If you're AT&T, it might not be such a stupid concept. If they're oversold and unable to provide the level of service people are contracting, then the last thing they want people to do is find new ways to be more efficient about actually getting what they've paid for. Basically, they provided tethering because of pressure to do so; everyone knew that the phone could do it because it works in Europe. The extra fee is a simple disincentive to minimize the number of people who will hook up that laptop to squeeze every last bit out of their 2GB limit.
That rings a bell. By "index address" are you referring to the relative address mode used by the BNE/BEQ commands that only allowed you to jump 128 bytes forward or 127 bytes back? And what was the size of the page in question? I remember on the C64 that it seemed to be built as four main chunks of 16k... was that the page size, or are we talking about something much smaller?
Man, every time the C64 or the 6502 (or 6510) chip comes up, I get a wave of nostalgia.
Well, it's QC, not AR, but apparently, someone did think what you're suggesting was a good idea. The way they've got the systems oriented and the venting, all the heat is pushed towards the middle, creating an updraft which vents out the top and sucks in outside air so that you've got a natural cold aisle on the outside of the ring of computer systems. Pretty sweet stuff.
A particular hammer might be shoddy, but hammers in general are not. A good workman might blame a particular hammer, and switch to a different hammer, but only a shoddy workman would blame hammers in general, and starting hammering with a crowbar.
Of course, the OP might be suggesting that Java on mobile devices might be like using a sledgehammer for hanging a picture frame. I'm not sure I agree with that assessment, but your rebuttal is a straw man argument.
That would be true if the great majority of investment dollars came from people who do not invest based on fundamentals, but that supposition is incorrect. I'm not saying that the folks on Wall Street (or their programs) know everything, nor that they are the best barometer for a company's market value, but they invest in order to make their clients (and themselves) money. If every investment banker ignored fundamentals and just made the gamble that they wouldn't be the last one holding the potato, then none of them would last but a short amount of time.
Yes, there are day traders and micro-trading systems which execute gazillions of transactions which do affect company market prices. However, the great majority of that activity is simply noise around the trends that are defined by major investors who do indeed base their decisions on actual, quantifiable data.
Let's put it this way: if you're a major investor with millions of shares of XYZ stock, you love the fluctuations caused by day traders. XYZ announces a new tablet device without a side-facing camera? The geek set goes crazy on/., the uninformed investors bug out sensing a crash, the price dips 2% and the major investor buys another 500,000 shares knowing that the blip will soon disappear. And sure enough, a bunch of day traders notice that the major investor just bought 500kshares and they jump in to buy 200 shares each, countering all the initial sellers, and the shares start to inch up again.
My scenario is almost as over-simplified as yours, but you get the picture.
So here's an interesting element to this: corporate clients of hosted SAAS products which use CDNs for delivery. If I'm in the Munich office of company X which uses hosted software from company Y, and if my local DNS server is completely subordinate to the central nameservers in X's NYC datacenter (don't laugh; I've seen it happen), then chances are when I'm accessing Y's software via Akamai, I'm going across the pond to get to an Akamai POP in NYC, then going over the Akamai network to access Ysoft. Needless to say, the advantages of a CDN disappear at that point.
Ever been to San Francisco? The overhead wires are the second ugliest thing in the city. Plus, there are places on the routes where drivers have to get out and adjust the wires as they're switching to a different pair. Batteries aren't a panacea, but neither are overhead wires.
And I forgot to tie it all up. Nobody actually did spread the rumor you referenced. And the people who were "asking the question" were not doing it anonymously. So it was a very bad example to use to make the point I think you were trying to make.
Nobody ever accused Glenn Beck of raping and killing a girl in the 90's. They're just asking the question, and Glenn Beck refuses to answer. Why is that? If he's innocent, why can't he provide a simple alibi?
The point, of course is to lampoon the whole "birther" movement, which GB happily pushed along with similarly insipid rhetoric.
If there are, one is an absolute right to express unpopular views anonymously. Without limitation.
I guess the question is, then, what's the point? Information is only as good as its source (as Pierre Salinger), so if you feel strongly that, say, Bush II personally hired the 9/11 pilots to fly into the WTC towers, if you post that anonymously somewhere, it doesn't mean anything. There's nothing behind it.
I'm not against protecting the ability to speak anonymously; there will always be some way to do it and that's fine. However, if what you're saying is important enough to say, isn't it important enough to commit yourself to it?
If you have such disdain for the people with whom you work that you think they would abandon their business with you were they to hear what you have to say, then perhaps there is something else you should be more concerned about than your freedom of speech.
For example, I'm pro-choice. I'll take that stand in whatever appropriate forum there is. If a client of mine can't do business with me because they read this post and link it to me, then honestly, I don't need their business. If instead that client chooses to engage me in an argument I'd be happy to take it on, although I'll let them know that the clock doesn't stop just because they've changed the subject.
And could he automate the navigation using an off-the-shelf GPS unit? And could that rig carry 1.1 lbs of plutonium? Forget about scope and grope; RC hobbyists are the next terrorists.
Slashdot Mirror
Less choice is so much more convenient for me. I love being forced to use Quicktime/Flash/Silverlight to view online video content.
If you're AT&T, it might not be such a stupid concept. If they're oversold and unable to provide the level of service people are contracting, then the last thing they want people to do is find new ways to be more efficient about actually getting what they've paid for. Basically, they provided tethering because of pressure to do so; everyone knew that the phone could do it because it works in Europe. The extra fee is a simple disincentive to minimize the number of people who will hook up that laptop to squeeze every last bit out of their 2GB limit.
Don't worry; I've got lot's of opinion's about your use of apostrophe's.
I loved the Compute! book series. ML for beginners, Mapping the C64... Good times, good times.
That rings a bell. By "index address" are you referring to the relative address mode used by the BNE/BEQ commands that only allowed you to jump 128 bytes forward or 127 bytes back? And what was the size of the page in question? I remember on the C64 that it seemed to be built as four main chunks of 16k... was that the page size, or are we talking about something much smaller?
Man, every time the C64 or the 6502 (or 6510) chip comes up, I get a wave of nostalgia.
Well, it's QC, not AR, but apparently, someone did think what you're suggesting was a good idea. The way they've got the systems oriented and the venting, all the heat is pushed towards the middle, creating an updraft which vents out the top and sucks in outside air so that you've got a natural cold aisle on the outside of the ring of computer systems. Pretty sweet stuff.
For a second, I thought you wrote, "nimbus".
I would buy a billion powerball tickets! The prize is up to $300 million!
A shoddy workman blames his tools.
Unless the tool is the thing that is shoddy.
A particular hammer might be shoddy, but hammers in general are not. A good workman might blame a particular hammer, and switch to a different hammer, but only a shoddy workman would blame hammers in general, and starting hammering with a crowbar.
Of course, the OP might be suggesting that Java on mobile devices might be like using a sledgehammer for hanging a picture frame. I'm not sure I agree with that assessment, but your rebuttal is a straw man argument.
Thank you, thank you. I'm here all week!
-Posted from my iPod Touch-
That would be true if the great majority of investment dollars came from people who do not invest based on fundamentals, but that supposition is incorrect. I'm not saying that the folks on Wall Street (or their programs) know everything, nor that they are the best barometer for a company's market value, but they invest in order to make their clients (and themselves) money. If every investment banker ignored fundamentals and just made the gamble that they wouldn't be the last one holding the potato, then none of them would last but a short amount of time.
/., the uninformed investors bug out sensing a crash, the price dips 2% and the major investor buys another 500,000 shares knowing that the blip will soon disappear. And sure enough, a bunch of day traders notice that the major investor just bought 500kshares and they jump in to buy 200 shares each, countering all the initial sellers, and the shares start to inch up again.
Yes, there are day traders and micro-trading systems which execute gazillions of transactions which do affect company market prices. However, the great majority of that activity is simply noise around the trends that are defined by major investors who do indeed base their decisions on actual, quantifiable data.
Let's put it this way: if you're a major investor with millions of shares of XYZ stock, you love the fluctuations caused by day traders. XYZ announces a new tablet device without a side-facing camera? The geek set goes crazy on
My scenario is almost as over-simplified as yours, but you get the picture.
Fixed the subject for you.
I use my Windows Phone 7 phone, and it "just works".
I'm confused, what about this product leads you to believe it will be overpriced?...
The tab is cheaper than the iPad.
True, but the lower price comes at the cost of significant screen space. Think they're going to release a PMP with a 2.5" capacitive touch screen?
So here's an interesting element to this: corporate clients of hosted SAAS products which use CDNs for delivery. If I'm in the Munich office of company X which uses hosted software from company Y, and if my local DNS server is completely subordinate to the central nameservers in X's NYC datacenter (don't laugh; I've seen it happen), then chances are when I'm accessing Y's software via Akamai, I'm going across the pond to get to an Akamai POP in NYC, then going over the Akamai network to access Ysoft. Needless to say, the advantages of a CDN disappear at that point.
Ever been to San Francisco? The overhead wires are the second ugliest thing in the city. Plus, there are places on the routes where drivers have to get out and adjust the wires as they're switching to a different pair. Batteries aren't a panacea, but neither are overhead wires.
Whoosh. Or should I say, ding ding ding!
I'll be first in line to get my data!
And I forgot to tie it all up. Nobody actually did spread the rumor you referenced. And the people who were "asking the question" were not doing it anonymously. So it was a very bad example to use to make the point I think you were trying to make.
Nobody ever accused Glenn Beck of raping and killing a girl in the 90's. They're just asking the question, and Glenn Beck refuses to answer. Why is that? If he's innocent, why can't he provide a simple alibi?
The point, of course is to lampoon the whole "birther" movement, which GB happily pushed along with similarly insipid rhetoric.
There ARE universal moral laws
If there are, one is an absolute right to express unpopular views anonymously. Without limitation.
I guess the question is, then, what's the point? Information is only as good as its source (as Pierre Salinger), so if you feel strongly that, say, Bush II personally hired the 9/11 pilots to fly into the WTC towers, if you post that anonymously somewhere, it doesn't mean anything. There's nothing behind it.
I'm not against protecting the ability to speak anonymously; there will always be some way to do it and that's fine. However, if what you're saying is important enough to say, isn't it important enough to commit yourself to it?
If you have such disdain for the people with whom you work that you think they would abandon their business with you were they to hear what you have to say, then perhaps there is something else you should be more concerned about than your freedom of speech.
For example, I'm pro-choice. I'll take that stand in whatever appropriate forum there is. If a client of mine can't do business with me because they read this post and link it to me, then honestly, I don't need their business. If instead that client chooses to engage me in an argument I'd be happy to take it on, although I'll let them know that the clock doesn't stop just because they've changed the subject.
And could he automate the navigation using an off-the-shelf GPS unit? And could that rig carry 1.1 lbs of plutonium? Forget about scope and grope; RC hobbyists are the next terrorists.
Yes.
And so will my AppleTV.