dwell beyond the stars.
Tax software would sell well.
You know, at some point parents need to give their kids a little bit of space. Sending their kids off to school is a good first step and I think common sense would suggest that parents should spend a little more time encouraging children to communicate with them. If a bully is stealing their money or the lunch program sucks, the best surveillance system is the kid's eyes. Or maybe we should fund education a little better so schools and classes can be a more reasonable size where teacher observations together with well-balanced kids can work out normal human solutions. This seems like a better solution than teaching the kids to depend on surveillance cameras. On the other hand maybe the institutions putting in these systems have a vested interest in teaching the next generation to be accepting of cameras everywhere.
The law cannot be black and white--this is why we have courts. Imagine if lawmakers had taken your wisdom in creating copyright laws back in 1970--made it black and white. They would have made a set of laws that make no sense after the technological change that has occurred in the last 35 years. The law needs to be flexible so it can remain pertinent and applicable in a changing world. The law should paint broad principles and be clear enough so the principle behind the law--the idea--is well communicated, but flexible enough that it can cope with changing times. Of course this is a real challenge--maybe THE challenge for lawmakers. It was the same challenge faced by the original writers of the US constitution in the 18th century which is why the constitution is quite vague about specifics (thank goodness they didn't make everything black and white to reflect 18th century norms) and allows for amendments.
Well opera should enjoy this discovery while they can. I predict in a matter of moments they will be getting the cease and desist letter from Microsoft who patented this technology in the 70s.
...where's my car?
...and look at this for a while. They understand that who you are and where you come from can make you a target. After all, the armed forces (whose upper ranks never lose a chance to make their soldiers dress up) tell their personnel not to wear their uniforms when traveling on civilian airlines, for the very reason that people don't want RDIF tags in their passport. And it's not just nationality. Airports all have wireless connections these days so you can get a name, do a quick Google search and stand a good chance of knowing enough about the person walking by to not only pick good targets but be able to imply uncanny knowledge about them. a corp. There must be a better solution that address both the governments concerns and the privacy concerns of our citizens. It seems that somebody has just made a decision and isn't willing to back off. We should isn't they try harder.
Peter Lynch, in his pop-investor books, talks about young companies who suddenly come into a lot of cash through an IPO and stop innovating and try to grow via purchases of ever-expanding diversity. He calls this deworsification when companies grow out of their expertise. This isn't always bad--a company needs to grow after all--but it can often be a sign of a company that isn't going to be innovating the same way. Now, it's not like google just went out and bought a fast-food franchise (although 'google burger' has a nice ring to it), but If I was a stock holder in google I might be looking closely at this strategy and start looking around for another innovative start-up whose valuation isn't so high and who is concentrating on a smaller array of products.
The media distribution companies, whether music labels, movie producers, or stock photography corps, all understand that when communication becomes much easier among individuals their business model suffers. The only service they really offer is making media easy to find and get. The internet has done that for everyone now, and frankly, I'm surprised it is taking this long for individual artists to get on board. One of the problems that still is being worked out is open, well supported formats for sharing information. Look what RSS did for blogging and what it is doing to traditional journalism. Imagine what similar formats and application to support them can do for other individual producers of content.
Sure...but that shouldn't prevent me from reading and using the format. I use patented stuff all the time. Unless you live in a cave you have too. I'm sure my frigde has a pantented design, but this doesn't prevent me (i hope) from keeping my beer in it.
...but I'm a little confused. Suppose I get a copy of a document in a format with a closed license. In what way am I bound to that license? When did I agree to it? Why would I ever need permission to from the creator of the format to read it? Is there some mysterious EULA that I accepted by being born? Or does this license only apply to people who create the documents with a microsoft application who have presumably agreed to some byzantine concept of ownership?
Nothing starts my day better than the pleasant scent of vaporware wafting from my computer. We live in a great time. This shows what a kid with nothing but a formalism and a dream can accomplish.
One of the nicest features of OS X is the ability to turn just about any darn thing into a PDF. Rather than spend the money on this just go out and buy a Mac. Of course you can't turn this feature off in OS X, so maybe my OS is malware too.
The biggest problem with all these ventures is that nobody has found the genius to devise a system of keeping your medical records away from prying eyes. While the mounds of paperwork are expensive and slow, at least it is difficult for a prospective employer to get his/her hands on your medical records and decide not to hire you because you have high blood pressure and may risk costing the company. Or worse, insurance companies who decide that because you took an AIDS test a few years ago, you statistically lead a high risk life style (never mind that at least you are reponsible and get tested) and jack your rates way up. By making this information easy to share, they are making it easy to share with everyone, so the first priority should be to develop protocols to secure this data.
It is interesting that the government is suddenly concerned about the privacy implication of cameras now that they are in the hands of citizens. When the government puts cameras up everywhere they certainly don't announce when your image is captured--in fact they usually make them small and tuck them hign in a corner. When people complain that 'security' cameras are encroaching on their privacy the typical response is: "you have no resonable expectaion of privacy here."
So I think a good piggyback for this legislation would be a requirement that the government inform you everytime it collects information about you--including taking your picture. That would kill it in a hurry.
I half expect to see google ads when I open my fridge--just sitting there tastefully placed in the door bins.They probably will put adds into the body of the email and people will probably accept it. After all, it seems you can't visit any websites anymore without seeing google-placed ads. If people start seeing them in their email they will just get used to them and google will be on it's way to more profits.
Now will someone PLEASE tell me how to get a gmail account?
From the OED:
Emergency:
1. The rising of a submerged body above the surface of water; = EMERGENCE 1.
2. a. The process of issuing from concealment, confinement, etc.; = EMERGENCE
Yes you have one half of the equation--the half involving the choice consumers will make--dead on. People will, and for the most part should, choose what works for them. The problem, however, happens when one company gets a stranglehold on the market and uses this power to stifle competition and snuff out any other choices consumers might be tempted to make. This, of course, means less choice, less innovation, and higher prices--all of which we recognize as a negative consequence of a monopoly. Since we shouldn't count on consumers to make choices based on the ethics of the companies involved we are forced to use our collective might to compel the company to allow more competition in it's realm and hence we invent anti-monopoly legislation to act as a counterweight to an unbalanced environment. Unfortunately, due to our current political environment, this is proving to be rather ineffectual.
Linux seems to be showing amazing results AND determination.
The people who "need to show results, rather then determination." are those we hired to reign in Microsoft in the anti-trust lawsuits but who prefer to settle the cases and sweep it under the rug.
Giving windows credit for working with sound cards gets thing rather backwards don't you think? Considering the MONOPOLY windows has, they don't need to to be compatible and work well with the sound cards. The sound cards need to make sure they work well with windows. Microsoft can do what ever they want and the world must switch it's practices and standards to suit it--which of course is the problem now isn't it.
A fene egye meg! Nem értek magyarul.
I've flipped through the Cocoa nutshell book at the store. Personally, I didn't think it was worth it simply because the documentation and help browser are so nice in XCode. I mean you can option click or command click on a method or class and it takes you right there. What would be really nice is a book of cocoa design patterns and in-depth looks at some of the more confusing classes rather than a listing of classes and methods with little explanation.
Department officials say they will send "ripples" through an industry that has proliferated on the Internet and grown into an estimated $10 billion-a-year colossus profiting Fortune 500 corporations such as Comcast, which offers hard-core movies on a pay-per-view channel.
It's interesting that the government looks for market-based solutions to behavior that actually kills people like dumping mercury into the air, serving arsenic-laden water to towns, or creating vehicular death-traps but when you offend their puritan sensibilities they go for the jugular--even when the market clearly says that a HUGE chunk of the electorate is all for a little obscenity.
Maybe rather than spending you time coming up with droll little cleverisms to pick up a few +1 funnies you can perform a public service and tell me how I can apply this to roulette during my trip to Reno this weekend. Should I go and start betting on whatever color was on the wheel when I arrived? And what exactly counts as arriving? when I walk into the casino? when I first spot the table? when I first place the bet? It's going to be nice to be filthy, filthy, filthy rich.