Jobs or anyone like him isn't the type of chap you want to hang around the pub with. To reach this level you have to be dedicated, intense, focused, and somewhat single minded. This leads to tons of ego and an abrasive if not abusive character. This not just applies to business but government and academics as well. One also accumulates a lot of enemies on the way to the top.
Many forget the definition of faith. Evidence doesn't matter. Faith by definition is a belief in something that can't be proved or truly understood. It's not open to debate. It's a personal choice and should be respected. Those that lack it, can never understand it. There seems to exist a universal human need to embrace it, regardless of motive. I personally lack it, but honestly wish I didn't.
If the OS was perfect, think of the IT jobs that would be lost. I remember a few years ago watching a tech TV show. The interviewer was hassling some guy that just wrote a book on XP. He kept saying what we really need is a smart computer we can talk to like HAL. The author looked at him and replied, "Well we know how bloody well that turned out".
In all these Enterprise threads someone always blames the music for the shows failing. I want to at last take the position that I like the song, and think it very appropriate for the lead in and the show itself. It may not be opera, but dammit Jim I'm an engineer, not a composer.
You need to be aware of the consequences of your actions. Ignorance is no excuse is just about a global standard. The US Department of Justice can even prosecute a US citizens that breaks US laws out side the US, even if it's legal in the country where the offense if committed. People have been arrested at airports after, "Sex Holidays", abroad. This was enacted by the Clinton Administration as a human rights act to reduce sex crimes against children abroad.
NDA's are important to the industry, but how many companies do you think was involved in bidding for production of the mini? Those specs was floating around the industry for months. I can't decide if this is real or a PR stunt for free press. With Jobs it could be either one.
Record this date if this is the first you've heard of this project. They have unleashed a whirlwind, and we are the dust. I don't necessarily believe that but I enjoyed writing it.
The show is offered for limited syndication. My local CBS channel airs it, but moved it last Fall to 5:00 pm Monday. What does that tell you? The show is too expensive for most non-UPN station to buy, especially with low ratings. The only winner in this stunt is the LA times classified department.
Get these Crime scene wantabies in the field for a day. Go into a house in Summer to bag a three day old corpse. When you roll it over about 30 seconds of putrid gas boils out the anus and mouth. There's glamor for you. I don't want to do that anymore for any amount of money. Younger people have a morbid fascination with death. As you get older and closer to the inevitable you don't like to think about it as much.
These type systems either use floor ducting on a AC system designed for multiple cabinets/rack, or a dedicated freon cooling system. In the days of mainframes you would have a dedicated chiller system just for the computer room. The air and power was routed in by a modular floor grid system.
This isn't about actual damage, but about PR. By getting to the dull witted press that will report that OSX isn't any better than XP, and will over exaggerate the possibilities of the exploit. It may also get the attention of a few worm/virus coders and script kiddies who may think it's fun to stick it to Jobs and the stereotypical Apple snobs.
For some reason I remember the big color ads Northgate ran in the early 90's. I used to drool imagining USP dropping off boxes. I still have one of those original Northgate keyboards. The thing's built like a tank with real springs. IBM keyboards were good, but the Northgate had 101 keys with redundant F keys on the side and top. It seems silly now, but not when you were clicking through a Lotus123 spreadsheet and mice was just an Apple thing.
I know there are a lot of scifi romantics out there, but this was always a commercial product, made with the intent to make money. Do you think Gene Roddenberry pitched Star Trek to the networks to enlighten the human race? It's simple; create it, milk it, kill it when finished. Besides there's little art left in major films anyway. It's all boring effects for the gaming generation. All of the good ideas are already taken. Its a matter of who can retell them better.
MS hires very talented young programmers and traps them in corporate bloat and arrogance. The current XP problems are mostly due to the insistence on backwards compatibility and constant recycling and cobbling of code. I can't imagine how longhorn will not continue this trend. It's regrettable no competition is in sight. Capitalism can't seem to embrace open source, thus the problem with Linux. Apple can afford to be a little more daring due to the mindset of their user base, but MS is mired in conservative practices.
It's easy to make judgments about how people fight death if you haven't been there. The wealthy has always had better heath options, even when working the system. Do the rich rely on Nation Health? If you're a millionaire you aren't going to be worried if your insurance policy denies coverage for an expensive procedure. You write a bloody check and get it anyway. All transplant patience are evaluated almost daily for eligibility. You can be too well, or too sick to qualify for any given organ. That's not even including the complications of tissue match and geography.
You overestimate the average voter. They'll line up and pay the man like the good sheep they are. They don't understand the argument or the technology, and don't want to. Slashdot is the fringe brother.
Your ISP can identify the hash marks. Several Comcast subscribers have been put on notice for downloading movies and Adobe files. They were told to destroy the downloaded files and that the legal copyright owners had been notified. I don't have the link but google the particulars.
Many will be sick as a dog from Space Adaptive Syndrome for the first 2 or 3 days. The last I've read they didn't medicate astronauts for it, but I guess a tourist could get drugs to help. This is about bragging rights and weightless sex. If you examine the physics behind microgravity sex, it may not be as good as it sounds, Newtons 1st for instance.
I remember buying 5 XT clones in the late 80's. I asked the fellow if it came with software, and he he told me not really, but it wouldn't be a problem. When he delivered them he had floppies with copies of DOS, Lotus123, and a word processor. The computers was used for years this way. People were always passing around floppies of software. It wasn't legal, just want to point out piracy has been around as long as software, and they've always priced it accordingly.
The roll over to digital will be full of problems, but I doubt the public will view this as a major problem. This isn't going to out law PVRs. It may make it very difficult to dump content from the PVR to a DVD burner. Shows will be time stamped, so they could be locked on a PVR after a period of time. For years to come, many households will be using a DAC device to watch TV on a NTSC set, or getting conversion from a cable box. The cable companies are the ones to watch. They would love to put TIVO out of business so they can push their own devices and Video on Demand.
Anyone should be scared of the Chinese. They play chess, while we play checkers. They have a stable government that allows them to plan in decades. We flip flop every 4 to 8 years at the least. The Chinese contributed to the fall of the former USSR as much as the US did. The Soviets where more worried about China than they ever were about the West. By the way the Chinese aren't going to whimper and cry for years over a single crew. They simply make a few banners with their pictures on it and rack up another crew for launch. The west has really gone too far with the value of the individual.
Do you believe only the former USSR had biological payloads for ICBMs, cruise missiles and in theater weapons? There are things that can't be said for a long time to come.
I believe I read Office Assistant code came from MS Bob. The now Melinda Gates was involved with that project. That's how Bill met her. You see Bill has a sentimental and romantic side, that's why we still have Clippy.
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Jobs or anyone like him isn't the type of chap you want to hang around the pub with. To reach this level you have to be dedicated, intense, focused, and somewhat single minded. This leads to tons of ego and an abrasive if not abusive character. This not just applies to business but government and academics as well. One also accumulates a lot of enemies on the way to the top.
Many forget the definition of faith. Evidence doesn't matter. Faith by definition is a belief in something that can't be proved or truly understood. It's not open to debate. It's a personal choice and should be respected. Those that lack it, can never understand it. There seems to exist a universal human need to embrace it, regardless of motive. I personally lack it, but honestly wish I didn't.
If the OS was perfect, think of the IT jobs that would be lost. I remember a few years ago watching a tech TV show. The interviewer was hassling some guy that just wrote a book on XP. He kept saying what we really need is a smart computer we can talk to like HAL. The author looked at him and replied, "Well we know how bloody well that turned out".
In all these Enterprise threads someone always blames the music for the shows failing. I want to at last take the position that I like the song, and think it very appropriate for the lead in and the show itself. It may not be opera, but dammit Jim I'm an engineer, not a composer.
You need to be aware of the consequences of your actions. Ignorance is no excuse is just about a global standard. The US Department of Justice can even prosecute a US citizens that breaks US laws out side the US, even if it's legal in the country where the offense if committed. People have been arrested at airports after, "Sex Holidays", abroad. This was enacted by the Clinton Administration as a human rights act to reduce sex crimes against children abroad.
NDA's are important to the industry, but how many companies do you think was involved in bidding for production of the mini? Those specs was floating around the industry for months. I can't decide if this is real or a PR stunt for free press. With Jobs it could be either one.
Record this date if this is the first you've heard of this project. They have unleashed a whirlwind, and we are the dust. I don't necessarily believe that but I enjoyed writing it.
The show is offered for limited syndication. My local CBS channel airs it, but moved it last Fall to 5:00 pm Monday. What does that tell you? The show is too expensive for most non-UPN station to buy, especially with low ratings. The only winner in this stunt is the LA times classified department.
I remember reading a list of common passwords, and NCC1701 was in the top 100, along with subsequent C and D model. You know who you are.
Get these Crime scene wantabies in the field for a day. Go into a house in Summer to bag a three day old corpse. When you roll it over about 30 seconds of putrid gas boils out the anus and mouth. There's glamor for you. I don't want to do that anymore for any amount of money. Younger people have a morbid fascination with death. As you get older and closer to the inevitable you don't like to think about it as much.
These type systems either use floor ducting on a AC system designed for multiple cabinets/rack, or a dedicated freon cooling system. In the days of mainframes you would have a dedicated chiller system just for the computer room. The air and power was routed in by a modular floor grid system.
This isn't about actual damage, but about PR. By getting to the dull witted press that will report that OSX isn't any better than XP, and will over exaggerate the possibilities of the exploit. It may also get the attention of a few worm/virus coders and script kiddies who may think it's fun to stick it to Jobs and the stereotypical Apple snobs.
For some reason I remember the big color ads Northgate ran in the early 90's. I used to drool imagining USP dropping off boxes. I still have one of those original Northgate keyboards. The thing's built like a tank with real springs. IBM keyboards were good, but the Northgate had 101 keys with redundant F keys on the side and top. It seems silly now, but not when you were clicking through a Lotus123 spreadsheet and mice was just an Apple thing.
I know there are a lot of scifi romantics out there, but this was always a commercial product, made with the intent to make money. Do you think Gene Roddenberry pitched Star Trek to the networks to enlighten the human race? It's simple; create it, milk it, kill it when finished. Besides there's little art left in major films anyway. It's all boring effects for the gaming generation. All of the good ideas are already taken. Its a matter of who can retell them better.
MS hires very talented young programmers and traps them in corporate bloat and arrogance. The current XP problems are mostly due to the insistence on backwards compatibility and constant recycling and cobbling of code. I can't imagine how longhorn will not continue this trend. It's regrettable no competition is in sight. Capitalism can't seem to embrace open source, thus the problem with Linux. Apple can afford to be a little more daring due to the mindset of their user base, but MS is mired in conservative practices.
It's easy to make judgments about how people fight death if you haven't been there. The wealthy has always had better heath options, even when working the system. Do the rich rely on Nation Health? If you're a millionaire you aren't going to be worried if your insurance policy denies coverage for an expensive procedure. You write a bloody check and get it anyway. All transplant patience are evaluated almost daily for eligibility. You can be too well, or too sick to qualify for any given organ. That's not even including the complications of tissue match and geography.
You overestimate the average voter. They'll line up and pay the man like the good sheep they are. They don't understand the argument or the technology, and don't want to. Slashdot is the fringe brother.
Your ISP can identify the hash marks. Several Comcast subscribers have been put on notice for downloading movies and Adobe files. They were told to destroy the downloaded files and that the legal copyright owners had been notified. I don't have the link but google the particulars.
All you probably need to do is heat the core to decrease viscosity and increase the spin. Where you're going to get that much energy I have know idea.
Many will be sick as a dog from Space Adaptive Syndrome for the first 2 or 3 days. The last I've read they didn't medicate astronauts for it, but I guess a tourist could get drugs to help. This is about bragging rights and weightless sex. If you examine the physics behind microgravity sex, it may not be as good as it sounds, Newtons 1st for instance.
I remember buying 5 XT clones in the late 80's. I asked the fellow if it came with software, and he he told me not really, but it wouldn't be a problem. When he delivered them he had floppies with copies of DOS, Lotus123, and a word processor. The computers was used for years this way. People were always passing around floppies of software. It wasn't legal, just want to point out piracy has been around as long as software, and they've always priced it accordingly.
The roll over to digital will be full of problems, but I doubt the public will view this as a major problem. This isn't going to out law PVRs. It may make it very difficult to dump content from the PVR to a DVD burner. Shows will be time stamped, so they could be locked on a PVR after a period of time. For years to come, many households will be using a DAC device to watch TV on a NTSC set, or getting conversion from a cable box. The cable companies are the ones to watch. They would love to put TIVO out of business so they can push their own devices and Video on Demand.
Anyone should be scared of the Chinese. They play chess, while we play checkers. They have a stable government that allows them to plan in decades. We flip flop every 4 to 8 years at the least. The Chinese contributed to the fall of the former USSR as much as the US did. The Soviets where more worried about China than they ever were about the West. By the way the Chinese aren't going to whimper and cry for years over a single crew. They simply make a few banners with their pictures on it and rack up another crew for launch. The west has really gone too far with the value of the individual.
Do you believe only the former USSR had biological payloads for ICBMs, cruise missiles and in theater weapons? There are things that can't be said for a long time to come.
I believe I read Office Assistant code came from MS Bob. The now Melinda Gates was involved with that project. That's how Bill met her. You see Bill has a sentimental and romantic side, that's why we still have Clippy.