There's also the HRDAG [hrdag.org]. They do a lot of data analysis, but that requires engineering talent. Lots of consultative-type work that has an impact.
See the podcast at YANSS [youarenotsosmart.com] for more info.
*Previously posted as AC because I forgot to log in. Oops.
This is symptomatic of the gender inequality of their hires and hiring for this sector in general. Instead of "blaming" Amazon, we should insist that all tech companies (including Amazon) support more education amongst the underrepresented genders, races, etc.
It's in their best long-term interests, anyway, since working for Amazon (for example) is now less attractive because it's now... less attractive literally. At some point the increase collective pay they'd have to offer will be greater than the amount they could use to fund these sorts of initiatives.
I don't think that's an entirely accurate analogy. The Sony Rootkit fiasco also affected everyone that bought their products. Perhaps this situation is more akin to a pharmaceutical company not divulging all the side effects of a pill to the FCC/DEA and then putting it out to market. In that situation, of course there should be some sort of intervention.
Actually, that's still a pretty bad analogy, but you get the point. I'm not saying that this "legal analysis" isn't without its merits, just that you can't argue that by likening it to something not like it at all.
I think, though, that when people discuss the "kind of shit that PC computers get that slow it all down," they're referring to the shit you don't explicitly decide to install, such as malware. As far as I can see, you can choose to install this (insofar as we have any choice at all... but that's a different discussion altogether). At this point, you can't say that OS X is starting to become cluttered with useless applications because a lot of the cruft that causes the slowdown of computers running Windows comes in the form of malware.
Now, as for the second part of your argument, the only place you can obtain OS X is through Apple itself when buying a Mac. The reason Windows has useless OEM crap on it such that it requires a format/installation upon arrival is because the OEMs serve as the middlemen between the OS vendor (MS) and the consumer (us), which doesn't happen with Macs (yes, they are sold by companies other than apple, but they don't make any modifications to hardware/software). I'm not saying that OS X won't ever come loaded with 3rd party software (heck, Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, is on the Apple board of directors IIRC), but it wouldn't make sense as its a product that competes with a built-in OS X feature (Spotlight). So to an extent, I do agree with that point, because Apple could introduce to add some applications to OS X, but I just don't think this is one of them.
Preliminary tests demonstrate that Internet Explorer 6 and 7 running on a fully patched Windows XP SP2 are vulnerable to this attack. Windows XP SP0 and SP1 do not appear to be vulnerable, nor does Firefox 2.0. Exploitation happens completely silently.
Moral of the story: don't use the IE rendering engine for cursors by avoiding using the IE web browser and by not using untrusted animated cursors in Windows.
You were using Vista 10 years ago? It's buggy and unstable now, I can't imagine the state it was in 10 years ago, let alone for something as intensive as Mars flyovers. You'd better cross your fingers that you don't get a BSOD...
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There's also the HRDAG [hrdag.org]. They do a lot of data analysis, but that requires engineering talent. Lots of consultative-type work that has an impact. See the podcast at YANSS [youarenotsosmart.com] for more info. *Previously posted as AC because I forgot to log in. Oops.
This is symptomatic of the gender inequality of their hires and hiring for this sector in general. Instead of "blaming" Amazon, we should insist that all tech companies (including Amazon) support more education amongst the underrepresented genders, races, etc.
It's in their best long-term interests, anyway, since working for Amazon (for example) is now less attractive because it's now... less attractive literally. At some point the increase collective pay they'd have to offer will be greater than the amount they could use to fund these sorts of initiatives.
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That's what she said.
What about OS X? It's cmd+C for some of us, you insensitive clods.
I've actually been waiting for them to find abundant quantities of unbibium in nature so that I could finally eat my unlobsterium.
/ducks
Perhaps we can use these hand-made tubes to make a new hand-made internets! Think of the possibilities!
/ducks
I don't think that's an entirely accurate analogy. The Sony Rootkit fiasco also affected everyone that bought their products. Perhaps this situation is more akin to a pharmaceutical company not divulging all the side effects of a pill to the FCC/DEA and then putting it out to market. In that situation, of course there should be some sort of intervention.
Actually, that's still a pretty bad analogy, but you get the point. I'm not saying that this "legal analysis" isn't without its merits, just that you can't argue that by likening it to something not like it at all.
wtf? Where's the "itsatrap" tag?!
I agree, but for those that wish to avoid the ads/links and still RTFA, here's the clean version.
... NAMBLA?
We can rebuild him, we have the technology... but I don't want to spend a lot of money
* Peter runs through the park with a dustbin for one leg, a plunger for the other and a rake for an arm *
At $1564 USD, the price is a bit steep for most of us, but I'm sure it'll find its niche.
In Soviet Russia, other OSes copy Windows!
That's great, but does it run Linux?
Oh wait...
Oh wait...
I think, though, that when people discuss the "kind of shit that PC computers get that slow it all down," they're referring to the shit you don't explicitly decide to install, such as malware. As far as I can see, you can choose to install this (insofar as we have any choice at all... but that's a different discussion altogether). At this point, you can't say that OS X is starting to become cluttered with useless applications because a lot of the cruft that causes the slowdown of computers running Windows comes in the form of malware.
Now, as for the second part of your argument, the only place you can obtain OS X is through Apple itself when buying a Mac. The reason Windows has useless OEM crap on it such that it requires a format/installation upon arrival is because the OEMs serve as the middlemen between the OS vendor (MS) and the consumer (us), which doesn't happen with Macs (yes, they are sold by companies other than apple, but they don't make any modifications to hardware/software). I'm not saying that OS X won't ever come loaded with 3rd party software (heck, Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, is on the Apple board of directors IIRC), but it wouldn't make sense as its a product that competes with a built-in OS X feature (Spotlight). So to an extent, I do agree with that point, because Apple could introduce to add some applications to OS X, but I just don't think this is one of them.
My apologies, article here.
You were using Vista 10 years ago? It's buggy and unstable now, I can't imagine the state it was in 10 years ago, let alone for something as intensive as Mars flyovers. You'd better cross your fingers that you don't get a BSOD...