More HD storage consolidation. I saw an ad today in my email for a special sale for a 500GB HD for 120$... Yes if the Thai incident has taught us anything it is that globalization and consolidation of all HD storage companies into a few is a great thing for the consumer. Oh did I mention I love seeing that the warranties have gone from 3 and 5 years to 3 and 1 year. That is some great value to the consumers. This definitely seems to be going in the right direction. I know the last HD I bought was before the whole Thai BS, and it was a 2TB for 70$. Doesn't anyone think it odd that this is the only technology getting more expensive for the last year and a half. These companies are milking it for all it is worth. Anyway I not going to buy again until they reach prices I won't hate myself for paying.
Oh I do not doubt. So do I. However do I have a need or even want to carry around 32GB of music? Not really. Most of it is music I haven't used in ages.
Um, does this not seem odd? Only the US can store Music in Google Cloud? Is this because the RIAA can sue people there? Why the mashup of various media in various places. I wonder does this have more to do with law in the country in question, or the county of origin? Considering the stellar privacy stuff lately, I think I would rather figure out how to host my own server to take my stuff anywhere I like.
Oh and Books? Really? I mean you can fit like what a million on a micro SD card these days. Hell even music, unless you have a 20,000 song library, you can fit more music than you could ever really want on a 16GB smartphone... 32GB even more.
Video is intriguing. I can just imagine what is going to be uploaded there.
Talking loudly isn't limited to cell phones. Trying to modify behavior by limiting technology isn't the answer. The answer is modifying behavior by establishing consequences.
Example: Loud Cell Phone User in Theater. This actually happened to me a year or so ago, where not only was someone rude and stupid enough to leave their phone on during the movie (which of course got a call), but to actually answer the call, and not only just answer the call and exit to talk, but to sit there in the middle of the movie, talking loudly. I couldn't believe it, I was stunned to the point of not doing anything about it. Fortunately some actually got up, walked down to the guys isle, and actually shouted at him "SHUT YOUR DAMN PHONE OFF", to which got cheers from the crowd.
Anyway, go to Theater manager and demand your money back... for having your viewing entertainment ruined. If the theater has a problem with that, perhaps then they should then try to recoup (sue) the individual who was at fault, and let them pay for the entire crowd.
I am sure one bill of 15$ x 100 people will be enough to stop any individual from doing something like that again. Behavior changed. Also when others hear of this, you can bet that they will be extra careful to turn off their phones, etc...
I mean how hard is it to put it on vibrate, and if it is important call to, go outside to answer it.
You must not be using Monster uranium tipped, cables with platinum mesh shielding. The casing is made up ground up of unicorn hooves, and leprechaun tears. A Native American Indian shaman then did a special secret ceremony than imbues the cable with special supernatural powers.
I can go way beyond the mere mortals 192khz, 320khz is the absolute lowest that I use. Only my cables let me fit that large a sound file down it, as the fatter the file, the more cable you need!
Maybe its just me or perhaps the Canadian disposition, but I don't think Canuck is really all that offensive (compared to some listed).
I can think of a few more not worth mentioning. There is a few on the list I have heard of, but really don't know what they mean, which I am OK with really. Some of the war ones, seem quite mundane, though perhaps they started out as code or something, like Jerry or Charlie, etc... Which actually reminds me of The Cryptonomicon and using the word nip, as a shortened Nipppon.
It seems many slurs probably came out of wars, I wonder how many were specifically contrived purposely to try and dehumanize a group simply to make it easier psychologically for soldiers to kill them. Which really if you think about it, makes it even more offensive to use such language. Anyway as my grandma told me, sticks and stones may break my bones, but names can never hurt me.
Yeah this is really stupid of them. I hope it really gets escalated by public opinion and outrage. Then have the media do a discourse on what is fair copyright. Maybe re-evaluate if having copyright for 150 years is in the best interests of Canadians, or if it even makes sense to begin with. With the timing of this, they may have just made a huge error in judgement.
Jean Rasczak: All right, let's sum up. This year in history, we talked about the failure of democracy, how the social scientists of the 21st Century brought our world to the brink of chaos. We talked about the veterans, how they took control and imposed the stability that has lasted for generations since. We talked about the rights and privileges between those who served in the armed forces and those who haven't, therefore called citizens and civilians. [to a student] You. Why are only citizens allowed to vote?
Student: It's a reward. Something the federation gives you for doing federal service.
Jean Rasczak: No. Something given has no basis in value. When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.
To be fair, when your president has said publicly that he wants to wipe Israel off the face of the earth, that sort of diminishes your points considerably.
Perhaps it was just a West propaganda translation error and what he really said was "I wish we could all be happy and coexist. Fluttershy is my favorite pony!"
It wasn't FREE internet, as people had to PAY him to get it (as he supposedly made millions).
As I see it this is more of a situation of a business that didn't pay for the lines it was reselling.
Anyway I am sure his argument will be "I have done nothing physically wrong myself, I only provided the information to do so", you want to prosecute someone go after all my customers, they are the ones that are doing the actual stealing.
I am sure they can get him on something like "facilitation", but that is a pretty slippery slope.
All he did was tell people how to modify cable modems to take advantage of security (LAZY) loopholes that large ISP's failed to do anything about.
Personally I would say what he did is ethically questionable, but illegal? I am not sure of that. Is it illegal to subvert a network for free internet access? Probably. Is it illegal to simply tell someone how to do it?
This reminds me of the time *I* got suspended from school for showing a friend how to encrypt a floppy disk, and then he went and accidentally crashed the whole computer lab network by encrypting whole computers. I also had to help wipe and re-install all the machines after school. I did nothing wrong, yet got punished for it, simply by sharing information, never seemed right to me. In this case, the "intent" isn't quite the same, as clearly the "intent" was to subvert and to make money by others doing so. Even still I have my doubts.
A) What OS will it be running? Linux? Maybe 2012 is finally the year of the Linux Desktop! Or at least the console. B) An i7 is a 350$ retail chip. Sure you can get value at scale, however only so much, and you have to build the thing, distribute it, advertize it, and a console is a lot more than just a chip. Could be they wait long time till price drops significantly.
Anyway I could go on for a bit, but can't be bothered. I could see Valve making the transition in concert with another party at some point in the future, it just seems premature right now.
Shows like the Cobert Report would have a field day. Also getting 50,000 people to vote to make it illegal to work on a particular day (another National Holiday) would be popular.
A proposal like this was made in Canada, though slightly different, where there would be a mandatory referendum if 3% of the population signed a petition. So a TV show called "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" (Think the Daily Show, but Canada) made a petition to have a referendum to change the name of the Minister who proposed the Bill from Stockwell Day to Doris Day. 350,000 signatures would be required. They got over 370,000. Needless to say this was dropped.
Well I find the implications more distressing than reality. The fact that they did this is scary. It will be interesting to see what the response is, both civilly and legally from government (though with conservatives I don't see them doing squat). This is nothing short of a violation of sovereignty. Applying your laws to another country, I mean at least the US could just buy off our politicians like the past.
Anyway the fact that it was a scuzzbag gambling site, which is more than likely (if previous examples have showed anything) involved in illegal activity (even by Canada's laws) anyway so I am not about to shed too big a tear. Though as likely already pointed out, it is a slippery slope, as today may only be a douchebag gambling site, who knows what tomorrow brings...
Agree 100%. Management needs to talk. Also if things start to slide, they need to be made aware (10h/week starts growing for example). I have had the conversation before about priorities, where I have X time, and Y projects, and only have time for Z of them. Decide what Z is. Just like when random last minute stuff comes up, log it, and be up front about saying "yes I can do that no problem" however something else is put on hold or dropped because of it. At the end of the years evaluation, make sure you maintain a list just in case the management is like why didn't you get projects A, B and C finished! A simple response of because you had me doing D, E, and F instead.
Anyway sorry about the letters I don't know whats wrong with me.
This message brought you you by the letter F, and the Number 4.
From my experience managing 20+ year old systems, whatever documentation that did exist will be lost, whatever isn't lost is so outdated to be useless (like one ER diagram from 1992, that is meaningless from all the changes), whoever designed the system will be gone, retired, was a vendor no one remembers, or wants nothing to do with the system and claims amnesia.
I have gotten pretty good at basically reverse engineering stuff, and I usually document some things for my own benefit. But good luck to the next guy. Realistically it is not really viable to take anyone's job that they have been doing and figuring out for years, and learn it in a day or two. Ideally they would have some job shadowing for weeks/months before the transition, but all managers are too short sighted for that or too cheap, or have too many pressured to allow for it. In any case I nor anyone else should not be expected to make as part of their job a replacement manual. Whoever replaces someone is going to spend several months/years trying to figure everything out. Which really should be the incentive to try and keep experienced staff, because, you know, they already have experience.
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More HD storage consolidation. I saw an ad today in my email for a special sale for a 500GB HD for 120$... Yes if the Thai incident has taught us anything it is that globalization and consolidation of all HD storage companies into a few is a great thing for the consumer. Oh did I mention I love seeing that the warranties have gone from 3 and 5 years to 3 and 1 year. That is some great value to the consumers. This definitely seems to be going in the right direction. I know the last HD I bought was before the whole Thai BS, and it was a 2TB for 70$. Doesn't anyone think it odd that this is the only technology getting more expensive for the last year and a half. These companies are milking it for all it is worth. Anyway I not going to buy again until they reach prices I won't hate myself for paying.
Oh I do not doubt. So do I. However do I have a need or even want to carry around 32GB of music? Not really. Most of it is music I haven't used in ages.
"Jerry-rigged referred to the poorly maintained equipment the German army was using near the end of the war..."
Makes sense... German engineering indeed!
USA: Music, Movies, Books, Apps
CAN: Movies, Books, Apps
UK: Movies, Books, Apps
Au: Books, Apps
Japan: Movies, Apps
Um, does this not seem odd? Only the US can store Music in Google Cloud? Is this because the RIAA can sue people there? Why the mashup of various media in various places. I wonder does this have more to do with law in the country in question, or the county of origin? Considering the stellar privacy stuff lately, I think I would rather figure out how to host my own server to take my stuff anywhere I like.
Oh and Books? Really? I mean you can fit like what a million on a micro SD card these days. Hell even music, unless you have a 20,000 song library, you can fit more music than you could ever really want on a 16GB smartphone... 32GB even more.
Video is intriguing. I can just imagine what is going to be uploaded there.
Talking loudly isn't limited to cell phones. Trying to modify behavior by limiting technology isn't the answer. The answer is modifying behavior by establishing consequences.
Example: Loud Cell Phone User in Theater. This actually happened to me a year or so ago, where not only was someone rude and stupid enough to leave their phone on during the movie (which of course got a call), but to actually answer the call, and not only just answer the call and exit to talk, but to sit there in the middle of the movie, talking loudly. I couldn't believe it, I was stunned to the point of not doing anything about it. Fortunately some actually got up, walked down to the guys isle, and actually shouted at him "SHUT YOUR DAMN PHONE OFF", to which got cheers from the crowd.
Anyway, go to Theater manager and demand your money back... for having your viewing entertainment ruined. If the theater has a problem with that, perhaps then they should then try to recoup (sue) the individual who was at fault, and let them pay for the entire crowd.
I am sure one bill of 15$ x 100 people will be enough to stop any individual from doing something like that again. Behavior changed. Also when others hear of this, you can bet that they will be extra careful to turn off their phones, etc...
I mean how hard is it to put it on vibrate, and if it is important call to, go outside to answer it.
Kinda makes sense if you think about it.
Nothing like warriors with high pain tolerances to make them effective berserkers.
Now if they could only learn how to drink...
Oh and the leprechaun tears act as sound file lubricant, so that those extra large files don't get stuck in the cable.
You must not be using Monster uranium tipped, cables with platinum mesh shielding. The casing is made up ground up of unicorn hooves, and leprechaun tears. A Native American Indian shaman then did a special secret ceremony than imbues the cable with special supernatural powers.
I can go way beyond the mere mortals 192khz, 320khz is the absolute lowest that I use. Only my cables let me fit that large a sound file down it, as the fatter the file, the more cable you need!
Maybe its just me or perhaps the Canadian disposition, but I don't think Canuck is really all that offensive (compared to some listed).
I can think of a few more not worth mentioning. There is a few on the list I have heard of, but really don't know what they mean, which I am OK with really. Some of the war ones, seem quite mundane, though perhaps they started out as code or something, like Jerry or Charlie, etc... Which actually reminds me of The Cryptonomicon and using the word nip, as a shortened Nipppon.
It seems many slurs probably came out of wars, I wonder how many were specifically contrived purposely to try and dehumanize a group simply to make it easier psychologically for soldiers to kill them. Which really if you think about it, makes it even more offensive to use such language. Anyway as my grandma told me, sticks and stones may break my bones, but names can never hurt me.
Yeah this is really stupid of them. I hope it really gets escalated by public opinion and outrage. Then have the media do a discourse on what is fair copyright. Maybe re-evaluate if having copyright for 150 years is in the best interests of Canadians, or if it even makes sense to begin with. With the timing of this, they may have just made a huge error in judgement.
With Phantom Entertainment!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Entertainment
Jean Rasczak: All right, let's sum up. This year in history, we talked about the failure of democracy, how the social scientists of the 21st Century brought our world to the brink of chaos. We talked about the veterans, how they took control and imposed the stability that has lasted for generations since. We talked about the rights and privileges between those who served in the armed forces and those who haven't, therefore called citizens and civilians. [to a student] You. Why are only citizens allowed to vote?
Student: It's a reward. Something the federation gives you for doing federal service.
Jean Rasczak: No. Something given has no basis in value. When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."
"Next time they give you all that civic bullshit about voting, keep in mind that Hitler was elected in a full, free democratic election."
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."
To be fair, when your president has said publicly that he wants to wipe Israel off the face of the earth, that sort of diminishes your points considerably.
Perhaps it was just a West propaganda translation error and what he really said was "I wish we could all be happy and coexist. Fluttershy is my favorite pony!"
It wasn't FREE internet, as people had to PAY him to get it (as he supposedly made millions).
As I see it this is more of a situation of a business that didn't pay for the lines it was reselling.
Anyway I am sure his argument will be "I have done nothing physically wrong myself, I only provided the information to do so", you want to prosecute someone go after all my customers, they are the ones that are doing the actual stealing.
I am sure they can get him on something like "facilitation", but that is a pretty slippery slope.
All he did was tell people how to modify cable modems to take advantage of security (LAZY) loopholes that large ISP's failed to do anything about.
Personally I would say what he did is ethically questionable, but illegal? I am not sure of that. Is it illegal to subvert a network for free internet access? Probably. Is it illegal to simply tell someone how to do it?
This reminds me of the time *I* got suspended from school for showing a friend how to encrypt a floppy disk, and then he went and accidentally crashed the whole computer lab network by encrypting whole computers. I also had to help wipe and re-install all the machines after school. I did nothing wrong, yet got punished for it, simply by sharing information, never seemed right to me. In this case, the "intent" isn't quite the same, as clearly the "intent" was to subvert and to make money by others doing so. Even still I have my doubts.
And here I thought it was because the Cavewoman wouldn't stop bitching about cleaning the cave, and hunting brontosaurus and such.
*ducks*
I don't see it.
A) What OS will it be running? Linux? Maybe 2012 is finally the year of the Linux Desktop! Or at least the console.
B) An i7 is a 350$ retail chip. Sure you can get value at scale, however only so much, and you have to build the thing, distribute it, advertize it, and a console is a lot more than just a chip. Could be they wait long time till price drops significantly.
Anyway I could go on for a bit, but can't be bothered. I could see Valve making the transition in concert with another party at some point in the future, it just seems premature right now.
Could you imagine what would happen if all the magnetic storage in the world go knocked out? All that information... Chaos.
Shows like the Cobert Report would have a field day. Also getting 50,000 people to vote to make it illegal to work on a particular day (another National Holiday) would be popular.
A proposal like this was made in Canada, though slightly different, where there would be a mandatory referendum if 3% of the population signed a petition. So a TV show called "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" (Think the Daily Show, but Canada) made a petition to have a referendum to change the name of the Minister who proposed the Bill from Stockwell Day to Doris Day. 350,000 signatures would be required. They got over 370,000. Needless to say this was dropped.
Also Captain Marvel... Possibly a weapon against Justin Bieber.
It's the Invisible Hand of Capitalism!
I mean Demand is LOW, therefore Cost is HIGH...
Well I find the implications more distressing than reality. The fact that they did this is scary. It will be interesting to see what the response is, both civilly and legally from government (though with conservatives I don't see them doing squat). This is nothing short of a violation of sovereignty. Applying your laws to another country, I mean at least the US could just buy off our politicians like the past.
Anyway the fact that it was a scuzzbag gambling site, which is more than likely (if previous examples have showed anything) involved in illegal activity (even by Canada's laws) anyway so I am not about to shed too big a tear. Though as likely already pointed out, it is a slippery slope, as today may only be a douchebag gambling site, who knows what tomorrow brings...
Agree 100%. Management needs to talk. Also if things start to slide, they need to be made aware (10h/week starts growing for example). I have had the conversation before about priorities, where I have X time, and Y projects, and only have time for Z of them. Decide what Z is. Just like when random last minute stuff comes up, log it, and be up front about saying "yes I can do that no problem" however something else is put on hold or dropped because of it. At the end of the years evaluation, make sure you maintain a list just in case the management is like why didn't you get projects A, B and C finished! A simple response of because you had me doing D, E, and F instead.
Anyway sorry about the letters I don't know whats wrong with me.
This message brought you you by the letter F, and the Number 4.
From my experience managing 20+ year old systems, whatever documentation that did exist will be lost, whatever isn't lost is so outdated to be useless (like one ER diagram from 1992, that is meaningless from all the changes), whoever designed the system will be gone, retired, was a vendor no one remembers, or wants nothing to do with the system and claims amnesia.
I have gotten pretty good at basically reverse engineering stuff, and I usually document some things for my own benefit. But good luck to the next guy. Realistically it is not really viable to take anyone's job that they have been doing and figuring out for years, and learn it in a day or two. Ideally they would have some job shadowing for weeks/months before the transition, but all managers are too short sighted for that or too cheap, or have too many pressured to allow for it. In any case I nor anyone else should not be expected to make as part of their job a replacement manual. Whoever replaces someone is going to spend several months/years trying to figure everything out. Which really should be the incentive to try and keep experienced staff, because, you know, they already have experience.
Correction:
99.99% of programs do not take advantage of parallel programming.
Though if you are like me and like to do a bunch of things all at the same time, then yes there would be at least some use.