Seems to me someone like CGI Group "multinational information technology (IT) consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, and solutions company" and Booz Allen Hamilton "Client service. Innovative ideas. Exceptional people. Core Values. Solid performance" could have handled designing a simple website which takes user input and stores it in a back-end database. Ask for our tax dollars back and move forward with another vendor. Perhaps a 16 yr. old high school kid who knows Javascript.
Shelf notices that you're overweight and you picked up a candy bar?
The interesting part will be when the system notifies your health insurance provider, in realtime, about the candy bar and adjusts your premium" accordingly".
If this trend continues the only people which the NSA will be able to spy on will be Americans. Precisely the populace it said it would not be spying on in the first place.
What if I told you a small dab of paint-marker, sticker or nail polish can help with those orientation dilemmas?
the Lightning connector is actually better design.
I've seen plenty of lightning connector breakage come through the support desk both on the cable and the device. The small "male" tab is just as fragile as the one in a micro-usb. People find all sorts of creative ways to damage it.
Thing is, companies like Apple don't need more freedom to assert lock-in on the industry or consumer for that matter. If anything, there needs to be stricter laws on companies to help consumers reduce, reuse and recycle.
This sounds like a company dying of a sucking chest wound. Any way to leverage a hated technology and force it onto people while collecting money from the RIAA/MPAA for it's implementation.
Another manager says their product is really exciting and interesting
I would agree with you however MLJ is the same woman who designed the display on the OLPC which was quite remarkable at the time. It utilized 200dpi color while maintaining readability in direct sunlight while not being a crippling drain on the battery. Although google may pay her to hype up "Google X" , she is quite talented and innovative. It would be wise to give her the benefit of the doubt.
Seems to me this is a pretty good attempt for the media to portray Assange any way they like. The public will lap it up and believe every bit of it, regardless of it's true-to-life accuracy. It's a lot easier to vilify people when you have the masses on your side already.
The curvature helps with glare as well. Slightly tipping the device can eliminate glare from (for instance) overhead lighting while still maintaining a reasonably straight-on viewing angle.
I think you're trying to be cynical about the War on Labor in the US. The few ex-cons I've met over the years never want to go back.
As a digression, I think irresponsible, corrupt politicians should be turned back into ordinary citizens, subject to hard time, and then forced to work minimum wage for a year when they get out. See how fast things change.
Gameplay is fantasy. Plenty of mentally healthy people can play a shoot-em-game and walk away hours later with a civilized outlook on mortality and how it relates to an armed conflict. Maybe the Red Cross could instead be focusing on creating IRL programs for people who do not have such a mentally healthy outlook on life? Perhaps it would be rehabilitative enough that these afflicted people could one day enjoy the same fantasy games without blurring the lines between reality, emotion and responsible/civilized ways of dealing with both.
Spending a lifetime growing up in dysfunctional households is way more damaging than a few hours in front of a video game. Society needs a way to right those wrongs and creating programs to help those afflicted with depression, suicidal tendencies and behavior prone to harm would be a good place for Red Cross to put their focus. Not video game design. Oh, and if they need funding for that, it's ok with me if you carve a few billion of the NSA or Defense budget. How many magic stealth bat-drones, or people spying on their ex's email does a country really need?
I'm glad this mystery has finally come to a close. I've had years of endless conversations (some actually broke out into fisticuffs) with co-workers about the likelihood that Siri was simply a generic wave form generated on a 1973 Rowland 385x tube synth (I love my old Rowland!!!1). One co-worker (Bryhan) argued that he could actually hear the pitch-shift in one of the particular tones of Siri's condescending passages suggesting it was in fact a male voice with some clever over-dubbing from magnetic tape (backwards). I've wondered about this for years and have lost much sleep over it. So glad it's finally came to light. Take that Bryhan, you insensitive clod!
It's almost like Gates and Co. have the intent to socially profile people starting at a young age while at the same time convert the entire educational learning process into a format and content delivery system which he can sell at whatever price he wants, along with controlling what kind of media is in the content. It's digital book burning and your kids will only know what Bill's educational system teaches them. Freakin creepy.
Just sayin.. If they bought an iphone and expected to be able to circumvent crap on their device... c'mon. This is why people who want more control over their stuff use something else.
I don't buy the "piracy is good for business" BS; what I do agree with is that being a full-on pissrag and advocating zillion dollar fines *cough*metallica*cough* on people for downloading a 3 minutes song is so abrasive to your customers that they will make a bigger effort to pirate your crap OFF the net. just in spite. Some will simply drop you from their playlists for good as soon as an alternative comes around with the same genre of sound.
Yeah, you'll scare a lot of people with fines but what happens is the independent musicians not tied into a label slap something up on youtube and people like it. And hey the guys not a dick, he's giving his stuff away for free. People like that and want to support that and sales go up.
So yeah, in some cases, piracy drives music sales but it's sure not the way MPAA/RIAA would like it to be. Besides, they have a lot of people with deep pockets who get nervous when they hear things aren't going so well, so they spin stuff like this to give the moneybags' warm fuzzies.
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Encrypt everything.
Indeed. Self-signed SSL certs are going to take on a whole new purpose now since the NSA doesn't hold your CA cert.
Seems to me someone like CGI Group "multinational information technology (IT) consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, and solutions company" and Booz Allen Hamilton "Client service. Innovative ideas. Exceptional people. Core Values. Solid performance" could have handled designing a simple website which takes user input and stores it in a back-end database. Ask for our tax dollars back and move forward with another vendor. Perhaps a 16 yr. old high school kid who knows Javascript.
A gasoline fire is a cake walk compared to a shorted 20MWatt battery.
Not sure how many Watts are in this battery but I think I'd prefer it to a passenger compartment full of gasoline vapor prior to ignition.
Shelf notices that you're overweight and you picked up a candy bar?
The interesting part will be when the system notifies your health insurance provider, in realtime, about the candy bar and adjusts your premium" accordingly".
If this trend continues the only people which the NSA will be able to spy on will be Americans. Precisely the populace it said it would not be spying on in the first place.
It's small and orientation less
What if I told you a small dab of paint-marker, sticker or nail polish can help with those orientation dilemmas?
the Lightning connector is actually better design.
I've seen plenty of lightning connector breakage come through the support desk both on the cable and the device. The small "male" tab is just as fragile as the one in a micro-usb. People find all sorts of creative ways to damage it.
Thing is, companies like Apple don't need more freedom to assert lock-in on the industry or consumer for that matter. If anything, there needs to be stricter laws on companies to help consumers reduce, reuse and recycle.
We really run Windows 95 under the hood. You guys finally caught us.
-Apple
Isn't Mesa software rendering? I've never found it to be anything but abysmal performance. Why does anyone use it?
This sounds like a company dying of a sucking chest wound. Any way to leverage a hated technology and force it onto people while collecting money from the RIAA/MPAA for it's implementation.
Nothing prompts exploration like greed.
Another manager says their product is really exciting and interesting
I would agree with you however MLJ is the same woman who designed the display on the OLPC which was quite remarkable at the time. It utilized 200dpi color while maintaining readability in direct sunlight while not being a crippling drain on the battery. Although google may pay her to hype up "Google X" , she is quite talented and innovative. It would be wise to give her the benefit of the doubt.
We call it interior decorating
-Ã-tzi
Seems to me this is a pretty good attempt for the media to portray Assange any way they like. The public will lap it up and believe every bit of it, regardless of it's true-to-life accuracy. It's a lot easier to vilify people when you have the masses on your side already.
What else do they need to do before we decide to stop tolerating their shit?
Sounds like some of them wouldn't mind an invite to a Rave.
The US government is not known to be thrifty when it comes to spending. Big guns, deep pockets, no fucks given.
What possible reason is there for this?
The curvature helps with glare as well. Slightly tipping the device can eliminate glare from (for instance) overhead lighting while still maintaining a reasonably straight-on viewing angle.
then stop with all of the "X-Files" shit.
What if I told you all of the "X-Files" shit comes quite close to actual recent events.
prisons is better than working minimum wage
I think you're trying to be cynical about the War on Labor in the US. The few ex-cons I've met over the years never want to go back.
As a digression, I think irresponsible, corrupt politicians should be turned back into ordinary citizens, subject to hard time, and then forced to work minimum wage for a year when they get out. See how fast things change.
Gameplay is fantasy. Plenty of mentally healthy people can play a shoot-em-game and walk away hours later with a civilized outlook on mortality and how it relates to an armed conflict. Maybe the Red Cross could instead be focusing on creating IRL programs for people who do not have such a mentally healthy outlook on life? Perhaps it would be rehabilitative enough that these afflicted people could one day enjoy the same fantasy games without blurring the lines between reality, emotion and responsible/civilized ways of dealing with both.
Spending a lifetime growing up in dysfunctional households is way more damaging than a few hours in front of a video game. Society needs a way to right those wrongs and creating programs to help those afflicted with depression, suicidal tendencies and behavior prone to harm would be a good place for Red Cross to put their focus. Not video game design. Oh, and if they need funding for that, it's ok with me if you carve a few billion of the NSA or Defense budget. How many magic stealth bat-drones, or people spying on their ex's email does a country really need?
It's no wonder these guys pissed off Linus enough to get the finger.
I'm glad this mystery has finally come to a close. I've had years of endless conversations (some actually broke out into fisticuffs) with co-workers about the likelihood that Siri was simply a generic wave form generated on a 1973 Rowland 385x tube synth (I love my old Rowland!!!1). One co-worker (Bryhan) argued that he could actually hear the pitch-shift in one of the particular tones of Siri's condescending passages suggesting it was in fact a male voice with some clever over-dubbing from magnetic tape (backwards). I've wondered about this for years and have lost much sleep over it. So glad it's finally came to light. Take that Bryhan, you insensitive clod!
If you don't descend from Political/Capitalist Royalty "opportunities created by these conditions" was not in reference to your family.
It's almost like Gates and Co. have the intent to socially profile people starting at a young age while at the same time convert the entire educational learning process into a format and content delivery system which he can sell at whatever price he wants, along with controlling what kind of media is in the content. It's digital book burning and your kids will only know what Bill's educational system teaches them. Freakin creepy.
Just sayin.. If they bought an iphone and expected to be able to circumvent crap on their device... c'mon. This is why people who want more control over their stuff use something else.
I don't buy the "piracy is good for business" BS; what I do agree with is that being a full-on pissrag and advocating zillion dollar fines *cough*metallica*cough* on people for downloading a 3 minutes song is so abrasive to your customers that they will make a bigger effort to pirate your crap OFF the net. just in spite. Some will simply drop you from their playlists for good as soon as an alternative comes around with the same genre of sound.
Yeah, you'll scare a lot of people with fines but what happens is the independent musicians not tied into a label slap something up on youtube and people like it. And hey the guys not a dick, he's giving his stuff away for free. People like that and want to support that and sales go up.
So yeah, in some cases, piracy drives music sales but it's sure not the way MPAA/RIAA would like it to be. Besides, they have a lot of people with deep pockets who get nervous when they hear things aren't going so well, so they spin stuff like this to give the moneybags' warm fuzzies.