They'll probably change the name; Royal Mail sounds so terribly stuffy. Granted it has almost universal brand recognition in the UK, and is pretty well regarded by the public, but what does that matter to us consultants? Tear it down and build a new sexy Royal Mail. We'll draw venn diagrams for three days, play a few team building exercises, and will come out with a new name. Chlamydia is a pretty cool name for the business - I think it was one of the characters in 300. Can we get more flip charts and crayons in here, please?
Things will likely go the same as with every other UK public service that has been privitized: The service will get worse, costs for consumers and end-users will go up, fewer workers will be paid less, but some 'top executives' will be brought in to 'clean things up' and make a mint.
Privatisation will bring much needed investment to allow Royal Mail to transition away from boring letters and stuff. By scaling back deliveries, they'll use the cost savings to open a chain of fucking gastro-pubs. You remember the "Consignia" debacle? A great example of why so many management consultants need to die.
So I find these sorts of comments interesting. You use your N7 for "checking" your email. Do you use it for REPLYING to email? I find it amazingly annoying to write anything longer than a tweet on a touchscreen, regardless of the input method. The instant you add a keyboard to a tablet, it isn't a tablet, it's an incredibly non-ergonomic mini-laptop with pieces that fall apart. I have the email client set up on my tablet (currently a Memopad HD7, comparable to N7) and I *READ* email on it but I practically never REPLY to email on it. I save the replies for when I've got a keyboard. Consume on tablet. Produce on laptop
You're kind of in the same boat as people who decried the mouse and GUI. I wouldn't want to spend hours typing on a tablet any more than I'd sit on the sofa with a notepad and pen - it'd leave my muscles aching from the strain of remaining in odd positions for extended periods of time. I wouldn't much enjoy writing a long email of the kind that requires sections and clever formatting to guide the reader. For typical emails I'm fine with the onscreen keyboard.
I share your misgivings. While it's great to have some kind of word processing and spreadsheet functionality on the go, I don't see Office being a killer application for tablets.
Sure, if US forces as a matter of standard practice had been specifically targeting civillian non-combatants or if they have been reckless in preventing unnecessary deaths.
It becomes terrorism when civilians are specifically targeted, which is arguably less moral than attacking military targets. Of course things get a bit blurred when an enemy purposefully hides among a civilian population. Then it comes down to intent and due care taken to minimise civilian casualties.
Then he wonders why Linux adoption rate on the desktop is nearly zero.
Any soccer mom reading this will think Linux is an OS developed by some 12-year-old dumbass, and will obviously refuse to use it..
Yeah, definitely. I'd be surprised if this doesn't shift at least 30% of soccer moms over to FreeBSD or Haiku. Sure they might keep Linux on some of their servers, but their desktops are almost certainly going to be switched away from Linux. Well done, Linus!
They have about 100 grand or so (according to Wikipedia), which is nowhere near what they need. Even if they raised 100 times this amount, each year, for the next 10 years (based on a launch in around 2023) they'll still have less than 5% of the 6 billion dollars they're supposed to need for this. Even then, 6 billion seems pretty optimistic.
The advisory board has some interesting names attached to it. Even so, this smells like a boondoggle. I just don't see how they can meet their funding targets and somehow overcome the many technical issues that stand in their way. The latter is certainly problematic if they're a little short on engineers.
I seem to recall Mac OS from around the same time doing this. I fail to see what's so special about that.
I'm going from memory here, but I'm fairly sure that audio CD tracks could not be dragged from an audio CD. Mac OS presented the files as AIFF, but they couldn't be copied over. You'd either play with Apple CD Audio Player (if that's the name of the application?) or would need something like SoundJam to rip them.
On the codec thing, Mac OS and QuickTime had this capability for a long time. Any application using QuickTime APIs could use codecs installed in to QuickTime. I'm pretty sure that's been the case since at least QuickTime 2.5 (97/98).
It's not a good comparison. Audio is audio, regardless of duration. Compression of audio is governed mainly by the type of content, how it'll be delivered, and the resources available for playback. e.g. spoken word content for local iPhone playback.
Video, in the context of compression, can be compressed more efficiently through interframe compression. With this approach, each frame may not actually be stored as a discrete image, although it may be rendered this way during playback. e.g. what's the point in having 30 seconds of a scene stored as unconnected images when 60% of the background remains unchanged? Rather than see video as being akin to a flip book, see it as being assets and instructions for how to render them.
Why is dropping price such big news? It happens all the time for a phone and is routine. Multiple Android phones have received multiple price cuts. But it's only big news if it's a Windows Phone since Slashdot seems to have axe to grind. Recently the Nexus 4 got reduced to a firesale price of $199 unlocked.
Timothy.
Also another fallacy I see in these kind of posts is "the price dropped by 33%!". Or, "the price dropped by half!"! All while referring to the on contract price. While the "price" may have dropped from $100 to $50, the OEM still getting ~$450 compared to $500 earlier. That's a 10% drop, not 50%!
Which products are affected by this? I'm aware of the Barracuda Networks backdoors. Are these backdoors exploits, or intended? If intended, any idea for whom they are intended?
You can avoid arrest in the UK through a number of useful strategies:
1) Fact: A policeman cannot legally arrest you if they're not wearing their hat. Steal their hat and they can't do anything about it.
2) Fact: It's perfectly legal to urinate in public so long as it's done on the back wheel of a car, while keeping one hand on the vehicle. Do this on a police car.
3) If arrested (obviously for reasons unrelated to points 1 and 2) refuse to answer to your name. Explain that you are a sovereign citizen, and that you acknowledge neither the entity to which they refer nor their authority over you. If they won't let you go then demand they respect the United Federation of Planets' Prime Directive, and urinate on the arresting officer. Under cat law, the act of urinating on something makes it the property of the urinator.
4) Get a job at HSBC. Gun running, drug smuggling - it's all good when your employer is too big to fail.
I am not a lawyer. Nothing in this post should be construed as creating an attorney client relationship.
Do have any solid numbers for this? I was trying to get a comparison but haven't had much luck. It's either based on news articles from 2012, describing losses by airlines, or it's a slightly esoteric method of calculating shipping company losses from insurance costs.
Stealing other people's work is all Apple know how to do. Not one of their big "innovations", from the iPod to the iPhone and iPad are anything but knock offs of other people's work right down to stolen styling.
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They'll probably change the name; Royal Mail sounds so terribly stuffy. Granted it has almost universal brand recognition in the UK, and is pretty well regarded by the public, but what does that matter to us consultants? Tear it down and build a new sexy Royal Mail. We'll draw venn diagrams for three days, play a few team building exercises, and will come out with a new name. Chlamydia is a pretty cool name for the business - I think it was one of the characters in 300. Can we get more flip charts and crayons in here, please?
Things will likely go the same as with every other UK public service that has been privitized: The service will get worse, costs for consumers and end-users will go up, fewer workers will be paid less, but some 'top executives' will be brought in to 'clean things up' and make a mint.
Privatisation will bring much needed investment to allow Royal Mail to transition away from boring letters and stuff. By scaling back deliveries, they'll use the cost savings to open a chain of fucking gastro-pubs. You remember the "Consignia" debacle? A great example of why so many management consultants need to die.
It's not uncommon for the big TV (and nice sound system) to be in the living room, while in other rooms there would be smaller and cheaper boxes.
So I find these sorts of comments interesting. You use your N7 for "checking" your email. Do you use it for REPLYING to email? I find it amazingly annoying to write anything longer than a tweet on a touchscreen, regardless of the input method. The instant you add a keyboard to a tablet, it isn't a tablet, it's an incredibly non-ergonomic mini-laptop with pieces that fall apart. I have the email client set up on my tablet (currently a Memopad HD7, comparable to N7) and I *READ* email on it but I practically never REPLY to email on it. I save the replies for when I've got a keyboard. Consume on tablet. Produce on laptop
You're kind of in the same boat as people who decried the mouse and GUI. I wouldn't want to spend hours typing on a tablet any more than I'd sit on the sofa with a notepad and pen - it'd leave my muscles aching from the strain of remaining in odd positions for extended periods of time. I wouldn't much enjoy writing a long email of the kind that requires sections and clever formatting to guide the reader. For typical emails I'm fine with the onscreen keyboard.
I share your misgivings. While it's great to have some kind of word processing and spreadsheet functionality on the go, I don't see Office being a killer application for tablets.
Sure, if US forces as a matter of standard practice had been specifically targeting civillian non-combatants or if they have been reckless in preventing unnecessary deaths.
That's why I asked. The Hong Kong situation was very different, but I agree that it will most likely be a peaceful reunion.
It becomes terrorism when civilians are specifically targeted, which is arguably less moral than attacking military targets. Of course things get a bit blurred when an enemy purposefully hides among a civilian population. Then it comes down to intent and due care taken to minimise civilian casualties.
The Chinese can't afford a war. They will try to get Taiwan, HongKong style.
How did they get Hong Kong?
That is my real name you insensitive clod!
Sorry, Mr/Ms Lumpy.
Then he wonders why Linux adoption rate on the desktop is nearly zero.
Any soccer mom reading this will think Linux is an OS developed by some 12-year-old dumbass, and will obviously refuse to use it..
Yeah, definitely. I'd be surprised if this doesn't shift at least 30% of soccer moms over to FreeBSD or Haiku. Sure they might keep Linux on some of their servers, but their desktops are almost certainly going to be switched away from Linux. Well done, Linus!
All said by someone without the balls to post as themselves.
Yeah, not like us ex-military types who have the balls to post under our real pseudo identities.
Does AC even lift?
They have about 100 grand or so (according to Wikipedia), which is nowhere near what they need. Even if they raised 100 times this amount, each year, for the next 10 years (based on a launch in around 2023) they'll still have less than 5% of the 6 billion dollars they're supposed to need for this. Even then, 6 billion seems pretty optimistic.
The advisory board has some interesting names attached to it. Even so, this smells like a boondoggle. I just don't see how they can meet their funding targets and somehow overcome the many technical issues that stand in their way. The latter is certainly problematic if they're a little short on engineers.
A microscope is a science tool. Can that count as evidence?
Yeah, you're right. I forgot the context and conflated codecs with formats.
I seem to recall Mac OS from around the same time doing this. I fail to see what's so special about that.
I'm going from memory here, but I'm fairly sure that audio CD tracks could not be dragged from an audio CD. Mac OS presented the files as AIFF, but they couldn't be copied over. You'd either play with Apple CD Audio Player (if that's the name of the application?) or would need something like SoundJam to rip them.
On the codec thing, Mac OS and QuickTime had this capability for a long time. Any application using QuickTime APIs could use codecs installed in to QuickTime. I'm pretty sure that's been the case since at least QuickTime 2.5 (97/98).
It's not a good comparison. Audio is audio, regardless of duration. Compression of audio is governed mainly by the type of content, how it'll be delivered, and the resources available for playback. e.g. spoken word content for local iPhone playback.
Video, in the context of compression, can be compressed more efficiently through interframe compression. With this approach, each frame may not actually be stored as a discrete image, although it may be rendered this way during playback. e.g. what's the point in having 30 seconds of a scene stored as unconnected images when 60% of the background remains unchanged? Rather than see video as being akin to a flip book, see it as being assets and instructions for how to render them.
PS. slashdot UTF-8 support is awsome!
It's coming in 2067. In Slashdot's defence - no other world wide web site supports UTF-8, and Slashdot is not aimed at a technical audience.
Why is dropping price such big news? It happens all the time for a phone and is routine. Multiple Android phones have received multiple price cuts. But it's only big news if it's a Windows Phone since Slashdot seems to have axe to grind. Recently the Nexus 4 got reduced to a firesale price of $199 unlocked.
Timothy.
Also another fallacy I see in these kind of posts is "the price dropped by 33%!". Or, "the price dropped by half!"! All while referring to the on contract price. While the "price" may have dropped from $100 to $50, the OEM still getting ~$450 compared to $500 earlier. That's a 10% drop, not 50%!
Timothy.
Lest we forget...
http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/cbs-cnet-at-center-of-2013-ces-best-of-show-scandal/
Which products are affected by this? I'm aware of the Barracuda Networks backdoors. Are these backdoors exploits, or intended? If intended, any idea for whom they are intended?
Posting during a break from your SEAL activities?
You can avoid arrest in the UK through a number of useful strategies:
1) Fact: A policeman cannot legally arrest you if they're not wearing their hat. Steal their hat and they can't do anything about it.
2) Fact: It's perfectly legal to urinate in public so long as it's done on the back wheel of a car, while keeping one hand on the vehicle. Do this on a police car.
3) If arrested (obviously for reasons unrelated to points 1 and 2) refuse to answer to your name. Explain that you are a sovereign citizen, and that you acknowledge neither the entity to which they refer nor their authority over you. If they won't let you go then demand they respect the United Federation of Planets' Prime Directive, and urinate on the arresting officer. Under cat law, the act of urinating on something makes it the property of the urinator.
4) Get a job at HSBC. Gun running, drug smuggling - it's all good when your employer is too big to fail.
I am not a lawyer. Nothing in this post should be construed as creating an attorney client relationship.
Do have any solid numbers for this? I was trying to get a comparison but haven't had much luck. It's either based on news articles from 2012, describing losses by airlines, or it's a slightly esoteric method of calculating shipping company losses from insurance costs.
Stealing other people's work is all Apple know how to do. Not one of their big "innovations", from the iPod to the iPhone and iPad are anything but knock offs of other people's work right down to stolen styling.
Tell me about your relationship with your mother.