I work for a major *.edu -- we use VMware, we pay their exorbitant pricing, and subsequently get threats of additional fees for not renewing support on time (an amusing tactic). We don't really find ourselves using the fancy feature sets. In fact, a large part of our *.edu is going KVM -- probably for similar reasons, more likely pricing. As others have said, VMware continues to change their licensing models -- it ends up being nickle-and-diming for features, where I'd just rather pay one flat price and just be able to use the entire product. KVM/Xen, et al, are still being actively developed and hammered on. I don't see any reason why those products couldn't eventually, significantly supplant VMware in areas such as mine where they get the job done effectively. If we want support for KVM/Xen, we can pay for that... much less money in the end.
I've been hacked twice, and it's because of these websites that feature a "log in with that have code to intercept your credentials. Either the website operator does it deliberately or the site has been backed to siphon the information.
So much fun spending an afternoon deleting spammy comments from my Twitter account because of this. It won't happen again -- when I visit a site that only allows login through another provider, poof I'm outta there.
If I ever get a car that has OnStar in it, the cables are getting clipped and equipment removed.
These devices (on most cars) have the ability to receive disable signals from the service, in the unfortunate case of being involved in a police chase (LOL). Seriously, no thanks. Wires clipped, in the trash. I'll paint the button a different color.
I would use DeepFreeze by Faronics which would ensure that a reboot would clean out any crap that may have been written to the disk. Simple. We use that were I work for student systems, Macs, PCs, and Linux. The downside is any persistent cookies you *do* need will be lost also. But if you're that concerned about being tracked, it's a fair trade off.
Texas is close to the ocean, if they're going to spend money, why not also include desalinization equipment -- plenty of water there.
I also read a couple years ago about a device invented for the military (mostly) that would literally create water out of the air. All of this equipment would be terribly expensive to acquire. However if these weather patterns are to become the "norm", seems like it might be prudent to do so and to continue to think of solutions "outside of the box" of what we typically expect for solutions.
They could augment power constraints with massive solar and wind arrays.
SyFy has seen several GOOD shows come and go; some, like Caprica, were canceled rather nonchalantly and without much comment from SyFy. My sense is they are struggling, like many other media, with where to get funding along with reliance on an antiquated (IMHO) "ratings" system.
As with music, the cable/movie/television industry is going to have to jump on board with new technology and explore alternative content delivery and revenue mechanisms. These are already evolving out there. I would personally pay a premium if it meant shows like BSG or Caprica would (and could) continue to be produced. It could be that the sheer production costs of these ventures is so high, but they're going to have to figure out how to make it work -- just like everyone else.
I have pretty much stopped watching SyFy. Though I miss BSG and the other shows, to me "out of sight is out of mind" and I've long since moved on. They are marginalizing themselves. It's really disappointing.
"Imagine greater"? Yeah.... gotta work on that one;-)
I half-expect(ed) Comcast to do the same thing. Reading their TOS, they clearly state they can analyze your traffic to determine what products you use, etc. etc. I just use a simple SSH proxy to an external system and bypass that.
Sounds like a good opportunity for some wild product/API that will (once your accounts are set up) migrate and/or replicate your data from one cloud to another. Sounds like a very difficult task, perhaps presently impossible, but I'd call it "Osmosis":-)
An approach like this will almost certainly result in some hybridized outcome.
Since switching to the Mac, I've been very disappointed with the performance of Firefox on the Mac platform. My co-workers are dumping FF for Chrome, and I'm "almost there".
I hope Aurora (FF5) will finally fix these problems.
SyFy has been suffering from the create-and-cancel syndrome that has plagued broadcast media. Too many programs are canceled due to a reliance upon an antiquated ratings system. Apart from being unfortunate, it irritates the heck out of me (and many I've corresponded with).
Part of this may just be growing pains as they search for different revenue streams. I for one would pay a subscription fee or whatever if it meant that shows like Farscape, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica (just canceled) and the like could live on.
SyFy's motto is "Imagine greater" yet they seem to be suffering from a brain disorder that doesn't allow them to think outside of their box. They should take advantage of new media such as Internet streaming services, get creative and the revenue streams will reappear. Shows like the aforementioned could continue to be broadcast over subscription-based, Internet streaming networks, etc.
Sure, I don't know a ton about production and I imagine it's terribly complex and competitive and costly. But gimme a break, SyFy.
In fact, I've pretty much stopped watching SyFy (I prefer SciFi) at this point. Everything I've enjoyed is canceled, other shows like Sanctuary are really starting to suck badly.
Seems like a pretty obvious oversight on their part. I emailed them a polite suggestion.
I presume the pages generated have some dynamic content delivered. It stands to reason that if a user decides to experience FB via HTTPS, the same should be assumed for the rest of the site.
The TV providers and networks are suffering similar growing pains as the music industry -- the Internet is a major game changer that is impossible to ignore. These providers continue to rely on what I feel to be an antiquated "ratings" system by which the fate of many good programs is ill decided.
Today, it's not unusual for programs to come and go, sometimes abruptly due to "ratings". This puts the content providers in a difficult position where they must either fight tooth and nail to preserve their way of existence or invest in new content delivery and revenue mechanisms. That's gonna be tough, ad revenue is something they have relied heavily upon.
We don't even have a regular Star Trek program to watch anymore - partly due to "ratings".
If I had the choice to either suffer the absence of a program I really enjoyed or to pay a subscription fee to receive programming over the Internet (say, to a DVR), I would happily pay.
Comcast thinks they can do whatever they want. That also has to change.
Our collective experience at work, as it relates to the iPhone in Cambridge, MA (and surrounding region) is that the AT&T network still lacks (put politely). I get dropped calls, spotty coverage and customer service doesn't really care about responding to complaints.
I realize that some of this is infrastructure related and that every carrier has issues -- but really, I'm so tired of the problems that even the glitter of a iPhone doesn't appeal much anymore. I'd rather have great coverage than a fancy phone. *shrug*
Just because a PayPal app might be handling data correctly doesn't mean another app isn't attaching to the keyboard TTY and sniffing your keystrokes, or accessing data through another mechanism. This is what happened to me on the iPhone with PayPal, and I got ripped off.
This is the risk we take with new technology. Everyone wants to jump on board without really understanding the inherent risks and assuming manufacturers like Apple (who was silent to my forensic evidence) does the right thing or is even capable of auditing every line of code. Early on, I am willing to bet the Apple App Store was rife with programs either inappropriately accessing or outright stealing personal data. Look at what's been going on with Android. There's a market for that stuff -- we must keep that in mind.
The bottom line for me is I will never do any "sensitive" (financial) type work on a mobile device.
I didn't go very high in math in my early school years; later in life I regret it... as it's been a lot more work catching up!
Math is much more than essential, it's vital. It also needs to be taught in different ways so that it appeals to kids of different backgrounds.
My teachers in school were dreadfully boring; I spent more time drawing cartoons of them than listening. But had they used a different approach, if they went into art and programming and.. maybe things would have been different.
Math is everywhere, whether we like it or not. I admit, now a days I even see math as "beautiful" from a certain perspective. The great masters of art knew this.
SyFy is losing its steam. Early on, they had quite an array of creative shows, all of which have either been canceled or are no longer aired. The original poster has a very good point, regarding the overall business model. A network like SyFy, or any other, is not some endless abyss of creative thought and ideas - some work, some don't - and not everyone is going to like all of it, but a lot of people like a little of each. There has to be a way to cater to all. Otherwise, why be in business?
I've seen other networks cancel shows, in my opinion, out of fear that their ratings would fall and they'd end in under an embarrassing note. In fact, it seems to be the thing to do today: create a great series, entice, cancel it and disappoint people.
I don't blame you for not watching Caprica. Personally, I think they could and should have mixed Caprica and BSG into a much richer story. BSG's problem is that the story wasn't moving very well. It seemed to drag and drag (remember Earth 2?), then it got really interesting and then canceled, leaving me confused, angry and wondering just WTF the politics inside SyFy were about -- as I admittedly don't understand the full business model.
Why SyFy disconnected Caprica at 1.0 and 1.5 for such a long period of time is a mystery to me. It certainly didn't help the show, you just can't do that. People lose interest very quickly in this day of shows that come and go. The right thing to do, in this case, would be to at least air all the episodes on one of their silly "marathons" (ie: the people in the studio are on vacation so let's' show repeats night) and at least allow us to reap the benefit of the story; if, as another poster says, indeed there is any substance to the story to begin with as I'm getting a little bored with the One True God thing. But that's just me.
From there, SyFy needs to regroup and figure this out... seriously. I don't really care for their name rebranding either:-)
So what are we to do? Stop watcying SyFy, I suppose... and go back to DVDs. LOL
I remember life before the Internet... information was much slower to gain, we had time to digest and to think. Today, information is everywhere and I just don't think our brains were meant this much stimuli. Despite neat programs like Yojimbo, etc, much of the time I use Postit Notes and some notebooks or notepads to keep information. More often than not, I will simply jot down a note or two in my IMAP account and save it in the DRAFTS folder, which I can later refer to.
I also think how one manage's data and information depends highly on your own individual circumstances, your upbringing and education. Some of us are more disciplined than others. Some of us (intellectuals) think laterally, while others (artistic) think more spatially. Though, I remember a show several years ago by a popular home-decor personality who revealed that even she has "piles" on her desk. Maybe it's just human nature?
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I work for a major *.edu -- we use VMware, we pay their exorbitant pricing, and subsequently get threats of additional fees for not renewing support on time (an amusing tactic). We don't really find ourselves using the fancy feature sets. In fact, a large part of our *.edu is going KVM -- probably for similar reasons, more likely pricing. As others have said, VMware continues to change their licensing models -- it ends up being nickle-and-diming for features, where I'd just rather pay one flat price and just be able to use the entire product. KVM/Xen, et al, are still being actively developed and hammered on. I don't see any reason why those products couldn't eventually, significantly supplant VMware in areas such as mine where they get the job done effectively. If we want support for KVM/Xen, we can pay for that... much less money in the end.
Oh how I dislike the Slashdot comment parsing :-)
What I posted there referred to sites that have a log-in-with (Twitter, FB, etc). :-)
I've been hacked twice, and it's because of these websites that feature a "log in with that have code to intercept your credentials. Either the website operator does it deliberately or the site has been backed to siphon the information.
So much fun spending an afternoon deleting spammy comments from my Twitter account because of this. It won't happen again -- when I visit a site that only allows login through another provider, poof I'm outta there.
If I ever get a car that has OnStar in it, the cables are getting clipped and equipment removed.
These devices (on most cars) have the ability to receive disable signals from the service, in the unfortunate case of being involved in a police chase (LOL). Seriously, no thanks. Wires clipped, in the trash. I'll paint the button a different color.
Maybe some ad blocking toilet paper :-)
I would use DeepFreeze by Faronics which would ensure that a reboot would clean out any crap that may have been written to the disk. Simple. We use that were I work for student systems, Macs, PCs, and Linux. The downside is any persistent cookies you *do* need will be lost also. But if you're that concerned about being tracked, it's a fair trade off.
Texas is close to the ocean, if they're going to spend money, why not also include desalinization equipment -- plenty of water there.
I also read a couple years ago about a device invented for the military (mostly) that would literally create water out of the air. All of this equipment would be terribly expensive to acquire. However if these weather patterns are to become the "norm", seems like it might be prudent to do so and to continue to think of solutions "outside of the box" of what we typically expect for solutions.
They could augment power constraints with massive solar and wind arrays.
But who's gonna pay for it :-)
Based on the criteria, we'd be "at war" with nearly every modern Internet-connected government in the world.
I wonder how *anyone* could trademark anything that originates from the United States Government when they are a non-related entity.
Well said! :-) LOL
SyFy has seen several GOOD shows come and go; some, like Caprica, were canceled rather nonchalantly and without much comment from SyFy. My sense is they are struggling, like many other media, with where to get funding along with reliance on an antiquated (IMHO) "ratings" system.
As with music, the cable/movie/television industry is going to have to jump on board with new technology and explore alternative content delivery and revenue mechanisms. These are already evolving out there. I would personally pay a premium if it meant shows like BSG or Caprica would (and could) continue to be produced. It could be that the sheer production costs of these ventures is so high, but they're going to have to figure out how to make it work -- just like everyone else.
I have pretty much stopped watching SyFy. Though I miss BSG and the other shows, to me "out of sight is out of mind" and I've long since moved on. They are marginalizing themselves. It's really disappointing.
"Imagine greater"? Yeah.... gotta work on that one ;-)
Well, that figures. So we can still look forward to overpriced items from Bose.
I half-expect(ed) Comcast to do the same thing. Reading their TOS, they clearly state they can analyze your traffic to determine what products you use, etc. etc. I just use a simple SSH proxy to an external system and bypass that.
Sounds like a good opportunity for some wild product/API that will (once your accounts are set up) migrate and/or replicate your data from one cloud to another. Sounds like a very difficult task, perhaps presently impossible, but I'd call it "Osmosis" :-)
An approach like this will almost certainly result in some hybridized outcome.
Since switching to the Mac, I've been very disappointed with the performance of Firefox on the Mac platform. My co-workers are dumping FF for Chrome, and I'm "almost there".
I hope Aurora (FF5) will finally fix these problems.
With all due respect, as I love Firefox, please improve its performance under OS X 10.x.
Why would they restrict the storage to two formats? What about OGG, etc? Why would they care?
SyFy has been suffering from the create-and-cancel syndrome that has plagued broadcast media. Too many programs are canceled due to a reliance upon an antiquated ratings system. Apart from being unfortunate, it irritates the heck out of me (and many I've corresponded with).
Part of this may just be growing pains as they search for different revenue streams. I for one would pay a subscription fee or whatever if it meant that shows like Farscape, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica (just canceled) and the like could live on.
SyFy's motto is "Imagine greater" yet they seem to be suffering from a brain disorder that doesn't allow them to think outside of their box. They should take advantage of new media such as Internet streaming services, get creative and the revenue streams will reappear. Shows like the aforementioned could continue to be broadcast over subscription-based, Internet streaming networks, etc.
Sure, I don't know a ton about production and I imagine it's terribly complex and competitive and costly. But gimme a break, SyFy.
In fact, I've pretty much stopped watching SyFy (I prefer SciFi) at this point. Everything I've enjoyed is canceled, other shows like Sanctuary are really starting to suck badly.
Seems like a pretty obvious oversight on their part. I emailed them a polite suggestion.
I presume the pages generated have some dynamic content delivered. It stands to reason that if a user decides to experience FB via HTTPS, the same should be assumed for the rest of the site.
The TV providers and networks are suffering similar growing pains as the music industry -- the Internet is a major game changer that is impossible to ignore. These providers continue to rely on what I feel to be an antiquated "ratings" system by which the fate of many good programs is ill decided.
Today, it's not unusual for programs to come and go, sometimes abruptly due to "ratings". This puts the content providers in a difficult position where they must either fight tooth and nail to preserve their way of existence or invest in new content delivery and revenue mechanisms. That's gonna be tough, ad revenue is something they have relied heavily upon.
We don't even have a regular Star Trek program to watch anymore - partly due to "ratings".
If I had the choice to either suffer the absence of a program I really enjoyed or to pay a subscription fee to receive programming over the Internet (say, to a DVR), I would happily pay.
Comcast thinks they can do whatever they want. That also has to change.
Our collective experience at work, as it relates to the iPhone in Cambridge, MA (and surrounding region) is that the AT&T network still lacks (put politely). I get dropped calls, spotty coverage and customer service doesn't really care about responding to complaints.
I realize that some of this is infrastructure related and that every carrier has issues -- but really, I'm so tired of the problems that even the glitter of a iPhone doesn't appeal much anymore. I'd rather have great coverage than a fancy phone. *shrug*
Just because a PayPal app might be handling data correctly doesn't mean another app isn't attaching to the keyboard TTY and sniffing your keystrokes, or accessing data through another mechanism. This is what happened to me on the iPhone with PayPal, and I got ripped off.
This is the risk we take with new technology. Everyone wants to jump on board without really understanding the inherent risks and assuming manufacturers like Apple (who was silent to my forensic evidence) does the right thing or is even capable of auditing every line of code. Early on, I am willing to bet the Apple App Store was rife with programs either inappropriately accessing or outright stealing personal data. Look at what's been going on with Android. There's a market for that stuff -- we must keep that in mind.
The bottom line for me is I will never do any "sensitive" (financial) type work on a mobile device.
I didn't go very high in math in my early school years; later in life I regret it... as it's been a lot more work catching up!
Math is much more than essential, it's vital. It also needs to be taught in different ways so that it appeals to kids of different backgrounds.
My teachers in school were dreadfully boring; I spent more time drawing cartoons of them than listening. But had they used a different approach, if they went into art and programming and .. maybe things would have been different.
Math is everywhere, whether we like it or not. I admit, now a days I even see math as "beautiful" from a certain perspective. The great masters of art knew this.
Just my 2 cents.
SyFy is losing its steam. Early on, they had quite an array of creative shows, all of which have either been canceled or are no longer aired. The original poster has a very good point, regarding the overall business model. A network like SyFy, or any other, is not some endless abyss of creative thought and ideas - some work, some don't - and not everyone is going to like all of it, but a lot of people like a little of each. There has to be a way to cater to all. Otherwise, why be in business?
I've seen other networks cancel shows, in my opinion, out of fear that their ratings would fall and they'd end in under an embarrassing note. In fact, it seems to be the thing to do today: create a great series, entice, cancel it and disappoint people.
I don't blame you for not watching Caprica. Personally, I think they could and should have mixed Caprica and BSG into a much richer story. BSG's problem is that the story wasn't moving very well. It seemed to drag and drag (remember Earth 2?), then it got really interesting and then canceled, leaving me confused, angry and wondering just WTF the politics inside SyFy were about -- as I admittedly don't understand the full business model.
Why SyFy disconnected Caprica at 1.0 and 1.5 for such a long period of time is a mystery to me. It certainly didn't help the show, you just can't do that. People lose interest very quickly in this day of shows that come and go. The right thing to do, in this case, would be to at least air all the episodes on one of their silly "marathons" (ie: the people in the studio are on vacation so let's' show repeats night) and at least allow us to reap the benefit of the story; if, as another poster says, indeed there is any substance to the story to begin with as I'm getting a little bored with the One True God thing. But that's just me.
From there, SyFy needs to regroup and figure this out... seriously. I don't really care for their name rebranding either :-)
So what are we to do? Stop watcying SyFy, I suppose... and go back to DVDs. LOL
I remember life before the Internet... information was much slower to gain, we had time to digest and to think. Today, information is everywhere and I just don't think our brains were meant this much stimuli. Despite neat programs like Yojimbo, etc, much of the time I use Postit Notes and some notebooks or notepads to keep information. More often than not, I will simply jot down a note or two in my IMAP account and save it in the DRAFTS folder, which I can later refer to.
I also think how one manage's data and information depends highly on your own individual circumstances, your upbringing and education. Some of us are more disciplined than others. Some of us (intellectuals) think laterally, while others (artistic) think more spatially. Though, I remember a show several years ago by a popular home-decor personality who revealed that even she has "piles" on her desk. Maybe it's just human nature?