How about if I have a policy of deleting all files securely on all my computers all the time? Just as I shred my papers before throwing them away. Since I shred my papers, possibly I am destroying 'possible evidence' for any future law suit?
If I do not delete files securely and someone steals my laptop and wrongly uses the information therein, who is responsible??
Well, I know the guy and his nickname is infact RAM..(with capital letters). He is now a business analyst with CapitalOne.
TiVo and Netflix will make a good combo!
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I was thinking tivo should be on Netflix's radar. For Tivo ideally fits with video-on-demand services which is a major threat to Netflix business model. Perhaps, it makes lot more sense for Netflix to buy tivo and integrate all these services (Tivo, video-on-demand (whenever it comes) and ofcourse DVD
rentals!)..
I am quite disappointed that India is not included in the study (a popular country for Slashdot crowd if not anything else!)
Well, my ignorning India they excluded one sixth of population!
Best Buy or any retailer offer rebates in the hope that very few will actually claim them. Not to mention all those hassles of waiting period and post-mark dead lines etc.
But, what intrigues me is how one can return an item after claiming for the rebate. Most rebates (AFAIK) need a original UPC code cut from the packaging. Returns cannot be made if items are not in their original packaging with their UPC codes. It is hard for me to believe that someone can actually return the items after claiming for rebate.
Infact, retailers also gain from the fact that customers *cannot* return the items they brought through rebate offers. That should reduce their losses!
I hope what I am writing is not too off-topic.
I have found this tendency among people (mostly involved in non technical/scientific jobs) associating top searches for high level of "authencity". It is totally overlooked that top searches are "popular" but might not be of high quality/authencity. Ofcourse, great deal of association can be made between "popularity" and "quality". Better things are more popular..
However, most often popularity (like power) feeds on itself. i.e. Popular links become more and more popular (ofcourse other scenarios exist). There should be some way out..to recognize the quality of information.(slashdot like moderation of all webpages by a search engine is not a bad idea in theory!). So, unless we have search engines that not only come up with popular sites but with more relevant content of high quality there is a lot of scope for improvement. (For instance how does an essay written by a college student through online research compares with that written by library research..).
Another area where search engines can make great improvement is search of dynamic pages. "page rank" like algorithms suits well for static data. For instance a highly relavant post on some newsgroup posted *recently* might not show up on your search page!
I hope google isn't another future microsoft (oh! did I mention power/popularity feeding on itself before?:) ) stifling innovation.
Search engines can be lot lot lot better..hope they will be soon!
Many governments are going for Linux saying it is free of cost, "open software", etc etc.
But, the real reason I think is they believe Linux/Open Software has less chance of any "back door". They don't want every desk in their department to get electronically bugged.
Now, imagine the scenario when MS offers for some sort of international code review/certification saying that it is as "safe" as open source (I don't mean "secure" and "bug free" but intentional sabotage..). It would be interesting to see if they still adopt Linux.
Now, before all this happens, this is the opportunity for Linux to grab the opportunity and establish itself. Linux should market itself hard so that in the future linux too becomes enough ubiquitious, the only strength windows has. Instead of tamely imitating windows (desktop) time to get more creative and make the OS more usable to the average clerk/secretary who wants a good mail client, a word processor and a browser. Strength builds upon strength. If Linux companies can capitalise on opportunities by skeptical governments, and establishes itself, it shouldn't to be too difficult before we see linux too as an option for an average user. Windows gets its strength from those average users.
I would love to dream too..but that I think would be a reality one day.
I don't think Eric Drexler talks any sense. We might not agree on this. It is okay..:) good luck with your dreams!
Refer to a random nanotechnology source. Pick a random word with nano (as in nanobot, nanomotor, nanogear etc) as its prefix. It will certainly qualify.
We are living in an age quite different from 100 years ago. Information travels pretty fast. It is difficult for something that important to remain obscure so long today.
Further, people more or less stopped noticing technological advances and taking them for granted.
If any individual inventor/scientist gets some success he would want to approach venture capitalists, news papers, journals before he/she turns it into something great and useful. So, in my opinion it is difficult to find something obscure which is great. Yes, it is certainly possible that things people earlier thought wouldn't work becoming something great.
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How about if I have a policy of deleting all files securely on all my computers all the time? Just as I shred my papers before throwing them away. Since I shred my papers, possibly I am destroying 'possible evidence' for any future law suit? If I do not delete files securely and someone steals my laptop and wrongly uses the information therein, who is responsible??
I think it is about time they calibrate their instruments.
I am guessing this the first flop from google.
how does search algorithm work for content on base? They are not necessarily linked to each other!
Well, I know the guy and his nickname is infact RAM. .(with capital letters). He is now a business analyst with CapitalOne.
I was thinking tivo should be on Netflix's radar. For Tivo ideally fits with video-on-demand services which is a major threat to Netflix business model. Perhaps, it makes lot more sense for Netflix to buy tivo and integrate all these services (Tivo, video-on-demand (whenever it comes) and ofcourse DVD rentals!)..
I am quite disappointed that India is not included in the study (a popular country for Slashdot crowd if not anything else!) Well, my ignorning India they excluded one sixth of population!
That last discussion was 4 years ago. We had four years of bush between the last post and this one!!!
Best Buy or any retailer offer rebates in the hope that very few will actually claim them. Not to mention all those hassles of waiting period and post-mark dead lines etc. But, what intrigues me is how one can return an item after claiming for the rebate. Most rebates (AFAIK) need a original UPC code cut from the packaging. Returns cannot be made if items are not in their original packaging with their UPC codes. It is hard for me to believe that someone can actually return the items after claiming for rebate. Infact, retailers also gain from the fact that customers *cannot* return the items they brought through rebate offers. That should reduce their losses!
okay guys..time to launch a premptive attack against coke in Atlanta and unleash a media campaign! :)
I hope what I am writing is not too off-topic. I have found this tendency among people (mostly involved in non technical/scientific jobs) associating top searches for high level of "authencity". It is totally overlooked that top searches are "popular" but might not be of high quality/authencity. Ofcourse, great deal of association can be made between "popularity" and "quality". Better things are more popular.. However, most often popularity (like power) feeds on itself. i.e. Popular links become more and more popular (ofcourse other scenarios exist). There should be some way out..to recognize the quality of information.(slashdot like moderation of all webpages by a search engine is not a bad idea in theory!). So, unless we have search engines that not only come up with popular sites but with more relevant content of high quality there is a lot of scope for improvement. (For instance how does an essay written by a college student through online research compares with that written by library research..). Another area where search engines can make great improvement is search of dynamic pages. "page rank" like algorithms suits well for static data. For instance a highly relavant post on some newsgroup posted *recently* might not show up on your search page! I hope google isn't another future microsoft (oh! did I mention power/popularity feeding on itself before? :) ) stifling innovation.
Search engines can be lot lot lot better..hope they will be soon!
Many governments are going for Linux saying it is free of cost, "open software", etc etc. But, the real reason I think is they believe Linux/Open Software has less chance of any "back door". They don't want every desk in their department to get electronically bugged. Now, imagine the scenario when MS offers for some sort of international code review/certification saying that it is as "safe" as open source (I don't mean "secure" and "bug free" but intentional sabotage..). It would be interesting to see if they still adopt Linux. Now, before all this happens, this is the opportunity for Linux to grab the opportunity and establish itself. Linux should market itself hard so that in the future linux too becomes enough ubiquitious, the only strength windows has. Instead of tamely imitating windows (desktop) time to get more creative and make the OS more usable to the average clerk/secretary who wants a good mail client, a word processor and a browser. Strength builds upon strength. If Linux companies can capitalise on opportunities by skeptical governments, and establishes itself, it shouldn't to be too difficult before we see linux too as an option for an average user. Windows gets its strength from those average users.
Anonymous Coward.. Back to work..yepp! but to install Debian and run some simulations on linux cluster.
I think the story itself should be modded as "flamebait" :)
I would love to dream too..but that I think would be a reality one day. I don't think Eric Drexler talks any sense. We might not agree on this. It is okay..:) good luck with your dreams!
oh..you belong to Eric Drexler clan? :)
some times I wish mod points were on sale :) It would make ideal gift to many of my buddies and ofcourse to myself too..
Thanks for pointing out. I usually jump to middle of the article :)
Tony Blair went on record saying that Saddam can fire WMDs in "xy" hour notice (I can't remember if xy=72 or 48).
Refer to a random nanotechnology source. Pick a random word with nano (as in nanobot, nanomotor, nanogear etc) as its prefix. It will certainly qualify.
We were promised "discovery" of those amazing Iraqi WMDs which can destroy west in matter of hours. Those will certainly qualify.
Umm..if my radio isn't on will I get a message.."Switch on your radio stupid moron! I am not getting any signal. I gotta play some ad for you"
I think these toys definitely have *some* educational value.
We are living in an age quite different from 100 years ago. Information travels pretty fast. It is difficult for something that important to remain obscure so long today. Further, people more or less stopped noticing technological advances and taking them for granted. If any individual inventor/scientist gets some success he would want to approach venture capitalists, news papers, journals before he/she turns it into something great and useful. So, in my opinion it is difficult to find something obscure which is great. Yes, it is certainly possible that things people earlier thought wouldn't work becoming something great.
What if Saddam tries to prove that United States killed more Iraqis through sanctions and war than he did?