Having never been to Silicon Valley, I've always wondered what life was like there. I've lived in cities where driving was basically necessary (Memphis, TN) and I thought that it was pretty stifling in terms of community and creativity.
But Silicon Valley is supposed to be a major center of the tech industry, so I thought that it was a much less car-centric town.
I think it's wrong to equate the war with the IRA or 'the Blitz' with what the US experienced in 9/11 or Pearl Harbor.
The slow buildup of years of violence(for the IRA) or a declaration of war followed by weeks of overseas combat(Nazis) is not the same as living in a peacetime situation and suddenly having planes bombing you without warning.
Other nations in WWII had time to prepare themselves mentally, the US did not(though arguably they should have known it was coming). The most similar parallels would be what happened to Poland or the Soviets when they were taken by surprise, although they were invaded on land as well, which did not happen in the US.
I hate it when people repeat the claim that Apple killed the floppy, or that the iMac was innovating when it didn't include a floppy drive.
Not including a feature, and then making your customers find a replacement, is NOT innovation. It would have been innovation if they had included an actual replacement, like Zip drives or Superdrives(the 3M 120mb thing).
Also, Apple didn't kill floppies, the 1.44mb limit of floppies did. Okay, also CD-Rs and email.
While I agree that you don't have to learn Chinese, I think you are overlooking some of the US's problems in manufacture/export.
The US has a $3.7 TRILLION manufacturing sector and most of that stuff we make is also sold here in the US.
I think that is a problem for the US. When I went to Japan and looked around their electronics stores, I don't see much US brands at all, either in areas like computer parts or appliances like TVs and washing machines. While it is Japan, a major manufacturer in its own right, I don't think it's simply protectionism as I see lots of Korean and European brands in there. The same goes for cars, where I see mostly Japanese cars obviously, but also more European brands like VW, Mercedes, even Fiat and Renault than Fords or Chevys.
I think the US industry has been so focused on protecting its own market that it hasn't done much expansion outside of the US.
Hey, can it. I found seeing the name Dvorak on the front page a nostalgic blast from the past, bringing fond memories of the 1990s. Now that they've brought him back and released Duke Nukem Forever, maybe they can sign Jon Katz as a writer again.
The circular shape is reminiscent of the UK's GCHQ "Doughtnut" [cryptome.org] building. GCHQ is their equivalent of the NSA, they do sigint for the Queen.
Then how about "Their cell phone stuff is overpriced, too" ?
I recently needed an adapter from a 3.5mm headset to a 2.5mm cellphone plug, on short notice. It was around a dollar to 3 online, but I figured I'd just go to the nearby Radio Shack and pay whatever the retail markup on that was since I needed it that day.
Radio Shack: $15
I walked out and bought it at a local supermarket for $10, came in a pack of two, one with mic input and one without.
And mind you, this is for a 3.5mm-2.5mm adaptor, not an uncommon accessory.
We all know Amazon really did the hack themselves, because they were mad they couldn't get Sony on the One-Click patent, since PS3 users don't use mice.
Anyone else remember this guy getting on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno back in '99 and thought "Wait, has the case dragged on for this long?"
Indeed, I was going to add that "It's a bit before my time", but then I realized that I was on Slashdot back then, too. Way to make me feel old, Slashdot.:(
Uh, Wifi? I'd think the cell phones (I assume that's what OP means by 'mobiles') are the important one...
Plenty of people including myself only have a cell phone these days.
My apartment's fine, but I have school in a very concrete-and-steel building that has very poor phone reception, which ends up draining my battery in no time. They do have good wifi because of a lot of APs, though. Remember, you can add more APs for wifi, but not for phones.
FTA: >The license plate readers are different from other security cameras in the city: they are aimed low, designed to focus on a small area, unlike traditional surveillance cameras which look at broader sections like a toll plaza or the entrance of a building, Mr. Browne said. The information collected is immediately checked against databases storing information on stolen cars, stolen license plates, wanted persons and unregistered vehicles.
Well, the cameras themselves doesn't seem so bad, but does anyone know how long data is retained? I don't want to be leaving records of where I've been for years...
I think people with attitudes like you were the reason I never bothered with Greek and Latin, too many masturbators over the western canon. Nothing wrong with the Greeks or Romans, but their fans are annoying.
In fact, the whole point of basing a lot of the education of the era in a language that is no longer spoken or used was to make sure that only those who could afford to spend their educational time and money on irrelevant subjects could get into the right schools and right jobs.
Not to mention that at the time, these guys would go into places as varied as Sudan or Hawaii and make no attempt to learn the native's language but instead make them learn their own.
Dead white guys > Living white guys > Niggers, am I right?
Already done, the only casualty in the US itself appears to be some guy in California that went out to the beach to 'get photos of the tsunami' and was washed out to sea.
Eh, Slashdot is like that, it's just the nature of the beast.
As someone into Anthropology and the social sciences, whenever an article in the social sciences come up, I despair at the amount of comments that ridicule any point of view, even ones backed by scientific data, that challenges the worldview of the computer nerd. Around here, CS, EE, Math, and Physics are king, Chem and Bio are middle tier, and Sociology, Psychology and Anthropology are lumped together with English Lit and anime.
People here seem to want to see the world as one giant computer or machine, with an absolute truth that has no room for other cultures or viewpoints. That they're lumping together climate denialists of the right and cultural relativists of the left is not that surprising.
Slashdot Mirror
>"do you believe in Odin or does Zeus sound more believable?"
Do you see many angsty teens wearing all black giving hand salutes to Zeus while listening to metal? No?
I rest my case.
Having never been to Silicon Valley, I've always wondered what life was like there. I've lived in cities where driving was basically necessary (Memphis, TN) and I thought that it was pretty stifling in terms of community and creativity.
But Silicon Valley is supposed to be a major center of the tech industry, so I thought that it was a much less car-centric town.
What's the matter, Have you forgotten Sep. 11 2001?
Click the link, I dare you. Buy more stuff! It's patriotic!
I think it's wrong to equate the war with the IRA or 'the Blitz' with what the US experienced in 9/11 or Pearl Harbor.
The slow buildup of years of violence(for the IRA) or a declaration of war followed by weeks of overseas combat(Nazis) is not the same as living in a peacetime situation and suddenly having planes bombing you without warning.
Other nations in WWII had time to prepare themselves mentally, the US did not(though arguably they should have known it was coming). The most similar parallels would be what happened to Poland or the Soviets when they were taken by surprise, although they were invaded on land as well, which did not happen in the US.
Agreed, but I think the ISO standard on it uses dots instead of dashes.
2011.09.11
>Is crowdsourcing the long term future of pure research projects?"
It is in the US if the current budget news is any indication....
I hate it when people repeat the claim that Apple killed the floppy, or that the iMac was innovating when it didn't include a floppy drive.
Not including a feature, and then making your customers find a replacement, is NOT innovation. It would have been innovation if they had included an actual replacement, like Zip drives or Superdrives(the 3M 120mb thing).
Also, Apple didn't kill floppies, the 1.44mb limit of floppies did. Okay, also CD-Rs and email.
While I agree that you don't have to learn Chinese, I think you are overlooking some of the US's problems in manufacture/export.
The US has a $3.7 TRILLION manufacturing sector and most of that stuff we make is also sold here in the US.
I think that is a problem for the US. When I went to Japan and looked around their electronics stores, I don't see much US brands at all, either in areas like computer parts or appliances like TVs and washing machines. While it is Japan, a major manufacturer in its own right, I don't think it's simply protectionism as I see lots of Korean and European brands in there. The same goes for cars, where I see mostly Japanese cars obviously, but also more European brands like VW, Mercedes, even Fiat and Renault than Fords or Chevys.
I think the US industry has been so focused on protecting its own market that it hasn't done much expansion outside of the US.
Funny, or tragic?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cilW8ZSoQc
Hey, can it. I found seeing the name Dvorak on the front page a nostalgic blast from the past, bringing fond memories of the 1990s. Now that they've brought him back and released Duke Nukem Forever, maybe they can sign Jon Katz as a writer again.
Yet another man prosecuted for using a computer.
Face it, if someone had sneaked porn into overhead slides or posterboards for a presentation, they would not be facing prosecution.
This is what we used to call a 'prank', now it's 'dangerous illegal hacking' because computers are involved.
"was also a member of Barack Obama presidential campaign."
Too bad the Obama administration hasn't done anything to increase openness - in fact, they've done just the opposite.
If only this guy had actually been appointed to a position of power - or maybe this kind of opinion is why he wasn't.
The circular shape is reminiscent of the UK's GCHQ "Doughtnut" [cryptome.org] building. GCHQ is their equivalent of the NSA, they do sigint for the Queen.
Then how about "Their cell phone stuff is overpriced, too" ?
I recently needed an adapter from a 3.5mm headset to a 2.5mm cellphone plug, on short notice. It was around a dollar to 3 online, but I figured I'd just go to the nearby Radio Shack and pay whatever the retail markup on that was since I needed it that day.
Radio Shack: $15
I walked out and bought it at a local supermarket for $10, came in a pack of two, one with mic input and one without.
And mind you, this is for a 3.5mm-2.5mm adaptor, not an uncommon accessory.
An attack from Anonymous? Pshaw, yeah right.
We all know Amazon really did the hack themselves, because they were mad they couldn't get Sony on the One-Click patent, since PS3 users don't use mice.
You might have been saying that facetiously, but in fact Germany has already made it illegal to leave your wifi open:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100512/1116409394.shtml
Anyone else remember this guy getting on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno back in '99 and thought "Wait, has the case dragged on for this long?"
Indeed, I was going to add that "It's a bit before my time", but then I realized that I was on Slashdot back then, too. Way to make me feel old, Slashdot. :(
"Easy to use"? Last time I used Blender, it was so unfriendly and hard that I thought it should have the "L" taken out of the name...
Uh, Wifi? I'd think the cell phones (I assume that's what OP means by 'mobiles') are the important one...
Plenty of people including myself only have a cell phone these days.
My apartment's fine, but I have school in a very concrete-and-steel building that has very poor phone reception, which ends up draining my battery in no time. They do have good wifi because of a lot of APs, though. Remember, you can add more APs for wifi, but not for phones.
FTA:
>The license plate readers are different from other security cameras in the city: they are aimed low, designed to focus on a small area, unlike traditional surveillance cameras which look at broader sections like a toll plaza or the entrance of a building, Mr. Browne said. The information collected is immediately checked against databases storing information on stolen cars, stolen license plates, wanted persons and unregistered vehicles.
Well, the cameras themselves doesn't seem so bad, but does anyone know how long data is retained? I don't want to be leaving records of where I've been for years...
I think people with attitudes like you were the reason I never bothered with Greek and Latin, too many masturbators over the western canon. Nothing wrong with the Greeks or Romans, but their fans are annoying.
In fact, the whole point of basing a lot of the education of the era in a language that is no longer spoken or used was to make sure that only those who could afford to spend their educational time and money on irrelevant subjects could get into the right schools and right jobs.
Not to mention that at the time, these guys would go into places as varied as Sudan or Hawaii and make no attempt to learn the native's language but instead make them learn their own.
Dead white guys > Living white guys > Niggers, am I right?
How do you pronounce 'C++0x', and why does my modem keep resetting when I type it?
Since we seem to have experts in this thread, can I ask what the dosage from a bombed-out Iranian or North Korean reactor would be?
We (or the US Gov't) were seriously discussing doing that recently, after all.
Already done, the only casualty in the US itself appears to be some guy in California that went out to the beach to 'get photos of the tsunami' and was washed out to sea.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g1TWby_VX05ZhuqBWleNvrMHSF3A?docId=CNG.282ada13094582f9a1838cc1441d70b5.3e1
Eh, Slashdot is like that, it's just the nature of the beast.
As someone into Anthropology and the social sciences, whenever an article in the social sciences come up, I despair at the amount of comments that ridicule any point of view, even ones backed by scientific data, that challenges the worldview of the computer nerd. Around here, CS, EE, Math, and Physics
are king, Chem and Bio are middle tier, and Sociology, Psychology and Anthropology are lumped together with English Lit and anime.
People here seem to want to see the world as one giant computer or machine, with an absolute truth that has no room for other cultures or viewpoints. That they're lumping together climate denialists of the right and cultural relativists of the left is not that surprising.