You made history. You wasted time. From my last few years of college (Computer Engineering), and the job I was working at the time (tech support at the crappiest computer company ever: Packard Bell.), until the present -- for the last 14 years, Slashdot has been one of the few visit-multiple-times-daily web sites for me, and I thank you for starting it. We all joke about the time wasted, but at the same time we all know that, over all, Slashdot has been +5 Informative. No other site has kept me as privy to tech, made me laugh, and pissed me off as much as the conversations I've had here. Slashdot is a gem, and you leave a great legacy.
Military IS the government's job. Nice strawman attempt, though.
I simply linked to an article demonstrating how private citizens CAN (in certain circumstances, such as the one to which this story pertains) find and implement a cheaper and more effective solution than what a government study will provide. It's not a controversial statement or political jab. But, I now have two sarcastic responses attempting to circle the wagons and protect the concept of mother-provider-government. Amazing.
This is what happens when you send a government to do a man's (or woman's, or group of private citizens') job. We could stand to learn something from the successful, small WISPs and other small-time broadband providers (one of which I am a happy subscriber to).
Check this out for more information about how it's getting done Europe.
The value of code reviews depends on the motivation behind it. If it's for mutual education, quality control, style conformity, etc., then it's a worthwhile venture. If, however, it's sole purpose is for the jackass-with-a-Doctor's-degree to tell me that I should abandon C and instead do my embedded development in C++, making everything object oriented (among other bloated, touchy-feely bullshit)... you can kiss my ass.
I do C for embedded systems, and I generally use Notepad++ or whatever IDE comes with the dev kit for whatever micro I'm working on. I like to use monospaced fonts, obviously.
And, no, I put my curlies on their own line -- the way the Good Lord intended.
lets be honest about the fact that historically Linux has had serious problems with its filesystems and one has to be kind of wonky to trust it with any important data.
Signal propagation depends on temperature and humidity.
Both of which may change (even drastically) on an hourly basis. Where I live, we have four distinct seasons, with temperatures possibly ranging between several degrees below zero C to a few degrees above 40. Hell, in on day we can have well over 15 degrees of variation. Humidity fluctuates as well.
The point is, any wireless network where performance is based heavily on these wildly changing variables is a fragile, poorly-performing one. And thus, this article is, in easily demonstrable fact, alarmist.
Your question doesn't make any sense. Access credentials have to be sent, regardless of whether your location data is available -- and regardless of who's transmitting it.
Also, I trust myself to keep my data safe far more than any cloud or online database (see Sony online.)
If, indeed, these consumers "have come to expect rich content and free services through the Internet", then they won't likely opt-out, will they. And, "would make them more vulnerable to security threats"? Really? By keeping their location private? What a load of crap.
Usually, it's legislation that tends toward treating citizens as if they're too stupid to think for themselves. In this case, it's private industry asking the government to do so.
My god, we Americans are idiots. I'm embarrassed. How about "Get an education, you retard?" Sorry, but I've had it with the ignorant arrogance of American fundamentalist whackos who slow down human progress in the name of ancient superstitions.
In other words: "I can't provide any meaningful or cogent response to your position so, instead, I'll call you a name and assert that your education level is inferior to my own. I may even attack your entire culture, just for good measure -- you know, because I'm elite."
Ridicule: the last refuge of a person incapable attacking your argument by supporting their own.
Maybe it was, specifically, the iPhone, but maybe not. As a long-time T-Mobile customer, my main complaint has always been Tmo's available selection of phones. If I wanted a good phone, I had to buy an unlocked GSM model from outside their usual offering. So, I'm sure the iPhone influenced the situation, but it may have been less the fact that the iPhone was only available on AT&T, and more the fact that it added more contrast between other carriers' good phones and Tmo's selection of crap.
The Nexus 1 could have been T-Mobile's iPhone counterpart, had it not been for Google's retarded marketing model.
Your "faith" starts looking a lot more like science when you have the entire history of the internet to present as proof. Net neutrality is a solution in search of a problem. Additionally, it is a power grab for an unelected (yet demonstrably partisan) entity.
BTW, *golf claps* to you for, somehow, making this a Christianity issue. ?? _The_ most retarded thing I've read all week, and it's Friday.
This rumor is interesting. I wonder if there's a similar situation with Motorola/T-Mobile's failure to keep their promise of updating the Cliq XT from 1.5.
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You made history. You wasted time. From my last few years of college (Computer Engineering), and the job I was working at the time (tech support at the crappiest computer company ever: Packard Bell.), until the present -- for the last 14 years, Slashdot has been one of the few visit-multiple-times-daily web sites for me, and I thank you for starting it. We all joke about the time wasted, but at the same time we all know that, over all, Slashdot has been +5 Informative. No other site has kept me as privy to tech, made me laugh, and pissed me off as much as the conversations I've had here. Slashdot is a gem, and you leave a great legacy.
Thanks again,
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...and, *crickets chirping* ?
LeEches. Dammit.
That's why we're here. At least, those of us who aren't independently wealthy or basement-dwelling leaches. :)
Military IS the government's job. Nice strawman attempt, though.
I simply linked to an article demonstrating how private citizens CAN (in certain circumstances, such as the one to which this story pertains) find and implement a cheaper and more effective solution than what a government study will provide. It's not a controversial statement or political jab. But, I now have two sarcastic responses attempting to circle the wagons and protect the concept of mother-provider-government. Amazing.
This is what happens when you send a government to do a man's (or woman's, or group of private citizens') job. We could stand to learn something from the successful, small WISPs and other small-time broadband providers (one of which I am a happy subscriber to).
Check this out for more information about how it's getting done Europe.
The value of code reviews depends on the motivation behind it. If it's for mutual education, quality control, style conformity, etc., then it's a worthwhile venture. If, however, it's sole purpose is for the jackass-with-a-Doctor's-degree to tell me that I should abandon C and instead do my embedded development in C++, making everything object oriented (among other bloated, touchy-feely bullshit)... you can kiss my ass.
Dielectric breakdown (the dielectric being the material between the plates of a capacitor) can be violent in any capacitor medium.
Holy lack of knowledge in the field of innocuous hand-held weapons, Robin! Paper shuriken put knives to SHAME when it comes to benignity.
Educate yourself, dammit.
I do C for embedded systems, and I generally use Notepad++ or whatever IDE comes with the dev kit for whatever micro I'm working on. I like to use monospaced fonts, obviously.
And, no, I put my curlies on their own line -- the way the Good Lord intended.
Agreed. I even prefer 4:3 1600x1200 to 1920x1080. More vertical pixels = more lines of code.
Google would disagree with you.
heh.
Both of which may change (even drastically) on an hourly basis. Where I live, we have four distinct seasons, with temperatures possibly ranging between several degrees below zero C to a few degrees above 40. Hell, in on day we can have well over 15 degrees of variation. Humidity fluctuates as well.
The point is, any wireless network where performance is based heavily on these wildly changing variables is a fragile, poorly-performing one. And thus, this article is, in easily demonstrable fact, alarmist.
Your question doesn't make any sense. Access credentials have to be sent, regardless of whether your location data is available -- and regardless of who's transmitting it.
Also, I trust myself to keep my data safe far more than any cloud or online database (see Sony online.)
If, indeed, these consumers "have come to expect rich content and free services through the Internet", then they won't likely opt-out, will they. And, "would make them more vulnerable to security threats"? Really? By keeping their location private? What a load of crap.
Usually, it's legislation that tends toward treating citizens as if they're too stupid to think for themselves. In this case, it's private industry asking the government to do so.
Indeed, he still is respected. Don't mess!
In other words: "I can't provide any meaningful or cogent response to your position so, instead, I'll call you a name and assert that your education level is inferior to my own. I may even attack your entire culture, just for good measure -- you know, because I'm elite."
Ridicule: the last refuge of a person incapable attacking your argument by supporting their own.
Maybe it was, specifically, the iPhone, but maybe not. As a long-time T-Mobile customer, my main complaint has always been Tmo's available selection of phones. If I wanted a good phone, I had to buy an unlocked GSM model from outside their usual offering. So, I'm sure the iPhone influenced the situation, but it may have been less the fact that the iPhone was only available on AT&T, and more the fact that it added more contrast between other carriers' good phones and Tmo's selection of crap.
The Nexus 1 could have been T-Mobile's iPhone counterpart, had it not been for Google's retarded marketing model.
That would be a concession that "democrat" and "socialist" are synonymous.
Your "faith" starts looking a lot more like science when you have the entire history of the internet to present as proof. Net neutrality is a solution in search of a problem. Additionally, it is a power grab for an unelected (yet demonstrably partisan) entity.
BTW, *golf claps* to you for, somehow, making this a Christianity issue. ?? _The_ most retarded thing I've read all week, and it's Friday.
*BONK*
Heh. You hit like a girl.
I already have, but I'm still pissed that I haven't gotten the official update that was promised and delayed several times.
This rumor is interesting. I wonder if there's a similar situation with Motorola/T-Mobile's failure to keep their promise of updating the Cliq XT from 1.5.
Ah come on. It doesn't suck.
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