In that context, we agree. But just because someone builds a platform doesn't mean you have to either buy it or use it. Closed architectures often fail. The populist movement that gave use the 'modern' microcomputer has always eventually ditched proprietary platforms. One need only look to the IBM PS/2 and things like Compaq's EISA bus for examples of closed off architectures.
More software makes a platform more valuable. Apple has temporarily solved this with a huge advanced market share in smart phone apps-- by any one's measure. It won't last.
These are all part of growing up. We try to steer kids in the right direction, and prevent the myriad of things that can go wrong. I was no angel, and neither are my kids. But I have to protect them, and let them grow at their own pace.
I've raised four boys and two girls. All of them have done well and are pretty well adjusted. That's not to say that they're angels, just good people. Things could have been different. I'm lucky.
Humans are animals and they devolve quickly given the lack of framework to behave with civility, morality, and concern. I also believe in sex education from an early age. Children can be manipulated and abused horribly. I just saw this example of a horrible outcome: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/21/MNDU1C2M7E.DTL&feed=rss.news that saddened me.
Boys need guidance and parenting. Given to their own whims, they can learn and habituate a great deal of disfunction in terms of sex, relationships, and consequences. Hands-on is better than hands-off-with-incumbent-gamble/hope that they turn out ok.
And what part of my disagreement to that declaration didn't you understand?
Apple made a choice. They're the ones responsible for their image and marketing. They're the ones that drew a line-- and we can agree that they should have done this earlier. Their market share is huge, and they're the pioneers in app delivery to smartphones. Did they screw up? Yup. Should they have made these decisions long ago? Yes. Their app store is a work in progress. NO ONE has their success here. They had to bite a bullet and they did it. Was the line drawn fairly? Probably not, but I applaud the stance they took, even come-lately.
I'm not sure if they could have done what they've done by limiting adult-focused apps this late in the game. Maybe they're scared of the Chinese Censorship Factor. Maybe they're worried about being restricted in other jurisdictions. I don't know. But the limitation is ok with me, as a consumer. If I were an application vendor that was just cut off, I might feel injured and in need of burning money on an attorney. But I'm not.
Porn give unrealistic expectations to a blank mind. Vicarious sex thrills for immature people gives them expectations that are tough to fulfill, and as an additional problem, gives them body image goals that also might be unrealistic. We're all not hung like pornstars, or have huge boobs, or like various kinds of sex acts.
We shield children from sex and violence until they have a context to understand it, and so they won't be unwittingly be used by others. Early attitudes about sex last a lifetime; it's best to start them out realistically and with a healthy attitude.
Parenting choices for my children are up to me. When I was a kid, I had a desire to find out about what sex was. In retrospect, I'm glad I got slowed down. There are many traps to fall into.
I got money from working. I spent it on all sorts of stuff, and none on porn because it wasn't for sale to a minor in my state. My kids got Magic cards, and Pokemon cards before that; two really different things. Knives and drugs weren't allowed. They eschewed knives and experimented with drugs-- to find out that they weren't really what they were looking for.
My job: help my kids grow into the world, a step at a time, with guidance to understand choices and their implications. If I gave them a phone, it ran no apps. If they wanted apps, they can buy the phone, support the airtime, and make use of the apps bought. My sons' phones are chocked full of stuff. It relates to their hobbies, sports, and twitter, etc. Fine. One had a porn app on it. He was given the alternative of surrendering the phone (to buy his own) or deleting it. He deleted it. Would he find something somewhere else? Perhaps. I'm the parent; he's the child until he turns into a man-- and then he's still my son.
No, it's not a waste of time. You can dislike what you want by calling Mac users a cult, but you only fear what you don't understand; they're people just like you that have made a purchase for reasons that perhaps aren't your own.
Understanding the sensibilities of young people is really important. Restricting porn and even obscenity/profanity are very reasonable things for parents to do. At some point, children become stable adults. A handful never do, or have other dysfunction that needs remediation. Throwing everyone into neat stereotypes is banal; we're all different and the needs of young people are different still.
Statistics would prove you wrong in terms of consumption. It's not boys that I see in adult sections of various stores.... thankfully. We try to limit exposure until boys understand the implications of sex, relationships, their bodies, and the world. That's part of a parent's job.
The blade cuts both ways. If there were a gateway to an adult area, just like the eBayMA works, then they'd provide a suitable gateway for those seeking adult stuff. But this requires authentication, and currently, we don't have a way to hold up an ID to the camera and have someone nod you in the dirty app store. Perhaps some day they'll figure it out. Were I forced to take sides, I'd rather have PG-rated apps rather than R-only or all ratings available. If there's assurance that an imposed parental control is effective, that would be fine. Of course sexting seems to go right around those, sadly.
Oddly, porn is illegal in some jurisdictions. Were I giving an i-something to a 14 year old boy, I think I'd like to have a bit of control over what that boy's watching if he's my child, and my responsibility. Eventually, he might break out of whatever limits are imposed, but that's his initiative, and mine as a parent.
Once he's matured, I'd say he has the right to do what he wants. Most men consumer porn. Most boys should not.
That Apple is having a hard time with dividing who and what's acceptable is the tough choice that all content providers have to figure out. Stereotyping Apple users as latte-sucking neo-poofs is pretty droll. Some work pretty damn hard for a living, just like Windows and Linux machine users. Superficial observations suits few purposes.
Sadly, you can get smashed by the zero-days, the rootkits from hell, the flash-drive-dummies, Mr or Ms I-Don't-Get-Paid-Enough, the supposed 100% spam killing filters, and so on.
Yes, we try. And your concept of filtration via layers works for many types of attacks and security failures. But nothing is foolproof because fools are so ingenioius.
This isn't to justify Symantec's latest PR attempt, just to remind you that while you look organized, something's sneaking up behind you.
Add to this the fact that when you do report phish, 419, or malware spam, the ISPs snooze over the report for days until finally doing something about it-- and sometimes they never do anything at all. Some mail hosters don't even have abuse accounts to report to.
It matters not whether the eventual product is open or closed. More eyes makes Torvald's statement true-- it does make the 'pond' of code more shallow. It does so also because of the fact along the code tree, a hierarchy of coders looks at broader and broader parts of the kernel to understand how elements link together. Linux has a modularity of design not difficult to understand. Few people will look deeply across the entire kernel, yet others will look at 'their' subsections, like disks, devices, filing systems, processor ports, lean distributions, and so on, know that other parts of the kernel are (hopefully) nice and tight.
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It's unethical and definitely borders on breach, not to mention access laws in many jurisdictions.
It's bad behavior, and given their track record, they'll pull something like this again. Just loved those cuties at CES this year....
Germany, too... in fact much of the EU.
The IP Police have gained control of the US Congress, so more of this stuff is likely.
Now please return to coding your brains out and publishing it. Patriots sometimes have to make the aristocracy look as stupid as they are.
In that context, we agree. But just because someone builds a platform doesn't mean you have to either buy it or use it. Closed architectures often fail. The populist movement that gave use the 'modern' microcomputer has always eventually ditched proprietary platforms. One need only look to the IBM PS/2 and things like Compaq's EISA bus for examples of closed off architectures.
More software makes a platform more valuable. Apple has temporarily solved this with a huge advanced market share in smart phone apps-- by any one's measure. It won't last.
Well, no, that's not true either.
We limited the shows and movies and games they could watch. It worked. They're not desensitized to violence.
Television is a wasteland, save for a very few events. PBS is a heaven-sent network. Much of the rest of it's worthless.
These are all part of growing up. We try to steer kids in the right direction, and prevent the myriad of things that can go wrong. I was no angel, and neither are my kids. But I have to protect them, and let them grow at their own pace.
I've raised four boys and two girls. All of them have done well and are pretty well adjusted. That's not to say that they're angels, just good people. Things could have been different. I'm lucky.
Imagine all things that happened after the Big Bang. That's the crux of it.
Humans are animals and they devolve quickly given the lack of framework to behave with civility, morality, and concern. I also believe in sex education from an early age. Children can be manipulated and abused horribly. I just saw this example of a horrible outcome: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/21/MNDU1C2M7E.DTL&feed=rss.news that saddened me.
Boys need guidance and parenting. Given to their own whims, they can learn and habituate a great deal of disfunction in terms of sex, relationships, and consequences. Hands-on is better than hands-off-with-incumbent-gamble/hope that they turn out ok.
And what part of my disagreement to that declaration didn't you understand?
Apple made a choice. They're the ones responsible for their image and marketing. They're the ones that drew a line-- and we can agree that they should have done this earlier. Their market share is huge, and they're the pioneers in app delivery to smartphones. Did they screw up? Yup. Should they have made these decisions long ago? Yes. Their app store is a work in progress. NO ONE has their success here. They had to bite a bullet and they did it. Was the line drawn fairly? Probably not, but I applaud the stance they took, even come-lately.
I'm not sure if they could have done what they've done by limiting adult-focused apps this late in the game. Maybe they're scared of the Chinese Censorship Factor. Maybe they're worried about being restricted in other jurisdictions. I don't know. But the limitation is ok with me, as a consumer. If I were an application vendor that was just cut off, I might feel injured and in need of burning money on an attorney. But I'm not.
Porn give unrealistic expectations to a blank mind. Vicarious sex thrills for immature people gives them expectations that are tough to fulfill, and as an additional problem, gives them body image goals that also might be unrealistic. We're all not hung like pornstars, or have huge boobs, or like various kinds of sex acts.
We shield children from sex and violence until they have a context to understand it, and so they won't be unwittingly be used by others. Early attitudes about sex last a lifetime; it's best to start them out realistically and with a healthy attitude.
Parenting choices for my children are up to me. When I was a kid, I had a desire to find out about what sex was. In retrospect, I'm glad I got slowed down. There are many traps to fall into.
I got money from working. I spent it on all sorts of stuff, and none on porn because it wasn't for sale to a minor in my state. My kids got Magic cards, and Pokemon cards before that; two really different things. Knives and drugs weren't allowed. They eschewed knives and experimented with drugs-- to find out that they weren't really what they were looking for.
My job: help my kids grow into the world, a step at a time, with guidance to understand choices and their implications. If I gave them a phone, it ran no apps. If they wanted apps, they can buy the phone, support the airtime, and make use of the apps bought. My sons' phones are chocked full of stuff. It relates to their hobbies, sports, and twitter, etc. Fine. One had a porn app on it. He was given the alternative of surrendering the phone (to buy his own) or deleting it. He deleted it. Would he find something somewhere else? Perhaps. I'm the parent; he's the child until he turns into a man-- and then he's still my son.
No, it's not a waste of time. You can dislike what you want by calling Mac users a cult, but you only fear what you don't understand; they're people just like you that have made a purchase for reasons that perhaps aren't your own.
Understanding the sensibilities of young people is really important. Restricting porn and even obscenity/profanity are very reasonable things for parents to do. At some point, children become stable adults. A handful never do, or have other dysfunction that needs remediation. Throwing everyone into neat stereotypes is banal; we're all different and the needs of young people are different still.
Statistics would prove you wrong in terms of consumption. It's not boys that I see in adult sections of various stores.... thankfully. We try to limit exposure until boys understand the implications of sex, relationships, their bodies, and the world. That's part of a parent's job.
iPhone? IPod Touch? perhaps an iPad?
Because he might find it useful. He might have to earn it.
The blade cuts both ways. If there were a gateway to an adult area, just like the eBayMA works, then they'd provide a suitable gateway for those seeking adult stuff. But this requires authentication, and currently, we don't have a way to hold up an ID to the camera and have someone nod you in the dirty app store. Perhaps some day they'll figure it out. Were I forced to take sides, I'd rather have PG-rated apps rather than R-only or all ratings available. If there's assurance that an imposed parental control is effective, that would be fine. Of course sexting seems to go right around those, sadly.
Oddly, porn is illegal in some jurisdictions. Were I giving an i-something to a 14 year old boy, I think I'd like to have a bit of control over what that boy's watching if he's my child, and my responsibility. Eventually, he might break out of whatever limits are imposed, but that's his initiative, and mine as a parent.
Once he's matured, I'd say he has the right to do what he wants. Most men consumer porn. Most boys should not.
That Apple is having a hard time with dividing who and what's acceptable is the tough choice that all content providers have to figure out. Stereotyping Apple users as latte-sucking neo-poofs is pretty droll. Some work pretty damn hard for a living, just like Windows and Linux machine users. Superficial observations suits few purposes.
My point exactly. Welcome to the perfect world.
Were it that easy.
Sadly, you can get smashed by the zero-days, the rootkits from hell, the flash-drive-dummies, Mr or Ms I-Don't-Get-Paid-Enough, the supposed 100% spam killing filters, and so on.
Yes, we try. And your concept of filtration via layers works for many types of attacks and security failures. But nothing is foolproof because fools are so ingenioius.
This isn't to justify Symantec's latest PR attempt, just to remind you that while you look organized, something's sneaking up behind you.
See http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10532-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=75498&messageID=1468379 for what he claims he is and does.
Ya wanna little whine with that, buddy?
There's revolution, and evolution. Yeah, there's a lot of hype. The rest of your claims seem a bit specious. The good old days are today.
Me, too.
Yet how are we to contact ISPs and get spammer accounts closed? There ought to be a way.....
Add to this the fact that when you do report phish, 419, or malware spam, the ISPs snooze over the report for days until finally doing something about it-- and sometimes they never do anything at all. Some mail hosters don't even have abuse accounts to report to.
Mod parent up.
It matters not whether the eventual product is open or closed. More eyes makes Torvald's statement true-- it does make the 'pond' of code more shallow. It does so also because of the fact along the code tree, a hierarchy of coders looks at broader and broader parts of the kernel to understand how elements link together. Linux has a modularity of design not difficult to understand. Few people will look deeply across the entire kernel, yet others will look at 'their' subsections, like disks, devices, filing systems, processor ports, lean distributions, and so on, know that other parts of the kernel are (hopefully) nice and tight.
A great way to get tracked everywhere you go, too. IPV6 addresses are so easy to traceroute. And what fun!
Cite your source, please. Other data would disagree with your assertion.
You forgot ego.
They're buying NBC. Can't be Comcast and buy NBC, ya know. Gotta be X-something, because X is cool. Maybe Xfinity is where the stock price will go.