but, ultimately, it fails to actually fix the problem
You misunderstand the reasoning behind people's objections. It isn't that this won't fix the problem. It is that the problem does not need to be fixed in the first place. If people want to feed their kids crap, then they can do so. The only time this becomes an issue is when person A, who eats healthy foods, has to pay for person B's heart bypass surgery because person B ate gravy-covered-breaded-bacon for all 5 meals of the day.
Otherwise, for the most part, it isn't the state's responsibility, or even their best interest, to tell people how to live their lives. Could society be better if a benevolent big brother told everyone what to eat and what products to use? Probably. You have to decide if it is worth it or not. And if you think it is, just wait until they decide to target your favorite unhealthy behavior.
BTW - gravy-covered-breaded-bacon is very tasty - there's a story behind that example.:-)
Steve only addressed half the equation. He is only talking about the Flash plug-in for web browsers. The web can get along just fine without that kind of Flash.
What concerns developers is Steve's belief that if I develop a standalone, fully-compiled, objective-C application that meets all of Apple's requirements - that Apple may reject it because I happened to use Flash as the development environment.
mod parent up. This seemingly snarky comment is very insightful. Teachers often complain about the use of Wikipedia and the internet in general, but they often complain for the wrong reasons. There is nothing wrong with using these sources. What is bad is when those sources are the only ones they use. We are starting to become a search mono-culture: Google is so good that everyone uses it, so everyone gets the same results. This makes it possible for some corporation or blogger with an extremist opinion to game the search results and draw unwarranted attention.
The problem is that in order for a court to decide, someone must have standing to sue you over it. You can't just call a judge and ask them to make a ruling. And if you lose the case, you may lose your house, your retirement, and your children's college fund.
So, does that mean that everyone who paid for a Unix license from SCO can sue SCO to get a refund? Or are those people too embarrassed to admit what they have done?
There was an article earlier today about an attack where they used caller-ID-spoofing techniques to call themselves with a different number. The system then identified the caller, thus revealing their information. I can't seem to find it though. I assume this is a dupe of the same article.
Thanks to everyone who pointed out that you can gamble in Las Vegas or in Indian territory. That does not change the point. Unless of course, you could gamble over the internet in Indian territory.:-)
Even a law like that is a slippery slope. If it says you can't see thus-and-such rated material to minors, then who decides the ratings? In Germany that would be anything with Nazi symbols. In Australia it includes cartoon zombies. But in France, a clitoris would not be R-Rated. None of those standards apply to me and my son. Who will be on your local ratings board? Who will watch the watchers? If you disagree with the ratings, will others ostracize you the same way you just did? "What? You want your child to see something R-rated! You are sick! Call child protective services!"
Why is it totally different when something is done "over the internet?" Gambling is illegal in person, but it is legal if a network cable is involved?
Suppose I setup a gambling room where everyone goes into their own stall and gambles "over the internet." If they will, I will give them their winnings right away, then take the payment over the phone. Maybe I offer this service for free and just profit by selling drinks. Of course, maybe they are actually playing against the person in the stall next to them, but that's legal now because it is was "over the internet."
I'm not against this bill per se, but it is silly that if you did the same exact thing, but without the internet involved it would be illegal.
You are assigning the responsibility to the wrong person.
No it's a weakness of Wordpress, AND weak passwords
Do we know that this was because of a weakness in wordpress, or a weak password?
If N00b's that dont know anything about site administration and security click on the one click install of wordpress and think it's an appliance.
If someone makes a one-click install, and it has security holes in it, then it is not the fault of the user for using the one-click install. It is the fault of the creator of that install.
This is as much go-daddy's fault as a drunk drivers crash is Fords fault.
It probably would be Ford's fault if they had a one-click button that dispensed alcohol to the driver while the vehicle was moving. Why should an end-user have to be a security expert in order to have a blog?
You think they will drop their prices? Obviously, you don't know anything about the spines of the gamers.
There, I fixed that for you.
Producers don't set prices. Buyers do. If the gamers want lower prices, they need to buy cheaper games. But they don't. That sends the message that gamers really don't care about DRM, and don't care about price.
Although people have also pointed out that it is symmetric over 4 wires. Does that mean 2 wires in, 2 wires out? If so, that sounds like the real answer is 300Mbps/0bps.:-(
The privacy concern isn't the size of the database, but who is disseminating it. I can reveal my name and address and SSID to someone. You can reveal your name and address and SSID. But you should not be able to reveal my name and address. And you especially if you are charging for it.
That is the difference between public information, and a corporate database of information. The corporation can have it if they legally obtained it. But they should be not able to use it or profit from it without my permission.
The problem with high DPI displays is bad software support. Two things need to happen for this to work:
1) Applications need to work properly with high DPIs. 2) The OS needs to do a good job scaling old applications that don't respect DPI. That may include lying to them about the resolution and DPI, and stretching the window.
For #1, we are getting better. But many modern apps *cough*iTunes*cough* completely botch it. In some cases text on buttons gets bigger but the button does not, so instead of "Configure" you get the top half of the letter C. Or maybe the text gets bigger, and it spaces just fine, but the column sizes still default incorrectly. It would be better if they just ignored DPI than supporting it half-way.
For #2, you basically need to scale the window and adjust the mouse coordinates to compensate. There's gonna be quirks, but it sure beats an app that is just too small to be usable. Also, scale it well (not bilinear!) so it isn't a blurry blob.
. Unfortunately, they're just bundling the Flash VM in an app with the bytecode for the app.
No they aren't. They are compiling the Flash app to Objective-C so it is a totally native app. And Apple is changing their license to forbid it just to spite Adobe developers.
You are right about Superfetch - so it will help boot times. That's half way there. As far as I can tell though, it is still write-back. Meaning, if I compile something and it writes 500MB to disk, Windows will immediately try to commit that to the HDD. It won't delay that for 5 minutes until the HDD is idle.
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but, ultimately, it fails to actually fix the problem
You misunderstand the reasoning behind people's objections. It isn't that this won't fix the problem. It is that the problem does not need to be fixed in the first place. If people want to feed their kids crap, then they can do so. The only time this becomes an issue is when person A, who eats healthy foods, has to pay for person B's heart bypass surgery because person B ate gravy-covered-breaded-bacon for all 5 meals of the day.
Otherwise, for the most part, it isn't the state's responsibility, or even their best interest, to tell people how to live their lives. Could society be better if a benevolent big brother told everyone what to eat and what products to use? Probably. You have to decide if it is worth it or not. And if you think it is, just wait until they decide to target your favorite unhealthy behavior.
BTW - gravy-covered-breaded-bacon is very tasty - there's a story behind that example. :-)
I stand corrected, his last point about 3rd-party development tools says it quite clearly.
Steve only addressed half the equation. He is only talking about the Flash plug-in for web browsers. The web can get along just fine without that kind of Flash.
What concerns developers is Steve's belief that if I develop a standalone, fully-compiled, objective-C application that meets all of Apple's requirements - that Apple may reject it because I happened to use Flash as the development environment.
mod parent up. This seemingly snarky comment is very insightful. Teachers often complain about the use of Wikipedia and the internet in general, but they often complain for the wrong reasons. There is nothing wrong with using these sources. What is bad is when those sources are the only ones they use. We are starting to become a search mono-culture: Google is so good that everyone uses it, so everyone gets the same results. This makes it possible for some corporation or blogger with an extremist opinion to game the search results and draw unwarranted attention.
It sounds like you are pro-copyright, just not in favor of the United States current implementation of copyright.
The problem is that in order for a court to decide, someone must have standing to sue you over it. You can't just call a judge and ask them to make a ruling. And if you lose the case, you may lose your house, your retirement, and your children's college fund.
So, does that mean that everyone who paid for a Unix license from SCO can sue SCO to get a refund? Or are those people too embarrassed to admit what they have done?
There was an article earlier today about an attack where they used caller-ID-spoofing techniques to call themselves with a different number. The system then identified the caller, thus revealing their information. I can't seem to find it though. I assume this is a dupe of the same article.
Thanks to everyone who pointed out that you can gamble in Las Vegas or in Indian territory. That does not change the point. Unless of course, you could gamble over the internet in Indian territory. :-)
I don't see how codifying current practice is the same as setting a minimum wage. Could you please explain?
I wasn't sure. I figured either way I'd bite.
And who defines what is R-rated?
Even a law like that is a slippery slope. If it says you can't see thus-and-such rated material to minors, then who decides the ratings? In Germany that would be anything with Nazi symbols. In Australia it includes cartoon zombies. But in France, a clitoris would not be R-Rated. None of those standards apply to me and my son. Who will be on your local ratings board? Who will watch the watchers? If you disagree with the ratings, will others ostracize you the same way you just did? "What? You want your child to see something R-rated! You are sick! Call child protective services!"
Why is it totally different when something is done "over the internet?" Gambling is illegal in person, but it is legal if a network cable is involved?
Suppose I setup a gambling room where everyone goes into their own stall and gambles "over the internet." If they will, I will give them their winnings right away, then take the payment over the phone. Maybe I offer this service for free and just profit by selling drinks. Of course, maybe they are actually playing against the person in the stall next to them, but that's legal now because it is was "over the internet."
I'm not against this bill per se, but it is silly that if you did the same exact thing, but without the internet involved it would be illegal.
John Hancock just rolled over in his grave, since he fought a war based on the belief that you don't pay for freedom.
You are assigning the responsibility to the wrong person.
No it's a weakness of Wordpress, AND weak passwords
Do we know that this was because of a weakness in wordpress, or a weak password?
If N00b's that dont know anything about site administration and security click on the one click install of wordpress and think it's an appliance.
If someone makes a one-click install, and it has security holes in it, then it is not the fault of the user for using the one-click install. It is the fault of the creator of that install.
This is as much go-daddy's fault as a drunk drivers crash is Fords fault.
It probably would be Ford's fault if they had a one-click button that dispensed alcohol to the driver while the vehicle was moving. Why should an end-user have to be a security expert in order to have a blog?
You think they will drop their prices? Obviously, you don't know anything about the spines of the gamers.
There, I fixed that for you.
Producers don't set prices. Buyers do. If the gamers want lower prices, they need to buy cheaper games. But they don't. That sends the message that gamers really don't care about DRM, and don't care about price.
Although people have also pointed out that it is symmetric over 4 wires. Does that mean 2 wires in, 2 wires out? If so, that sounds like the real answer is 300Mbps/0bps. :-(
(My bet is that phone related distractions cause more accidents and deaths than phone radiation will ever cause.)
(Agreed, but cancer costs society quite a lot more than most forms of death)
The privacy concern isn't the size of the database, but who is disseminating it. I can reveal my name and address and SSID to someone. You can reveal your name and address and SSID. But you should not be able to reveal my name and address. And you especially if you are charging for it.
That is the difference between public information, and a corporate database of information. The corporation can have it if they legally obtained it. But they should be not able to use it or profit from it without my permission.
The problem with high DPI displays is bad software support. Two things need to happen for this to work:
1) Applications need to work properly with high DPIs.
2) The OS needs to do a good job scaling old applications that don't respect DPI. That may include lying to them about the resolution and DPI, and stretching the window.
For #1, we are getting better. But many modern apps *cough*iTunes*cough* completely botch it. In some cases text on buttons gets bigger but the button does not, so instead of "Configure" you get the top half of the letter C. Or maybe the text gets bigger, and it spaces just fine, but the column sizes still default incorrectly. It would be better if they just ignored DPI than supporting it half-way.
For #2, you basically need to scale the window and adjust the mouse coordinates to compensate. There's gonna be quirks, but it sure beats an app that is just too small to be usable. Also, scale it well (not bilinear!) so it isn't a blurry blob.
. Unfortunately, they're just bundling the Flash VM in an app with the bytecode for the app.
No they aren't. They are compiling the Flash app to Objective-C so it is a totally native app. And Apple is changing their license to forbid it just to spite Adobe developers.
Oops, yeah. I was reading comment threads about SSD + HDD in one and I forgot that the submitter hadn't proposed that.
You are right about Superfetch - so it will help boot times. That's half way there. As far as I can tell though, it is still write-back. Meaning, if I compile something and it writes 500MB to disk, Windows will immediately try to commit that to the HDD. It won't delay that for 5 minutes until the HDD is idle.
You are right. I was thinking about an SSD + HDD in one based on some of the comments were going that direction.
How much does it weight? I almost bought an Alienware a few years ago, but they didn't list weight in the specs.