...another person shows up just to show them exactly how wrong they really are to think they have an end-all security system. Making claims like this is pretty much issuing a challenge to people you really don't want looking at your systems.
I used a TRS-80 CoCo 2 as a controller for a ribbon winding machine (ribbons for dot matrix printers). I'd feed off a master spool through a tenson arm on to a smaller spool. An old tape drive motor was used for the winding which could be controlled as well. A button cannibalized from an old joystick was pressed by a small arm on the bottom of the spooler in order to count the revolutions so it could stop winding at a predefined number of revolutions. Then I could use a ribbon welder to close the loop.
Are you that stupid? DVDs come with ads from the companies that produce the DVDs. Netflix had no control over that. Almost any bluray/dvd you buy right now has ads in it. It's the industry standard model - the studios always advertise their own stuff on the media they create.
If they start serving me ads, they will stop getting my money entirely. I absolutely despised cable for this. They make you pay ridiculous sums for tons of channels, most of which you'll never watch, and then cram ads down your throat as though the amount you just paid them wasn't good enough.
I like what netflix is doing right now with no ads, and I want them to keep on this trajectory. If they do, they'll have my business until I die.
We get to hear about micro and nano robots every year or two, but nothing practical ever comes out of it. It's like they pop up every so often just to hype up the tech that still hasn't done anything useful to keep the funding rolling.
Raising that cash is part of the job you'll need to undertake. Sorry. That's really the problem with people like you. You sit in your armchair and tell everyone how badly they did, giving the notion that somehow if you had been in charge that it all would have been problem/mistake free.
I doubt you have even a fraction of the expertise required to even begin doing what they tried to do.
What makes you think this magical treatment (which doesn't exist, and may never exist) will be available to everyone? Life extension/immortality would easily become the most valuable thing on earth. It would sell for a fortune, be used for political and financial gain, and generally be restricted to the super rich.
There won't be a population problem because the majority would be allowed to die.
If you think kids are mindless automatons that are incapable of thinking for themselves I'd invite you to smash your own head in with a brick. No really, that's world class idiocy that nobody needs and I'm sick to death of useless people who see kids as devices that require constant reprogramming.
Kids today have access to more information now than anyone from any previous generation. While some of them will give out lazy answers and make no effort, there are some who will definitely try to make an informed decision. No amount of promoting will change this.
The problem is that you think he builds middle class products. He hasn't done that, even though he keeps telling us it's coming. Nothing he has achieved with his current enterprise has been designed to do anything other than line his pockets and provide better quality of life for the 1%.
Even when you have the skills for a good job, you learn quite rapidly that the job you land can suck pretty hard. Worse, you wind up playing employment hopscotch for quite some time trying to find a job that doesn't suck. The moral? Be prepared to be disappointed by your chosen career. Unless you're one of the blessed few, it's not going to be roses and sunshine.
It all goes by the wayside if your first experience with a game is crashing servers. Skylines didn't have that problem - even if some of it was a bit cryptic it got straight to the fun.
Skylines did so well because it focused specifically on player experience and fun rather than methods to maximize how much they can siphon out of your wallet. If you don't own it yet, but like city builders, you're missing out.
Every kid who has ever played a video game decides they want a career making video games. Unfortunately the first time they have to do any serious work (read: learning the basics of programming) they stop trying.
Yes, it absolutely does need to be asked, because there's a strong bias here against Microsoft in general. As for your "technology is the downfall of the next generation" speech, that's just fucking ridiculous. I'm sure your grandfather felt the same way watching you plugged in to your massive walkman that got about three hours of battery life on 4 AAs. There's significant irony in it all because, well, you're here instead of being off somewhere in the wilderness shunning all the technology and science that made your life so much better than the lives of the generation that came before you.
As someone in his early 40s, I say bring on the tech. I absolutely want to see how far it goes before I shuffle off this mortal coil. Fuck the luddites like you that can't see the writing on the wall.
No, you'd wind up in the same place because north always heads toward the pole. It doesn't matter how far you travel west or east, if you travel the same distance north as you did south from the pole, you'll wind up at the pole.
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...another person shows up just to show them exactly how wrong they really are to think they have an end-all security system. Making claims like this is pretty much issuing a challenge to people you really don't want looking at your systems.
I used a TRS-80 CoCo 2 as a controller for a ribbon winding machine (ribbons for dot matrix printers). I'd feed off a master spool through a tenson arm on to a smaller spool. An old tape drive motor was used for the winding which could be controlled as well. A button cannibalized from an old joystick was pressed by a small arm on the bottom of the spooler in order to count the revolutions so it could stop winding at a predefined number of revolutions. Then I could use a ribbon welder to close the loop.
"Netflix, this is the quickest way you can loose customers."
Are they going to start firing them from catapults? I would be strongly against this!
Are you that stupid? DVDs come with ads from the companies that produce the DVDs. Netflix had no control over that. Almost any bluray/dvd you buy right now has ads in it. It's the industry standard model - the studios always advertise their own stuff on the media they create.
If they start serving me ads, they will stop getting my money entirely. I absolutely despised cable for this. They make you pay ridiculous sums for tons of channels, most of which you'll never watch, and then cram ads down your throat as though the amount you just paid them wasn't good enough.
I like what netflix is doing right now with no ads, and I want them to keep on this trajectory. If they do, they'll have my business until I die.
We get to hear about micro and nano robots every year or two, but nothing practical ever comes out of it. It's like they pop up every so often just to hype up the tech that still hasn't done anything useful to keep the funding rolling.
Raising that cash is part of the job you'll need to undertake. Sorry. That's really the problem with people like you. You sit in your armchair and tell everyone how badly they did, giving the notion that somehow if you had been in charge that it all would have been problem/mistake free.
I doubt you have even a fraction of the expertise required to even begin doing what they tried to do.
Directx bundles bing bar and auto selects it on install. What do you think that's for?
So get on building your own so we can see how it's done right.
The real question is that, if they can get it online, can they update the software to correct the problem?
What makes you think this magical treatment (which doesn't exist, and may never exist) will be available to everyone? Life extension/immortality would easily become the most valuable thing on earth. It would sell for a fortune, be used for political and financial gain, and generally be restricted to the super rich.
There won't be a population problem because the majority would be allowed to die.
If you think kids are mindless automatons that are incapable of thinking for themselves I'd invite you to smash your own head in with a brick. No really, that's world class idiocy that nobody needs and I'm sick to death of useless people who see kids as devices that require constant reprogramming.
Kids today have access to more information now than anyone from any previous generation. While some of them will give out lazy answers and make no effort, there are some who will definitely try to make an informed decision. No amount of promoting will change this.
There isn't really a need to worry about that. Mars One won't even make it off the ground, much less Mars.
Mars One's plan is to continue to siphon money until everyone else figures out it's a scam.
The problem is that you think he builds middle class products. He hasn't done that, even though he keeps telling us it's coming. Nothing he has achieved with his current enterprise has been designed to do anything other than line his pockets and provide better quality of life for the 1%.
Elon on the fast track to developing more things that only benefit the already rich.
Congratulations, you just listed off all the features regular consumers do not care about.
Even when you have the skills for a good job, you learn quite rapidly that the job you land can suck pretty hard. Worse, you wind up playing employment hopscotch for quite some time trying to find a job that doesn't suck. The moral? Be prepared to be disappointed by your chosen career. Unless you're one of the blessed few, it's not going to be roses and sunshine.
We're so busy trying to play the blame game that nobody has actually asked the young girls what they want to do with their lives.
It all goes by the wayside if your first experience with a game is crashing servers. Skylines didn't have that problem - even if some of it was a bit cryptic it got straight to the fun.
Skylines did so well because it focused specifically on player experience and fun rather than methods to maximize how much they can siphon out of your wallet. If you don't own it yet, but like city builders, you're missing out.
Every kid who has ever played a video game decides they want a career making video games. Unfortunately the first time they have to do any serious work (read: learning the basics of programming) they stop trying.
Playing games preps you for a career in programming as much as driving a car preps you for being a mechanic.
Yes, it absolutely does need to be asked, because there's a strong bias here against Microsoft in general. As for your "technology is the downfall of the next generation" speech, that's just fucking ridiculous. I'm sure your grandfather felt the same way watching you plugged in to your massive walkman that got about three hours of battery life on 4 AAs. There's significant irony in it all because, well, you're here instead of being off somewhere in the wilderness shunning all the technology and science that made your life so much better than the lives of the generation that came before you.
As someone in his early 40s, I say bring on the tech. I absolutely want to see how far it goes before I shuffle off this mortal coil. Fuck the luddites like you that can't see the writing on the wall.
No, you'd wind up in the same place because north always heads toward the pole. It doesn't matter how far you travel west or east, if you travel the same distance north as you did south from the pole, you'll wind up at the pole.