Wouldn't it be great if all non-Chinese websites blocked all Chinese IP addresses?
I know it would hurt the average Chinese citizen, but it sure would make a good point.
The legal red-tape that people like Bush & Cheney worked to eliminate wasn't, necessarily, meant to stop them it was meant to stop the true monster that will, inevitably, get into office someday.
The fact that they were able to eliminate the red tape shows that we(americans) have a false sense of freedom.
My theory is the american people just seem like unintelligent pushovers. If you piss them off enough, you will get more than you bargained for by removing that red tape.
>> 'As few as 5 percent of our customers use 50 percent of the network,'
They should lower the fees for the guys aren't using as much bandwidth rather than raise the fees for the guys that are.
That will never happen though.
Yes, I'm quite aware of what constitutes a dumb terminal, such as my VT 420 which is a dumb terminal depending on your pedantic threshold;-).
Regardless, I did put the term in quotation marks which is common syntax to show disagreement with the way the word is being used.
I was simply eluding to the fact this may play a role in their android platform for mobile phones. In that context, thin client is a more appropriate term(hence the quotes for dumb terminal). This is especially true if you couple a web application(or web service) accessed from the phone with their online storage.
I imagine this will be a big part of the android platform. Any android device can be a 'dumb' terminal for your data.
Let's just hope it's encrypted for the sake of the people that will inevitably place sensitive data on their 'g-drive'
via their phones.
I use this almost every morning. As a matter of fact, I'm about to leave for a jog ( just in case you want to track me ).
All I can say about their finding is a big outstanding "DUHHH." The whole point of the device is to "track" you. It uses a proprietary 802.11 signal.
The instruction manual clearly states that you should remove the sensor from your shoe when the sensor is not in use. This is to help on the battery life of the sensor since it can not be replaced. Doing this would prevent the "Tracking." Luckily for me, and I suspect MANY others, I have one pair of shoes dedicated for jogging ( with the sensor ). How much privacy can I expect when out jogging in a public area ?
as a normal internet application....
you should be thinking Indigo (fancy.Net remoting) instead.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/01/Ind igo/default.aspx
Do you really think they will let their core application suite(Office)
run in a web browser on linux? *yeah right*
Yet I can't do anything when a company produces software that exposes my online banking details to any script kiddie with time to spare, because I've agreed a license that removes such liability.
what a dummy
on my parents computers. I also pointed blue E's towards firefox for a friend's wife. They have never said anything.
I know this could be wrong, but they way I see it is my parents use me for free computer help. I get less calls this way. As for the friend's wife, well he asked me to do it.
Person A:Why haven't you replied to my email?? Person B:What email? Are you crazy? Person A:I sent an email to your hotmail account. Person B:Hmm. Lots of people are wondering why I haven't replied to their email. Hotmail must be a piece of crap. Person A:Yeah you need to ditch them. Use gmail. Person B:OK...www.gmail.com
I'll give this one more shot before I retire from this conversation. Feel free to have the last word.
Stating that something is not a big deal is by no stretch of the imagination telling someone not to complain about the aforementioned something.
If I had said 'Hey, you have no right to complain because this is no big deal' then maybe I could see your point.
The only thing that I have done here is state that I personally see nothing wrong with what they have done. I will counter your argument and state for the record that when I asked 'What is the problem?', I was _inviting_ you to complain and to offer some insight into why I should also feel that it is wrong - you have yet to do that.
You went on to tell me later that what I said was akin to me 'saying that Microsoft is morally correct in serving their own interests'. That is up in the air my friend. It is not for
Me to decide if they are morally correct or not - *especially* based on the simple fact that they served their own interest.
You also absurdly state that I think 'that people should support corporate interests above their own!'
"You portray a view that corporations are absolutely morally correct in serving their own best interests, but people are not--in fact, that people should support corporate interests above their own!" and "portraying a view that people should not complain about this."
are not the same thing.
Furthermore, I didn't say you should or shouldn't complain about it. I simply stated that CompanyA buying productAV from CompanyZ and customizing it to support *their* interest is not a big deal.
However, you replied and told ME what I was portraying.
I don't know exactly what you should go on, but I'd suggest you go on over to the local common sense store and buy yourself a big ol' sack of whatever you can afford.
You are so absolutely correct! How DARE
microsoft buy an antivirus product from
a company? I mean good grief, I paid
this company good money to protect my
Linux and Unix servers. How dare microsoft
force that company to give up their product?
.... light bulb...
Oh wait on me to think since I am the high
morality police. Which company has
bad business morals again?
Don't tell me that i portray something just because you perceive my ideas in a certain way.
I thought this was highly interesting when I read it, and plus it answered your question. I wonder how sincere they are.
from the article:
Zennström agrees the amount of adware in programs like Kazaa, and some of the other file-sharing networks, is "way too much".
"It destroys the user experience", he says.
Kazaa initially had a very limited number of advertisements, which he says "wasn't that bad in the beginning", but they grew over time.
"That's something that me and Janus learnt as an experience, and with Skype we did not have any type of advertisements whatsoever."
I'm not trolling, but I do know it may sounds as if I am.
Why do we have all this panic about the layoffs? Who remembers all the people flooded the market before 2000?
Many of those people were unskilled. They were in the industry because there was plenty of money to be made. They were not in the industry because they loved programming computers(or whatever your vice of tech is).
That type of person gave the rest of us a bad name. They made it hard for companies to hire the real programmers. The companies learned their lesson. They now have stronger hiring filters. They now must get rid of the bloat they hired on in 2000.
One person in the industry because he or she loves the industry can do the work of 5-10 people in the industry for the money. I say good riddance!
BAH! I live for elaborate theories on what makes us tick for every tock of the environment, earth, and universe. However....
I despise people theorizing to the point of absolute knowledge that, for example, they know that variables x,y, and z are required for the continuing value of the variable a to be constant and desirable.
The theory assumed by the article, is the variable a is state of life on earth, and they absolutely know that variables x,y,z are required to be a certain value in the algorithm they have for existence. I would agree, that they can prove that x,y, and z's value effect a. Further more, I would agree that they can prove x,y,and z's values are diminishing from our point of view(hey! we need that oxygen!! Too much carbon dioxide! EEK, death destruction)
They fail to acknowledge that while existence/life can be represented by some algorithm possible, we have absolutely no way whatsoever to comprehend the infinite levels of variables involved or how they react/don't react with each other. x,y, and z may diminish my friend but maybe, just maybe, the diminished values of x,y,and z caused the variables m,t,and q to act differently in such a way, and to such an extreme extent, that we(which happen to a variable ourselves) realize shit, we don't need x,y,and z. since m,t,and q allow us to exist so much healthier.
These guys should really spend some time conversing with a cryptologist, not that I claim to be anywhere near there level of thinking.
Variables my friends, are our great unknown. Life is a bunch of maybe's and probably's all jammed together and we only transform a maybe into a known when we define a level of precision that we are comfortable measuring. It's in the precision.
Disclaimer: this an extreme counter. I would not say if we run out of drinking water, something probably will replace its importance.....In the end, maybe the value of the variable a, which represents our existence, is not important at all. I feel that extinction theories, by nature, tend to be overwhelmingly extreme.
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Wouldn't it be great if all non-Chinese websites blocked all Chinese IP addresses? I know it would hurt the average Chinese citizen, but it sure would make a good point.
The legal red-tape that people like Bush & Cheney worked to eliminate wasn't, necessarily, meant to stop them it was meant to stop the true monster that will, inevitably, get into office someday.
The fact that they were able to eliminate the red tape shows that we(americans) have a false sense of freedom.
My theory is the american people just seem like unintelligent pushovers. If you piss them off enough, you will get more than you bargained for by removing that red tape.
>> 'As few as 5 percent of our customers use 50 percent of the network,'
They should lower the fees for the guys aren't using as much bandwidth rather than raise the fees for the guys that are. That will never happen though.
Yes, I'm quite aware of what constitutes a dumb terminal, such as my VT 420 which is a dumb terminal depending on your pedantic threshold ;-).
Regardless, I did put the term in quotation marks which is common syntax to show disagreement with the way the word is being used.
I was simply eluding to the fact this may play a role in their android platform for mobile phones. In that context, thin client is a more appropriate term(hence the quotes for dumb terminal). This is especially true if you couple a web application(or web service) accessed from the phone with their online storage.
I imagine this will be a big part of the android platform. Any android device can be a 'dumb' terminal for your data. Let's just hope it's encrypted for the sake of the people that will inevitably place sensitive data on their 'g-drive' via their phones.
I use this almost every morning. As a matter of fact, I'm about to leave for a jog ( just in case you want to track me ).
All I can say about their finding is a big outstanding "DUHHH." The whole point of the device is to "track" you. It uses a proprietary 802.11 signal.
The instruction manual clearly states that you should remove the sensor from your shoe when the sensor is not in use. This is to help on the battery life of the sensor since it can not be replaced. Doing this would prevent the "Tracking." Luckily for me, and I suspect MANY others, I have one pair of shoes dedicated for jogging ( with the sensor ). How much privacy can I expect when out jogging in a public area ?
Now would be a good time to invest in companies that make storages devices
What David Litchfield has done is put our customers at risk
Isn't Oracle the one who has put their customers at risk?
Yeah, SetAbortProc is used for cancelling print jobs. Here is the MSDN documentation: SetAbortProc
as a normal internet application.... .Net remoting) instead.
d igo/default.aspx
you should be thinking Indigo (fancy
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/01/In
Do you really think they will let their core application suite(Office) run in a web browser on linux? *yeah right*
Yet I can't do anything when a company produces software that exposes my online banking details to any script kiddie with time to spare, because I've agreed a license that removes such liability.
what a dummy
It's so far away from standard compliance that it
might aswell be considered it's own platform.
When you download it from MSDN subscriptions, it is
in the "operating system" category
on my parents computers. I also pointed blue E's towards firefox for a friend's wife. They have never said anything.
I know this could be wrong, but they way I see it is my parents use me for free computer help. I get less calls this way. As for the friend's wife, well he asked me to do it.
This won't be an easy transition.
Person A:Why haven't you replied to my email??
Person B:What email? Are you crazy?
Person A:I sent an email to your hotmail account.
Person B:Hmm. Lots of people are wondering why I haven't replied to their email. Hotmail must be a piece of crap.
Person A:Yeah you need to ditch them. Use gmail.
Person B:OK...www.gmail.com
I'll give this one more shot before I retire from this conversation. Feel free to have the last word.
Stating that something is not a big deal is by no stretch of the imagination telling someone not to complain about the aforementioned something. If I had said 'Hey, you have no right to complain because this is no big deal' then maybe I could see your point.
The only thing that I have done here is state that I personally see nothing wrong with what they have done. I will counter your argument and state for the record that when I asked 'What is the problem?', I was _inviting_ you to complain and to offer some insight into why I should also feel that it is wrong - you have yet to do that.
You went on to tell me later that what I said was akin to me 'saying that Microsoft is morally correct in serving their own interests'. That is up in the air my friend. It is not for Me to decide if they are morally correct or not - *especially* based on the simple fact that they served their own interest. You also absurdly state that I think 'that people should support corporate interests above their own!'
That statement is irrational zealotry at best.
"You portray a view that corporations are absolutely morally correct in serving their own best interests, but people are not--in fact, that people should support corporate interests above their own!"
and
"portraying a view that people should not complain about this."
are not the same thing.
Furthermore, I didn't say you should or shouldn't complain about it.
I simply stated that CompanyA buying productAV from CompanyZ and customizing it to support *their* interest is not a big deal.
However, you replied and told ME what I was portraying.
I don't know exactly what you should go on , but I'd suggest you go on over
to the local common sense store and buy yourself a big ol' sack of whatever you can afford.
You are so absolutely correct! How DARE
.... light bulb...
microsoft buy an antivirus product from a company? I mean good grief, I paid
this company good money to protect my Linux and Unix servers. How dare microsoft
force that company to give up their product?
Oh wait on me to think since I am the high morality police. Which company has
bad business morals again?
Don't tell me that i portray something just because you perceive my ideas in a certain way.
WOOPS!
SFU allows Windows to integrate with Unix and Linux.
That is a _far_ cry from Supporting UNIX
or linux.
SFU allows Windows to integrate with Unix and Linux.
That is a _far_ cry from Supporting windows
or linux.
Maybe that product suited their needs better than
others. They had to weigh the pros anad cons.
Maybe there was a better Windows-only AV they could
buy, but they got a very good deal on the one that
also supports unix/linux.
They don't sale or support Unix or Linux. What is the problem? They need to focus on their customers. That makes plenty of business sense.
I thought this was highly interesting when I read
it, and plus it answered your question. I wonder
how sincere they are.
from the article: Zennström agrees the amount of adware in programs like Kazaa, and some of the other file-sharing networks, is "way too much". "It destroys the user experience", he says. Kazaa initially had a very limited number of advertisements, which he says "wasn't that bad in the beginning", but they grew over time. "That's something that me and Janus learnt as an experience, and with Skype we did not have any type of advertisements whatsoever."
I'm not trolling, but I do know it may sounds as if
I am.
Why do we have all this panic about the layoffs? Who remembers all the people flooded the market before 2000?
Many of those people were unskilled. They were in the industry because there was plenty of money to be made. They were not in the industry because they loved programming computers(or whatever your vice of tech is).
That type of person gave the rest of us a bad name. They made it hard for companies to hire the real programmers. The companies learned their lesson. They now have stronger hiring filters. They now must get rid of the bloat they hired on in 2000.
One person in the industry because he or she loves the industry can do the work of 5-10 people in the industry for the money. I say good riddance!
Too funny :-)
A better prediction would be an "iPod" cell phone, as previously rumoured - complete with the nokia web browser.
BAH! I live for elaborate theories on what makes us tick for every tock of the environment, earth, and universe. However....
I despise people theorizing to the point of absolute knowledge that, for example, they know that variables x,y, and z are required for the continuing value of the variable a to be constant and desirable.
The theory assumed by the article, is the variable a is state of life on earth, and they absolutely know that variables x,y,z are required to be a certain value in the algorithm they have for existence. I would agree, that they can prove that x,y, and z's value effect a. Further more, I would agree that they can prove x,y,and z's values are diminishing from our point of view(hey! we need that oxygen!! Too much carbon dioxide! EEK, death destruction)
They fail to acknowledge that while existence/life can be represented by some algorithm possible, we have absolutely no way whatsoever to comprehend the infinite levels of variables involved or how they react/don't react with each other. x,y, and z may diminish my friend but maybe, just maybe, the diminished values of x,y,and z caused the variables m,t,and q to act differently in such a way, and to such an extreme extent, that we(which happen to a variable ourselves) realize shit, we don't need x,y,and z. since m,t,and q allow us to exist so much healthier.
These guys should really spend some time conversing with a cryptologist, not that I claim to be anywhere near there level of thinking.
Variables my friends, are our great unknown. Life is a bunch of maybe's and probably's all jammed together and we only transform a maybe into a known when we define a level of precision that we are comfortable measuring. It's in the precision.
Disclaimer: this an extreme counter. I would not say if we run out of drinking water,
something probably will replace its importance.....In the end, maybe the value of the variable a, which represents our existence, is not important at all. I feel that extinction theories, by nature, tend to be overwhelmingly extreme.