This is a real problem everywhere.
I have the same doubts about urbanspoon.com which I no longer trust.
Exacerbated by companies like reputation.com.
The internet is proving once again to be less than it was cracked up to be.
OK so violence at many levels is down.
Someone has already mentioned economic inequality, and that's certainly a trend in the wrong direction.
And power is increasingly in the hands of a few who are increasingly entrenched.
Climate change, pollution, loss of habitat and loss of species are at crisis levels. Recovery will take hundreds of thousands of years!
The oceans are becoming a sterile garbage dump.
The very concept of privacy is being pushed aside.
Not to mention that violent crime and rape are at their lowest level since the 70's. The world is an awesome place now
Well, in the "real world" we run numerous applications because we have numerous LOBs.
And when the developers of the software (that the LOB wants) says "we only support db 'x'"... ...you get on with it.
We're not big enough to "force" the developers to port their applications, just for us.
We're not rich enough to develop all of our own apps.
So, like many (most) IT organizations, you have to ignore the idealists and Utopian views, and just serve the business.
Comments like "real SQL server" are unconstructive at best.
Yes, this is a real concern - I am worried that 4 & 6 core servers will not be available much longer.
And I am pretty sure that in a db environment, 2 sockets with 6 cores each will handily outperform a single socket with 12 cores...
mass distribution of corporate created, centrally distributed content to an ignorant, consumption only masses which are treated with disdain and objects of manipulation by the elite...[blah blah blah]...psychologically manipulate and control a feeble and dim witted public
Years back, teen pregnancy was very rare. A handful in a state.
Bullshit. It was prolific. Were you born last year?
I know, I was poor. I was unemployed and the 'case workers' at the unemployment office actually told me NOT to look for work and they would 'take care of me.
This stinks as much as the rest of your story. Again, I call bullshit.
Facebook explicitly says they do not allow you to delete your account.
"If you don't think you'll use Facebook again, you can request to have your account permanently deleted. Please keep in mind that you won't be able to reactivate your account or retrieve anything you've added."
Why a lack of anonymity is a nightmare to you? Is it because you don't live in a free country and the only way you can express your ideas without going to jail afterward is with anonymity?
Because the idea of someone *else* making money by selling *my* personal data is abhorrent?
If I'm going to sell my emails (etc) at least I should get the money.
This happens all of the time nowadays. No surprise at all.
Web site owners pour through their logs, and can subscribe to a service that identifies the owner of that IP.
So, they know who has looked at what web pages.
Slashdot Mirror
Even the "designer" models now have fake chimes and an electronic synthesizer with a speaker.
The sound is not even close.
So, to summarize:
The world is an awesome place because:
1) it's safer for humans
2) we have lots of shiny stuff
That is so anthropocentric it's unbelievable.
This is a real problem everywhere.
I have the same doubts about urbanspoon.com which I no longer trust.
Exacerbated by companies like reputation.com.
The internet is proving once again to be less than it was cracked up to be.
Not to mention that violent crime and rape are at their lowest level since the 70's. The world is an awesome place now
That's a very narrow assessment.
How will they keep that much salad fresh anyways?
Well, in the "real world" we run numerous applications because we have numerous LOBs.
...you get on with it.
And when the developers of the software (that the LOB wants) says "we only support db 'x'"...
We're not big enough to "force" the developers to port their applications, just for us.
We're not rich enough to develop all of our own apps.
So, like many (most) IT organizations, you have to ignore the idealists and Utopian views, and just serve the business.
Comments like "real SQL server" are unconstructive at best.
Yes, this is a real concern - I am worried that 4 & 6 core servers will not be available much longer.
And I am pretty sure that in a db environment, 2 sockets with 6 cores each will handily outperform a single socket with 12 cores...
An oldie, but one of the greats...http://www.theonion.com/articles/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades,11056/
As opposed to the current state?
(Still) Only ten years away.
HAHAHA
OK, the only country dumb enough to be caught?
but is there any way to share this sort of information electronically
Write it by hand.
Photocopy it on an analog copier, or if you can't find one, use carbon paper.
Send it by post.
Safer than any encrypted email.
...to understanding women!
And yes, many (most?) other countries work the same way
So, you are saying that the Bahamas records every cell phone call made in the US?
Simultaneously, I'll bet.
A lot of bitching here about politics and the political system.
In my view, the problem is cultural, not political.
Does this give us a free pass to revolt now?
You need a pass????
Years back, teen pregnancy was very rare. A handful in a state.
Bullshit. It was prolific. Were you born last year?
I know, I was poor. I was unemployed and the 'case workers' at the unemployment office actually told me NOT to look for work and they would 'take care of me.
This stinks as much as the rest of your story. Again, I call bullshit.
Facebook explicitly says they do not allow you to delete your account.
"If you don't think you'll use Facebook again, you can request to have your account permanently deleted. Please keep in mind that you won't be able to reactivate your account or retrieve anything you've added."
Deactivation != Deletion
Why a lack of anonymity is a nightmare to you? Is it because you don't live in a free country and the only way you can express your ideas without going to jail afterward is with anonymity?
Because the idea of someone *else* making money by selling *my* personal data is abhorrent?
If I'm going to sell my emails (etc) at least I should get the money.
This happens all of the time nowadays. No surprise at all.
Web site owners pour through their logs, and can subscribe to a service that identifies the owner of that IP.
So, they know who has looked at what web pages.
From there, it's pretty easy stuff.
According to NASA at http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap08... there were about 19,000 planes in the air over the USA (daily maximum, 2008 statistic).
Worldwide, make that (guesstimate) 60,000 planes.
That's a lot of telemetry.
You see, boys and girls?
Continuous surveillance of the planet with high-resolution satellites is good!
Bitrot is the enemy, especially when you call it "Archival".
Agreed.
Just because we *can* make this technology, doesn't mean that we *should*.