I wonder if I can take the car of every BBC staffer and use it to demonstrate how a small army of cars can do something illegal if I so chose to do so. But I'm not using them to do anything illegal, so it's ok that I took them.
Hmm...I might liken it to the difference between driving a very fast motorcycle compared to a large truck. My motorcycle is considerably faster but is very limited in terms of cargo capacity and range. The motorcycle may be impractical for a very great many things, but if you fall into the class of people who can suffice with the motorcycle, go for it.
As a Sony Reader owner, I appreciate eInk reading significantly more than reading large amounts of text on a back-lit screen. It just feels easier on the eyes.
Um, why should author's be compensated by that? Their revenue model has been superceded. They don't have a right to revenue produced by people who heard books. The authors have rights to the content, they are still getting the money for their content. Just because people have to pay for the content twice a la physical book + audiobook or voice actors don't have much reason to read books aloud any more doesn't mean people are responsible for supporting this.
Facebook's policy goes a step further. Any condolences one has on behalf of Mr. Furry are now perpetually owned by Facebook and may not be deleted even if you delete your memory of Mr. Furry.
I read an interesting quote by Alan Greenspan from his memoir, he said he wanted to make a constitutional amendment reading, "Anyone willing to do what is required to become president of the United States is thereby barred from taking that office." I think it should apply to most political posts...
If MS wants to arbitrarily limit themselves to that market and makes that clear and open, then I don't understand what the problem is. There would be an issue if you bought the software on the assumption that it would work broadly and found out that you had to then buy an expensive piece of hardware. I'm not sure how open Apple is about this, but this should surely be their right.
Except for the hitch where grandma calls and asks why she can't install her grandsons jump start program. Or Billy's mom can't figure out why turbo tax doesn't work. These aren't insignificant issues for HP, Dell and the like. These people tie up support lines and definitely have a cost associated with them.
You can be indignant, but it doesn't mean anything unless 1) you are willing to drop your ISP because they are paying this fee, and 2) a critical mass of like minded users are willing to do the same.
Fortunately, I'm not sure this is nearly as bad as it seems. There are way too many websites to every site involved in these kinds of accounts. So, while some people may not be able to watch reruns of sports center, I think the important information will still find it's way to being available globally.
They have a niche. The idea that all applications should be web apps is stupid. The idea that all applications should be locally installed is stupid. Once people can accept that and define the things that web apps are and are not good at, maybe we can get some really well built apps that leverage the abilities of the platform.
I'll throw out my anecdote, because, as always, my anecdote is better than your anecdote.
I've since moved on, but I worked for a company in the financial sector that needed to input customer information for lease applications. Previously this was handled by a (admittedly kludgy) thick client application. It was replaced by a web app, which, while probably a little slower gave several advantages. 1) It was consistent between several groups. Sales people could access it in-house and remotely and have the same interface, and it was generally pretty fast in both cases. 2) Third-party partners could now put their own information in because it was available remotely. 3) It was consistent internally and remotely, so that if partners had trouble or needed help all the staff was familiar with the same interface and could walk them through things.
It wasn't as fast as a locally installed terminal session for data input, but it was good enough, and the other benefits far outweighed this deficiency.
There is another issue with this logic. Many people who are using OSS are using it because it's free as in beer. If Microsoft starts giving away it's OS for free then they implicitly devalue their entire software line. People, I think, will be far less willing to pay for a full copy of office when they just got this OS for free, and heck, I hear there are other free applications that replicate office, etc.
Yes, these applications already exists and the uptake isn't astronomic, but part of the Microsoft business model is the idea that stability is bought, and they harm that model by releasing one of the most recognizable parts of their suite for free.
Something they've been trained to do as a result of shortcuts and hacks used by applications written for Windows for years. I'm reasonably sure a check book balancing application shouldn't need administrator privileges to run, but so many applications are written that way, probably a little because it's easier, and a little because so many people use administrator accounts that it doesn't matter.
Microsoft is in a tough position with regards to this. A large portion of the annoyance with Vista was 1) compatibility, which stemmed from bad time frames and poor vendor interaction, admitted, but also from enforcing proper security and structure that they hadn't done, that broke poorly written code. 2) from UAC going off very frequently due to applications constantly trying to elevate their privileges which is in most cases unnecessary.
Linux needs to reach a critical enough mass for developers to start writing code that isn't locked into an OS. The success of Macs may be the catalyst for the success of Linux. When it's not worthwhile to write code locked into.Net libraries (Mono not withstanding) I think we'll see the adoption of Linux become much more seamless and therefore easier for users.
I think, in this case, it will be users that lead the business world. The apps one uses at home are far easier to find alternatives for than specialized business applications. But with a rise in home use, hopefully the businesses can follow.
I wish higher ed was increasing like this. Unfortunately, Windows is courting these groups highly. I understand, my anecdotal evidence trumps your anecdotal evidence...but, I've been at two universities in Michigan in the last couple years, and each of them are full Windows environments. One of which doesn't even offer pop access to email. It's exchange/outlook only.
Because he still owns several billion dollars in Microsoft shares and it's in his best interest to see that the company is successful?
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Someone needs to make two movies, perhaps we can mash them into one.
1) All the guys are pretty freaking much normal. The hero is a generally likable guy who doesn't have to have a string of meaningless relationships because he's "mysterious". The geek is capable of carrying on non-technical discussions and knows where to find a barber AND a bathtub. The female cop eats more than 12 calories a day or can't hurt people, pick one.
2) Action scenes that can really happen. Let's see the fight scene where it takes a whole bunch of punches to really hurt someone, and guess what? They still generally don't get knocked out. The guy shooting the.45 with one hand without looking isn't the best marksman. Coincidentally, the 35 guys shooting back at him don't such nearly as much.
These would be incredibly boring, but a much needed reprieve.
Recruit and retain, not hire. They are saying that California is making itself a less desirable state to live in a for a certain set of the population. This set may be less inclined to move to or stay in California to work at google if they feel that they don't have the same rights in the state as they would have elsewhere.
Most of those records are in a broad number of systems, many of which still use proprietary database. Further, many hospitals still exist using paper charts that are never digitized. Scanning those charts, and implementing scanning solutions, and purchasing and implementing a new medical records system is extremely expensive. In many cases it may require replacing or upgrading several other systems. This can easily cost up to several hundreds of thousands of dollars per hospital, that doesn't begin to address the even higher number of smaller doctor's offices.
SSL/TLS is secure for encrypting data between two known, trusted entities. It's using these as a form of identification that is an issue. Even that may not be so much an issue as the policies that cert issuers use to identify domain holders isn't very thorough and is a pretty poor foundation on which to base a global internet trust system.
It's showcasing the usefulness of IBM's cell processors for exactly this kind of thing. They have very good reason to be involved as it may mean that there is interest in using their processors for smaller computers at a higher volume to do modeling and research.
Crazy monster indeed. When auto plants over here gained in efficiency or cut production they didn't need nearly as many workers, but the union insisted that the companies avoid laying off these workers. So they created the job bank, where workers get paid a fairly high wage and benefits to show up and do nothing. It's basically guaranteed employment even if the car companies lay off workers, move production, etc.
What about those of us who are capable of moderating our caloric intake and can drink regular soda at the same time? You can keep your nanny state, tyvm.
I take a little bit of heart when people like Blagojevich get caught and I can point at him and say, "Look, we have crooks in high offices of our government, THAT is why you should be wary of government." and then the inevitable response is "terrorism, child sex trade, violent video games" and the sheep fall back in line.
But since all of our political leaders and the people who work for them are right, good and upstanding people, and since you, good citizen, have nothing to hide or be ashamed of, this shouldn't be a problem, right?
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I wonder if I can take the car of every BBC staffer and use it to demonstrate how a small army of cars can do something illegal if I so chose to do so. But I'm not using them to do anything illegal, so it's ok that I took them.
Hmm...I might liken it to the difference between driving a very fast motorcycle compared to a large truck. My motorcycle is considerably faster but is very limited in terms of cargo capacity and range. The motorcycle may be impractical for a very great many things, but if you fall into the class of people who can suffice with the motorcycle, go for it.
I think that's what he was implying by the power locks bit...
As a Sony Reader owner, I appreciate eInk reading significantly more than reading large amounts of text on a back-lit screen. It just feels easier on the eyes.
Um, why should author's be compensated by that? Their revenue model has been superceded. They don't have a right to revenue produced by people who heard books. The authors have rights to the content, they are still getting the money for their content. Just because people have to pay for the content twice a la physical book + audiobook or voice actors don't have much reason to read books aloud any more doesn't mean people are responsible for supporting this.
Facebook's policy goes a step further. Any condolences one has on behalf of Mr. Furry are now perpetually owned by Facebook and may not be deleted even if you delete your memory of Mr. Furry.
I read an interesting quote by Alan Greenspan from his memoir, he said he wanted to make a constitutional amendment reading, "Anyone willing to do what is required to become president of the United States is thereby barred from taking that office." I think it should apply to most political posts...
If MS wants to arbitrarily limit themselves to that market and makes that clear and open, then I don't understand what the problem is. There would be an issue if you bought the software on the assumption that it would work broadly and found out that you had to then buy an expensive piece of hardware. I'm not sure how open Apple is about this, but this should surely be their right.
Except for the hitch where grandma calls and asks why she can't install her grandsons jump start program. Or Billy's mom can't figure out why turbo tax doesn't work. These aren't insignificant issues for HP, Dell and the like. These people tie up support lines and definitely have a cost associated with them.
You can be indignant, but it doesn't mean anything unless 1) you are willing to drop your ISP because they are paying this fee, and 2) a critical mass of like minded users are willing to do the same.
Fortunately, I'm not sure this is nearly as bad as it seems. There are way too many websites to every site involved in these kinds of accounts. So, while some people may not be able to watch reruns of sports center, I think the important information will still find it's way to being available globally.
They have a niche. The idea that all applications should be web apps is stupid. The idea that all applications should be locally installed is stupid. Once people can accept that and define the things that web apps are and are not good at, maybe we can get some really well built apps that leverage the abilities of the platform.
I'll throw out my anecdote, because, as always, my anecdote is better than your anecdote.
I've since moved on, but I worked for a company in the financial sector that needed to input customer information for lease applications. Previously this was handled by a (admittedly kludgy) thick client application. It was replaced by a web app, which, while probably a little slower gave several advantages. 1) It was consistent between several groups. Sales people could access it in-house and remotely and have the same interface, and it was generally pretty fast in both cases. 2) Third-party partners could now put their own information in because it was available remotely. 3) It was consistent internally and remotely, so that if partners had trouble or needed help all the staff was familiar with the same interface and could walk them through things.
It wasn't as fast as a locally installed terminal session for data input, but it was good enough, and the other benefits far outweighed this deficiency.
There is another issue with this logic. Many people who are using OSS are using it because it's free as in beer. If Microsoft starts giving away it's OS for free then they implicitly devalue their entire software line. People, I think, will be far less willing to pay for a full copy of office when they just got this OS for free, and heck, I hear there are other free applications that replicate office, etc.
Yes, these applications already exists and the uptake isn't astronomic, but part of the Microsoft business model is the idea that stability is bought, and they harm that model by releasing one of the most recognizable parts of their suite for free.
Something they've been trained to do as a result of shortcuts and hacks used by applications written for Windows for years. I'm reasonably sure a check book balancing application shouldn't need administrator privileges to run, but so many applications are written that way, probably a little because it's easier, and a little because so many people use administrator accounts that it doesn't matter.
Microsoft is in a tough position with regards to this. A large portion of the annoyance with Vista was 1) compatibility, which stemmed from bad time frames and poor vendor interaction, admitted, but also from enforcing proper security and structure that they hadn't done, that broke poorly written code. 2) from UAC going off very frequently due to applications constantly trying to elevate their privileges which is in most cases unnecessary.
Linux needs to reach a critical enough mass for developers to start writing code that isn't locked into an OS. The success of Macs may be the catalyst for the success of Linux. When it's not worthwhile to write code locked into .Net libraries (Mono not withstanding) I think we'll see the adoption of Linux become much more seamless and therefore easier for users.
I think, in this case, it will be users that lead the business world. The apps one uses at home are far easier to find alternatives for than specialized business applications. But with a rise in home use, hopefully the businesses can follow.
I wish higher ed was increasing like this. Unfortunately, Windows is courting these groups highly. I understand, my anecdotal evidence trumps your anecdotal evidence...but, I've been at two universities in Michigan in the last couple years, and each of them are full Windows environments. One of which doesn't even offer pop access to email. It's exchange/outlook only.
Because he still owns several billion dollars in Microsoft shares and it's in his best interest to see that the company is successful?
Someone needs to make two movies, perhaps we can mash them into one.
.45 with one hand without looking isn't the best marksman. Coincidentally, the 35 guys shooting back at him don't such nearly as much.
1) All the guys are pretty freaking much normal. The hero is a generally likable guy who doesn't have to have a string of meaningless relationships because he's "mysterious". The geek is capable of carrying on non-technical discussions and knows where to find a barber AND a bathtub. The female cop eats more than 12 calories a day or can't hurt people, pick one.
2) Action scenes that can really happen. Let's see the fight scene where it takes a whole bunch of punches to really hurt someone, and guess what? They still generally don't get knocked out. The guy shooting the
These would be incredibly boring, but a much needed reprieve.
Recruit and retain, not hire. They are saying that California is making itself a less desirable state to live in a for a certain set of the population. This set may be less inclined to move to or stay in California to work at google if they feel that they don't have the same rights in the state as they would have elsewhere.
Most of those records are in a broad number of systems, many of which still use proprietary database. Further, many hospitals still exist using paper charts that are never digitized. Scanning those charts, and implementing scanning solutions, and purchasing and implementing a new medical records system is extremely expensive. In many cases it may require replacing or upgrading several other systems. This can easily cost up to several hundreds of thousands of dollars per hospital, that doesn't begin to address the even higher number of smaller doctor's offices.
SSL/TLS is secure for encrypting data between two known, trusted entities. It's using these as a form of identification that is an issue. Even that may not be so much an issue as the policies that cert issuers use to identify domain holders isn't very thorough and is a pretty poor foundation on which to base a global internet trust system.
It's showcasing the usefulness of IBM's cell processors for exactly this kind of thing. They have very good reason to be involved as it may mean that there is interest in using their processors for smaller computers at a higher volume to do modeling and research.
Crazy monster indeed. When auto plants over here gained in efficiency or cut production they didn't need nearly as many workers, but the union insisted that the companies avoid laying off these workers. So they created the job bank, where workers get paid a fairly high wage and benefits to show up and do nothing. It's basically guaranteed employment even if the car companies lay off workers, move production, etc.
What about those of us who are capable of moderating our caloric intake and can drink regular soda at the same time? You can keep your nanny state, tyvm.
I take a little bit of heart when people like Blagojevich get caught and I can point at him and say, "Look, we have crooks in high offices of our government, THAT is why you should be wary of government." and then the inevitable response is "terrorism, child sex trade, violent video games" and the sheep fall back in line.
But since all of our political leaders and the people who work for them are right, good and upstanding people, and since you, good citizen, have nothing to hide or be ashamed of, this shouldn't be a problem, right?