This is bad news, having Ballmer in charge of MS is a good thing as he was slowly mismanaging the company into the ground. A successor could be more competent.
Not to worry, the "News Media" got it ALL WRONG.
People say that Ballmer said he's going to "retire". In fact what Ballmer was saying is that he is sending his Town Car to Les Schwab for some new rubber...
I would pay a lot of money to be able to drive distracted, asleep, or inebriated legally. Right now none of those are legal and one isn't even possible.
There are documented cases of people driving while essentially alseep after taking Ambian...
Google became big. This happens to all big companies.
It's just the way of the world.
Indeed.
And if I worked at Google (I'm *not* that smart...) I'd keep my nifty ideas to myself as well. Hell, I've got this great idea for a company that allows people to build neighborhood news pages - sort of localized news pages for your own particular patch...
What is? Automatic scanning of license plates for crimes associated with them? Takes place already all over the United States - no warrant required. Running people's faces through facial recognition to ferret out those who are wanted for crimes? Happens already - no warrant required.
What gives you the idea that these sorts of actions require a warrant? They don't in the United States, and I'll bet the Brits where doing it LONG before us here (in the USA) - for example the surveillance situation in London...
Because it enables constant video recording in a way which is much easier than using a separate video camera or a smartphone.
The point is that glasses with video cameras have been available for quite some time. As well, there are devices specifically targeted at Law Enforcement that you can clip to your pocket that also can "stream" video to a recorder or Internet connection.
Google was, a long time ago, a young idealistic company full of people that had drunk the Kool-Aid and were willing to pour out their energy into neat little side projects that one day might make Google greater.
Times have changed.
The smart folks at Google percolate their ideas on their own time in secret, and then bail out and start a "start-up" (and then possible sell the idea back to Google).
The whole "creativity" dynamic has changed at Google. It is still a pool of VERY smart people, but they know better than to give their ideas away for free.
"conventional" high-speed rail is a proven concept in use today in many non-North American countries. Musk's idea, while based on things that are already being studies, contains a lot of unproven technology.
Even if we could do the necessary R&D in a *reasonable* amount of time, the 7+ billion price-tag is way too low.
It's a pipe dream - er, tube dream - to think this is a practical transportation solution right now or even in the near future.
Given the level of tracking going on by the government in the UK, espescially London, if the spooks there are not already doing this themselves, they will be soon.
Yes, Photoshop has algorithms that will generate an image based on an original. Maybe not as "random" as this example you give, but even in your example, the computer is "fed" an original image, and simply (or complexly) maks another image base on an algorithm.
Sure, this latest computer algorithm is a little sweeter than Photoshop's various filters, but it is none the less simple a computer program that passes an existing image through a set of instructions.
It isn't enough to DMCA something. IF you have a copyrighted work, and GOOGLE uses it for commercial purposes, then sue them, and scraping an image (or whatever) to put into a database, which they offer for free, to sell advertising IS commercial use. Sue them. DMCA is just the first step in stopping their usage. SUE THEM for commercial use of your works.
It's interesting that when "big bad [whoever]" plays fast and loose with copyrights, Slashdot danzians are all over it, but when "poor small little me" walks al over someone's copyright and gets busted, it's a different story. That's right, sue sue sue the big mega-corp for what you expect "small little innocent me" to be able to get away with.
Who knows what's up with this dentist. But the company who provides the form paperwork is really the people that the lawyers should be going after. D. Makhnevich is only one of many many who use this company's services / products.
Also this points out why I never pay much attention to Yelp: This dentist is rightfully getting a lot of heat over this business, but most of the "opinions" about her on Yelp are by people who have almost certainly never used her services. This is how it goes when businesses get bad publicity, everyone runs to trash them on Yelp regardless of if they have ever done business with whoever is the target.
There are a number of other sites that specialize in doctor ratings from patient that have a significantly different score for this clown.
Microsoft OS: 90 bucks or whatever they're charging Smaller ecosystem for apps
Compared to: Larger ecosystem by orders of magnitude An OS that doesn't cost a dime (unmodded)
Microsoft has deals with most phone manufacturers that use Android - a extortion of sorts to avoid patent fights. So, even if it ships with Android, part of the price was paying off Microsoft.
Even if you buy the phone used and load an unmodded copy of Android and get it working, the original purchaser already paid the MS Tax on the original Android OS that was installed.
I've been to Cheyenne Mountain and seen the Stargate. It's not what you think, they are not doing what you think they might, it would disappoint you. Every transaction take a huge amount of paperwork, I believe that Snowden will be releasing that data soon.
A new search policy went into effect Thursday that excludes all adult blogs from Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search engines by disabling indexing of anything it tags as "adult."... The policy effectively makes the content and 10 percent of Tumblr users completely invisible.
Only if you're one of the 10 people that use Yahoo to search the Intertubes...
Slashdot Mirror
I fart in your general direction.
This is bad news, having Ballmer in charge of MS is a good thing as he was slowly mismanaging the company into the ground. A successor could be more competent.
Not to worry, the "News Media" got it ALL WRONG.
People say that Ballmer said he's going to "retire". In fact what Ballmer was saying is that he is sending his Town Car to Les Schwab for some new rubber...
It is a "deflection" because the fact my car/government is almost as bad as yours does NOT change the fact yours is horrible.
Unlike many cities in the UK, particularly London, my city, Seattle, does not have CCTV on every fucking street corner.
I would pay a lot of money to be able to drive distracted, asleep, or inebriated legally. Right now none of those are legal and one isn't even possible.
There are documented cases of people driving while essentially alseep after taking Ambian...
You at the other side of the pond have generated a farce beyond fantasy
An amazing statement considering recent events in the UK with respect to the Snowden story. Hubris.
Google became big. This happens to all big companies.
It's just the way of the world.
Indeed.
And if I worked at Google (I'm *not* that smart...) I'd keep my nifty ideas to myself as well. Hell, I've got this great idea for a company that allows people to build neighborhood news pages - sort of localized news pages for your own particular patch...
...but thats against the law without a warrant.
What is? Automatic scanning of license plates for crimes associated with them? Takes place already all over the United States - no warrant required. Running people's faces through facial recognition to ferret out those who are wanted for crimes? Happens already - no warrant required.
What gives you the idea that these sorts of actions require a warrant? They don't in the United States, and I'll bet the Brits where doing it LONG before us here (in the USA) - for example the surveillance situation in London...
Because it enables constant video recording in a way which is much easier than using a separate video camera or a smartphone.
The point is that glasses with video cameras have been available for quite some time. As well, there are devices specifically targeted at Law Enforcement that you can clip to your pocket that also can "stream" video to a recorder or Internet connection.
The thing that Glass has is the "HUD".
But there is something else going on here.
Google was, a long time ago, a young idealistic company full of people that had drunk the Kool-Aid and were willing to pour out their energy into neat little side projects that one day might make Google greater.
Times have changed.
The smart folks at Google percolate their ideas on their own time in secret, and then bail out and start a "start-up" (and then possible sell the idea back to Google).
The whole "creativity" dynamic has changed at Google. It is still a pool of VERY smart people, but they know better than to give their ideas away for free.
If it was for specific conversation between specific address at a specific date/time then It's reasonable to comply.
Lavabit had around 10,000 customers. If FISA issues 10,000 individual subpoenas, would that be OK? Because I'll bet it's not a problem for them...
They are both a waste of money.
Yes, that's how the Europeans feel about it as well.
"conventional" high-speed rail is a proven concept in use today in many non-North American countries. Musk's idea, while based on things that are already being studies, contains a lot of unproven technology.
Even if we could do the necessary R&D in a *reasonable* amount of time, the 7+ billion price-tag is way too low.
It's a pipe dream - er, tube dream - to think this is a practical transportation solution right now or even in the near future.
Given the level of tracking going on by the government in the UK, espescially London, if the spooks there are not already doing this themselves, they will be soon.
These are NOT companies you would want to work for.
Sure, of course. But perhaps it's marginally better than unemployment?
There is a significant install base of Windows in datacenters? Who knew...
Nuff said?
Yes, Photoshop has algorithms that will generate an image based on an original. Maybe not as "random" as this example you give, but even in your example, the computer is "fed" an original image, and simply (or complexly) maks another image base on an algorithm.
Sure, this latest computer algorithm is a little sweeter than Photoshop's various filters, but it is none the less simple a computer program that passes an existing image through a set of instructions.
It isn't enough to DMCA something. IF you have a copyrighted work, and GOOGLE uses it for commercial purposes, then sue them, and scraping an image (or whatever) to put into a database, which they offer for free, to sell advertising IS commercial use. Sue them. DMCA is just the first step in stopping their usage. SUE THEM for commercial use of your works.
It's interesting that when "big bad [whoever]" plays fast and loose with copyrights, Slashdot danzians are all over it, but when "poor small little me" walks al over someone's copyright and gets busted, it's a different story. That's right, sue sue sue the big mega-corp for what you expect "small little innocent me" to be able to get away with.
Who knows what's up with this dentist. But the company who provides the form paperwork is really the people that the lawyers should be going after. D. Makhnevich is only one of many many who use this company's services / products.
Also this points out why I never pay much attention to Yelp: This dentist is rightfully getting a lot of heat over this business, but most of the "opinions" about her on Yelp are by people who have almost certainly never used her services. This is how it goes when businesses get bad publicity, everyone runs to trash them on Yelp regardless of if they have ever done business with whoever is the target.
There are a number of other sites that specialize in doctor ratings from patient that have a significantly different score for this clown.
He was convicted of stealing 745 passwords. He did this to rig a school election. Did I miss something?
Perhaps.
The conviction was for stealing passwords. The election issue was a side-story as far as why he was brought up on charges.
In other words, had he manipulated the election without stealing passwords, his jail time would have been significantly less or nonexistent.
Matthew Weaver jail sentence came as a result of stealing passwords.
Microsoft OS: 90 bucks or whatever they're charging
Smaller ecosystem for apps
Compared to:
Larger ecosystem by orders of magnitude
An OS that doesn't cost a dime (unmodded)
Microsoft has deals with most phone manufacturers that use Android - a extortion of sorts to avoid patent fights. So, even if it ships with Android, part of the price was paying off Microsoft.
Even if you buy the phone used and load an unmodded copy of Android and get it working, the original purchaser already paid the MS Tax on the original Android OS that was installed.
Cisco engineer here. We don't modify our equipment for anybody beyond basic CALEA-type compliance requirements.
That *you* know of.
I've been to Cheyenne Mountain and seen the Stargate. It's not what you think, they are not doing what you think they might, it would disappoint you. Every transaction take a huge amount of paperwork, I believe that Snowden will be releasing that data soon.
A new search policy went into effect Thursday that excludes all adult blogs from Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search engines by disabling indexing of anything it tags as "adult." ... The policy effectively makes the content and 10 percent of Tumblr users completely invisible.
Only if you're one of the 10 people that use Yahoo to search the Intertubes...
So...
Is it not OK that the NSA is doing, but OK that MIT is doing it?