I see Facebook starting a class action against Google, claiming that they are limiting the rights of its users to access their own data in a way that they are volunteering to do.
Further, Facebook could sue directly saying that Google is unfairly limiting Facebook's access to the API whereas other organizations are not limited. Why target just Facebook?
And where are all the Slashdot Freedom Fans? Why aren't you crying fowl against Google for limiting what YOU can do with YOUR data that Google is holding hostage?
It's not at all uncommon to feel one way about something until you actually get involved. A lot of people have contempt for the police department, for example, until they work for the PD or know someone who does, and then they see things in a different way.
I don't think this is at all different from what your friend has experienced. He's seen Microsoft for what it is on the inside, and not what a herd of/. readers like to say it is.
And I'm not saying that MS is perfect, but I think our perceptions are always different from those who are more intimately involved.
God forbid I end up working for a company where I actually enjoy and support their products.
I'm much happier working for a company that produces something I don't believe in. Total utter crap that I cannot recommend to my friends if my life depended on it.
Excel 2007 (and 2010) support spreadsheets of 1M rows and 65500 columns.
And when linked to an SQL server or other data source through ODBC, it can handle infinite amounts of data using the Pivot Table features.
And as an advanced user of Microsoft Office, I do love the Ribbon interface. Sure it takes a while to relearn where things are, but I definitely find it faster and easier to use. Fewer dialog boxes and clicking are just some of the reasons why it's a better experience.
Hah. Yeah. That was my other thought. People could just as well be posting reviews for movies they've seen in the past, and not rented off Netflix.
I review a *lot* of things on Amazon.com, but I don't think I've ever reviewed something that I didn't buy from them. Doesn't mean that others don't though.
Yeah, at a mere one per day. But if they are watching TV shows, at about 25 minutes each, you could easily watch and rate a good 10-12 shows per day. Double that if you truly had no life.
So for 50000 shows, at 10 a day, that's 5000 days, or under 14 years.
So for example if one was looking at 3-SAT "(A v B v ~ C) ^ (A v A v ~D)" would be a valid example. Now, it happens that for k>2, k-SAT is NP-complete.
Are you suggesting that books last MORE than three years?
Besides wear-and-tear, and students writing answers and profanities into the pages, schools replace their textbooks far more often than they should. Text books are often replaced every 3-5 years as new editions come out.
Where do the old ones go? I have no idea.
And let's also not forget how static text books are, compared to everything you can do with a digital device.
I'm not entirely certain, but I thought that the HTC Tilt 2 (AT&T and others) had two processors. Granted, one was for the phone subsystem, and the other for the OS, but still. Maybe someone can elaborate.
Either way, I've been thinking we need to add more processing power to phones for a long time. They are way too slow for the things we want to be able to do with them. But, the offset is the battery life.:(
A few years ago, Microsoft Research Labs created a "game" add-on for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint that turned training and using the software features into a bit of a game.
Basically, in challenge mode it gave you some task to perform with an example (such as "Turn on columns and add a vertical line"). When you got it right, you got points.
And in regular mode, the more features of the app you used, the more extra points you got.
A few other twists let you get points for repeating tasks a few times, doing them quickly, using shortcut keys, etc.
And to wrap up it all up, you could post your scores to Facebook automatically and "compete" with your friends.
Everyone I've shown it to really likes it, and it's totally unobtrusive during your normal work unless you're in Challenge Mode.
Dunno. Are you suggesting we should send Mark Zuckerberg personally to each person's home for verification when someone wants to log in?
I agree that it's not perfect, and probably never will be.
But for those who use public computers and forget to log off, this is a great step forward to protecting them.
And for those who gave up their passwords in a phishing scam, Facebook has a feature to page you whenever "you" log in from a new computer. Again, far better than what most banks offer, let alone other social networking sites.
Did you test this from someone else's account, or your own?
Often what you see in Facebook is different from what your friends, their friends, or complete strangers will see.
Your own privacy limitations have no affect on how you see your own information.
And if I remember correctly, from the privacy settings page there is even an option to "view your profile" as if you were someone else, to see it as they would.
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I see Facebook starting a class action against Google, claiming that they are limiting the rights of its users to access their own data in a way that they are volunteering to do.
Further, Facebook could sue directly saying that Google is unfairly limiting Facebook's access to the API whereas other organizations are not limited. Why target just Facebook?
And where are all the Slashdot Freedom Fans? Why aren't you crying fowl against Google for limiting what YOU can do with YOUR data that Google is holding hostage?
I see the defense for this being that Amazon is simply speeding up the return process.
Remember that gifts are sent via Amazon with a return policy for store credit, and shipping is free.
So if Aunt Mildred sent Johnny a book, Johnny can return it for a $15 credit to Grand Theft Auto: Fargo.
Amazon is just making that process faster, knowing in advance that Johnny doesn't want the book, and giving him the credit before even shipping.
It's a win for everyone except UPS.
3) Profit.
Not the case in California. Meg Whitman spent more money on her campaign than Obama spent in 2008. And she lost.
This wasn't exactly a good investment for her, or all the millionaires and corporations that contributed to her campaign.
It just seems a little tin-foil hat to me.
It's not at all uncommon to feel one way about something until you actually get involved. A lot of people have contempt for the police department, for example, until they work for the PD or know someone who does, and then they see things in a different way.
I don't think this is at all different from what your friend has experienced. He's seen Microsoft for what it is on the inside, and not what a herd of /. readers like to say it is.
And I'm not saying that MS is perfect, but I think our perceptions are always different from those who are more intimately involved.
God forbid I end up working for a company where I actually enjoy and support their products.
I'm much happier working for a company that produces something I don't believe in. Total utter crap that I cannot recommend to my friends if my life depended on it.
Actually you could still throw an unarmed nuke at someone, and probably give them quite a headache. Maybe a fractured arm.
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Excel 2007 (and 2010) support spreadsheets of 1M rows and 65500 columns.
And when linked to an SQL server or other data source through ODBC, it can handle infinite amounts of data using the Pivot Table features.
And as an advanced user of Microsoft Office, I do love the Ribbon interface. Sure it takes a while to relearn where things are, but I definitely find it faster and easier to use. Fewer dialog boxes and clicking are just some of the reasons why it's a better experience.
There's an app for that.
I agree they should have saved the animals (unless it was too dangerous).
Other than that, I think they did the right thing by letting the house burn.
Well, there is Federal Express and the United Postal Service.
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The even-scarier thing is that this nearly implies that the poster rarely (if ever) balances or checks his account.
What is he going to do if his account is ever compromised? Find out 6-9 months later? Good luck reporting THAT to the bank for fraud protection.
Hah. Yeah. That was my other thought. People could just as well be posting reviews for movies they've seen in the past, and not rented off Netflix.
I review a *lot* of things on Amazon.com, but I don't think I've ever reviewed something that I didn't buy from them. Doesn't mean that others don't though.
Yeah, at a mere one per day. But if they are watching TV shows, at about 25 minutes each, you could easily watch and rate a good 10-12 shows per day. Double that if you truly had no life.
So for 50000 shows, at 10 a day, that's 5000 days, or under 14 years.
And NetFlix has been around for... oh wait.
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So for example if one was looking at 3-SAT "(A v B v ~ C) ^ (A v A v ~D)" would be a valid example. Now, it happens that for k>2, k-SAT is NP-complete.
Oh, that explains it.
And in a twisted way, this is natural selection at work.
Are you suggesting that books last MORE than three years?
Besides wear-and-tear, and students writing answers and profanities into the pages, schools replace their textbooks far more often than they should. Text books are often replaced every 3-5 years as new editions come out.
Where do the old ones go? I have no idea.
And let's also not forget how static text books are, compared to everything you can do with a digital device.
I'm not entirely certain, but I thought that the HTC Tilt 2 (AT&T and others) had two processors. Granted, one was for the phone subsystem, and the other for the OS, but still. Maybe someone can elaborate.
Either way, I've been thinking we need to add more processing power to phones for a long time. They are way too slow for the things we want to be able to do with them. But, the offset is the battery life. :(
Yes, but your score resets to zero if you mention words like "synergy" or "monetize".
A few years ago, Microsoft Research Labs created a "game" add-on for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint that turned training and using the software features into a bit of a game.
Basically, in challenge mode it gave you some task to perform with an example (such as "Turn on columns and add a vertical line"). When you got it right, you got points.
And in regular mode, the more features of the app you used, the more extra points you got.
A few other twists let you get points for repeating tasks a few times, doing them quickly, using shortcut keys, etc.
And to wrap up it all up, you could post your scores to Facebook automatically and "compete" with your friends.
Everyone I've shown it to really likes it, and it's totally unobtrusive during your normal work unless you're in Challenge Mode.
Dunno. Are you suggesting we should send Mark Zuckerberg personally to each person's home for verification when someone wants to log in?
I agree that it's not perfect, and probably never will be.
But for those who use public computers and forget to log off, this is a great step forward to protecting them.
And for those who gave up their passwords in a phishing scam, Facebook has a feature to page you whenever "you" log in from a new computer. Again, far better than what most banks offer, let alone other social networking sites.
Did you test this from someone else's account, or your own?
Often what you see in Facebook is different from what your friends, their friends, or complete strangers will see.
Your own privacy limitations have no affect on how you see your own information.
And if I remember correctly, from the privacy settings page there is even an option to "view your profile" as if you were someone else, to see it as they would.