Engineering solutions exist for every problem in the world
Price, quality, service: pick any two:
(1) a high quality solution provided quickly is expensive (2) a high quality solution provided slowly is cheap (3) a low quality solution provided quickly is cheap
In the 21st century, given the corporate mindset of privatizing profits and socializing losses, engineering usually delivers #3.
Ignorance frequently leads to astonishment. I assume you work in the nuk-u-lar industry. Want to know more about the history of subterfuge in the atomic power industry? Read We Almost Lost Detroit. Many well meaning people thought nuclear power was safe. To quote Sinclair Lewis: It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
That pattern of thought, combined with a general corporate mindset of privatizing profits and socializing losses, is what led to the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Yes - when you have TV images of reactor containment buildings blowing up one after the other, that's pretty much a disaster.
that would actually make me feel better - hopefully they are incompetent. as a friend of mine once said "let the corruption in the system work for you..."
Middle class income and domestic manufacturing employment peaked in 1977. At that time, a high-school grad could make a good living as a machinist, welder or in some other responsible trade.
A few NAFTA-type agreements and many financial regulatory repeals later, HS grads can't find a job that would support any family with any level of comfort.
I'd say we hit our peak in '77. Been downhill ever since.
I was also thinking about the poster's "Non-lethal grenade launchers are common" - yeah, they're non-lethal until you point them at someone's face - just ask the Iraqi war vet in Oakland who got beaned in the head by a tear gas canister (or was it a rubber projectile? - but i digress...)
There's a reason that Comet, Clorox and Raid state "Do not use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling" - you can kill someone with this stuff when "applied incorrectly".
The cops won't even have to get out of their cars - they'll call in an airstrike on speeders, then call the dept of public works to clean up the wreckage and fill in the new pothole.
Seriously, where did you think all this pilotless drone technology was going to eventually end up, anyway?
"First they blew up the Taliban, and I did not care. Then they blew up Al-Queda, and I did not care. Then they blew up unlawful combatants, and I did not care. Then they blew up some American who who hated our freedoms but was not in America, and I started to wonder where this was headed...
Then Texas bought these pilotless drones; and it was too late. .."
Well, the handwriting on the screen looks like it was done with a Sharpie fine-point: not as broad as a Magic Marker, but certainly much smaller line width than 1/4 inch...
I just use a legal pad and transcribe my notes. Not everything needs to be a "science project"...
I think the other thing they brought to tech was a non-tech perspective.
Apple starts with the perceived optimal user experience and works backwards to apply technology.
HP, Dell, et al start with a feature list which defines the user experience by default.
This approach worked well when tech was (mostly) the realm of technologists.
Apple was ahead of its time, which cost it dearly in marketshare.
Now the world has caught up to Apple (so to speak) which is how they have achieved 30+% growth selling relatively expensive products during the worst economic downturn in 80 years.
NUK-Alert. Google it. It's a $175 portable detector in keychain form factor. I have one. They are simple to use. If you start hearing more than 10 "pings" in 30 seconds, move to a less "hot" locale...
so, does that mean the truckers will begin reporting all the boob-flashes, boners, blow-jobs, bonking, beating of kids and bong-hits they witness from high atop their 18-wheelers? i see a reality series in the making here...
I guess I need to remind you that this program is being put in place and run by the liberals.
you're undermining your own argument. last time i checked TSA was started by Bush and continued and enabled by Obama. It's not the liberals or conservatives, it's the security industrial complex - you know, the "1%" of govt contractors who are supposedly watching all the surveillance cameras and crotch-groping we have now.
Until we get over the "left vs right" paradigm and focus on a "right vs wrong" paradigm this kind of crap will prevail no matter which party is in power..
your first statement is nonsense, your second statement is 100% right-on. and who would want to live in louisiana anyway? mosquitos, gators, hurricanes & rednecks. no thanks.
My point exactly - the Android phones are equally un-free; the original poster's comments about "expensive" iPhones vs cheap/free Androids was equally nonsensical.
Slashdot Mirror
I receive google news alerts in gmail from google that are always marked as spam.
Even when i've marked them as not spam more than 100 times, they continue to be flagged as spam. Same for gmail password resets.
WTF is that, artificial ignorance? If their voice recognition is engineered like their spam recognition, Apple's gonna eat their lunch.
At google, does PhD stand for "pointy headed developers"?
Engineering solutions exist for every problem in the world
Price, quality, service: pick any two:
(1) a high quality solution provided quickly is expensive
(2) a high quality solution provided slowly is cheap
(3) a low quality solution provided quickly is cheap
In the 21st century, given the corporate mindset of privatizing profits and socializing losses, engineering usually delivers #3.
This report begs to differ with your assessment.
Ignorance frequently leads to astonishment. I assume you work in the nuk-u-lar industry. Want to know more about the history of subterfuge in the atomic power industry? Read We Almost Lost Detroit. Many well meaning people thought nuclear power was safe. To quote Sinclair Lewis: It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
That pattern of thought, combined with a general corporate mindset of privatizing profits and socializing losses, is what led to the Fukushima nuclear disaster . Yes - when you have TV images of reactor containment buildings blowing up one after the other, that's pretty much a disaster.
highly vocal support on slashdot and other right-wing sites
slashdot is right wing? who moved the goal posts?
This is more functional and portable - no stylus required. Steve Jobs hated styluses...
Damn - we're too late - it's already started.
How far is this zombie fever outbreak from the Monroeville Mall in Pennsylvania where George Romero filmed "Dawn Of The Dead"?
If someone has 'zombie fever', go for the double-tap.
that would actually make me feel better - hopefully they are incompetent. as a friend of mine once said "let the corruption in the system work for you..."
Middle class income and domestic manufacturing employment peaked in 1977. At that time, a high-school grad could make a good living as a machinist, welder or in some other responsible trade.
A few NAFTA-type agreements and many financial regulatory repeals later, HS grads can't find a job that would support any family with any level of comfort.
I'd say we hit our peak in '77. Been downhill ever since.
I was also thinking about the poster's "Non-lethal grenade launchers are common" - yeah, they're non-lethal until you point them at someone's face - just ask the Iraqi war vet in Oakland who got beaned in the head by a tear gas canister (or was it a rubber projectile? - but i digress...)
There's a reason that Comet, Clorox and Raid state "Do not use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling" - you can kill someone with this stuff when "applied incorrectly".
The cops won't even have to get out of their cars - they'll call in an airstrike on speeders, then call the dept of public works to clean up the wreckage and fill in the new pothole.
Seriously, where did you think all this pilotless drone technology was going to eventually end up, anyway?
"First they blew up the Taliban, and I did not care. Then they blew up Al-Queda, and I did not care. Then they blew up unlawful combatants, and I did not care. Then they blew up some American who who hated our freedoms but was not in America, and I started to wonder where this was headed...
Then Texas bought these pilotless drones; and it was too late. . ."
Texas - It's Like A Whole 'Nother Planet!
Not to mention TV shows (how can it be "piracy" to download them when they are free to record over the air?) in HD, with commercials stripped out.
Demonoid is better IMHO. + iPredator, priceless, literally!
According to the article, Jobs was leasing a different Mercedes every six months, for years on end.
Any speculation regarding what fanboys would pay for those cars now?
Fortunately, the grownups are in charge and not a bunch of self important children who think the entire universe revolves around them.
Since 2008, maybe not so much... Or was it 2001?
Well, the handwriting on the screen looks like it was done with a Sharpie fine-point: not as broad as a Magic Marker, but certainly much smaller line width than 1/4 inch...
I just use a legal pad and transcribe my notes. Not everything needs to be a "science project"...
Actually, "there's an app for that" - our business analyst employs a funny looking pen and NoteTaker HD.
I've not used it but he seems quite productive.
I think the other thing they brought to tech was a non-tech perspective.
Apple starts with the perceived optimal user experience and works backwards to apply technology.
HP, Dell, et al start with a feature list which defines the user experience by default.
This approach worked well when tech was (mostly) the realm of technologists.
Apple was ahead of its time, which cost it dearly in marketshare.
Now the world has caught up to Apple (so to speak) which is how they have achieved 30+% growth selling relatively expensive products during the worst economic downturn in 80 years.
because iPads and Android tablets suck ass for taking notes.
In every business meeting i'm in lately (I'm in a LOT of them) there are at least two people using iPads and aPads to take notes.
I agree that a touchscreen KB sucks; as humans evolve I guess we'll develop sucker pads for fingertips (like a gecko)...
You're going to laugh - it went off once in the parking lot @ Whole Foods here in Denver.
The device 'clicks' very softly every 20 seconds so that you know it's functional. The battery lasts 20 years, and the device has a lifetome warranty
The package brochure states that you can have your dentist give it a shot with his x-ray to confirm function.
NUK-Alert. Google it. It's a $175 portable detector in keychain form factor. I have one. They are simple to use. If you start hearing more than 10 "pings" in 30 seconds, move to a less "hot" locale...
I've always thought "yahoo" was the absolute stupidest name ever for a search engine or anything else. where i'm from, a yahoo is an idiot...
what kills me is when you see an ad for something like "nanodyne.com" but the contact email address is "nanodyne@yahoo.com" !?!?
i'm immune - i keep MY data in the cloud! :-p
so, does that mean the truckers will begin reporting all the boob-flashes, boners, blow-jobs, bonking, beating of kids and bong-hits they witness from high atop their 18-wheelers? i see a reality series in the making here...
I guess I need to remind you that this program is being put in place and run by the liberals.
you're undermining your own argument. last time i checked TSA was started by Bush and continued and enabled by Obama. It's not the liberals or conservatives, it's the security industrial complex - you know, the "1%" of govt contractors who are supposedly watching all the surveillance cameras and crotch-groping we have now.
Until we get over the "left vs right" paradigm and focus on a "right vs wrong" paradigm this kind of crap will prevail no matter which party is in power..
your first statement is nonsense, your second statement is 100% right-on. and who would want to live in louisiana anyway? mosquitos, gators, hurricanes & rednecks. no thanks.
Point taken. An unlocked iPhone 4s starts at $700. That is effen expensive.
I don't know if the 3GS is still available unlocked, and I have no knowledge of unlocked android phone prices.
And by unlocked we mean shipped unlocked, not jailbroken...
My point exactly - the Android phones are equally un-free; the original poster's comments about "expensive" iPhones vs cheap/free Androids was equally nonsensical.
It's all about the contract, baby...