Cyanogen definitely allowed this at one point (when looking at an installed app's settings, you could touch any of the permissions which would strike them out); it was hit or miss, with some apps crashing constantly when you disabled any of their permissions. I'm running 10.1 right now, and unfortunately this feature doesn't seem to exist anymore.
why do Google employees get tax-free lunches when, someone else (say, for example, me) has to pay for my lunch with post-tax income
How is this any different from asking why another employer pays their employees more than another? My employer provides a benefit to all employees that allows us to pay for daily transit costs pre-tax; is it unfair that not all other companies offer that as well?
Multiplayer (and more specifically *competitive* multiplayer) has become such a required tickbox for publishers that it very often comes at the detriment of the single player experience.
The second problem is the "consolification" of everything...
I feel like I read almost these exact statements in PC Gamer around 2001. I totally agree with what you're saying - these issues have existed for quite awhile (especially with the rise of broadband and the first generation of consoles with network connectivity), and we still see innovation and entertainment come from PC games today.
I think you and I actually agree, maybe I could've said it a little differently. I'm with you on this potentially being badly interpreted (so I also see how they could "make the leap to TOSes"), but I guess I don't fully get the willful ignorance behind those interpretations. Really no different than most politics, though.
Er, sorry, you basically said the same thing in your post. So I think specifically under that 'exceeds authorized access' is item iii, "information from any protected computer." But like you, I don't really understand how they make the leap to TOSes.
I run Cyanogenmod on all of my Android devices (currently Galaxy Nexus for my main phone, Nexus 7 tablet, and an older HTC G2 phone for playing around with), and have never looked back.
As others have mentioned here, though, sounds like you may not fully understand what's going on, since the Nexus 4 doesn't have 16GB of RAM, and we all seem to be able to do multiple downloads at once.
the router powerful enough to parse every webpage that passes through it
You mean a dirt-cheap linux machine running squid/iptables? A web proxy and/or some sort of firewalling is the most manageable answer, and is an easy/cheap setup for those in the know.
If you're looking to be able to run actual *linux* binaries, then you probably will want what AC suggested, as soon as Canonical gets it out of that developer preview (I've tried it already on my Nexus 7, it's not quite super usable yet, but shows potential).
I think even more than "an open source system that just works" you might want to identify what specifically you're looking for in a tablet. PwnPad is still Android, and is likely not worth it unless you're specifically purchasing it for wireless pen-testing. If you're looking for a decent *tablet* (less concerned about random linux binaries), I'd recommend just getting the Nexus 7 directly from Google, and then putting Cyanogenmod on it. If you're looking for some sort of mobile linux device, I'm not sure that the "linux on android tablets" are mature enough for what you're looking for. YET!
Dang, didn't look closely at the preview, some formatting killed off part of my message. The 2nd paragraph should be:
I've worked at small (*less than* 100 employees), medium (*less than* 1000), and large (*greater than* 10,000) businesses (all tech-related), and only the smallest places didn't have the amount of data to warrant taking a look at something like this.
There's actually more of a need for it than you'd think at first glance. Any business that handles upwards of a few million records of some sort of data, and then needs to *do* something with that data, could potentially benefit from this.
I've worked at small (10,000) businesses (all tech-related), and only the smallest places didn't have the amount of data to warrant taking a look at something like this.
Also, what about those interested in *someday* working for the Googles and the Facebooks of the world? All of the developers I've met have had some sort of professional or personal interest in map/reduce problems, and Hadoop provides a (relatively) easy/accessible and free way to get hands on with an actual distributed computing platform.
This. All of the Gawker media sites didn't work without allowing JS for quite awhile (after their most recent major redesign, I believe), and I happily avoided their content entirely because of it.
Yeah, but that also kills morale for *everyone* when you're doing a witchhunt. The good remote workers are going to feel others are being overly critical to them, and the good office workers may wonder when in the future they'll be expected to explain why X productivity metric wasn't met by Y time. Instead, this sends a message to all remote workers that yes, overall there's enough slacking to make us kill the program, but we're going to treat everyone the same and give them a chance to stay employed.
They're looking at it from a much higher view - sure, some employees work very well from home, but clearly other employees of theirs do not. Instead of spending the resources to very accurately measure individual WFH performance (which can also negatively impact morale, and metric accuracy is always subjective), they're giving the 'choice' of continued employment to the actual employees.
This will equate to effective firings (without the managerial overhead of firing), but I'm guessing also they're banking on some of the motivated/quality employees to make the move the offices. They're really just clearing house without having to do the typical Office Space of interviewing each employee for their own jobs.
the solution is to get rid of the employee, not piss off half the company in an attempt to bring the slackers in line.
The only people who'd conceivably be pissed are the remote workers, and then most likely the slackers and the small subset of people where going into an office is extremely disrupting. And again, they're probably not overly concerned about specific individuals' productivity, but the combination of all of the remote staff. What if someone is slacking off at home, but is actually is a great employee and just needs more direct interaction to keep them motivated? Firing them outright would be a stupid choice for both the company and the employee.
Obviously no managerial decision - especially one as broad as this - is going to be perfect, but for the direction Yahoo needs to go in to remain relevant (or become relevant again), this is probably the right thing to do right now.
This seems to ignore the possibility that people aren't always working while at their employer's premises
Intentionally ignored, yes, because the issue examined was specific to remote workers. You're assuming this move was intended to be a fix-all for all Yahoo employee productivity issues. Instead, for Yahoo right now, this is a pretty decent idea, especially considering the anecdotes from employees saying some remote workers were taking advantage of the system, and whatever VPN data Mayer has looked at.
...and my response below, since we're being so transparent today (although it feels in bad taste for you to have published my full From common name from my original email to you):
Robin,
Thanks for your response (I found your yahoo email just off of a whois of your main domain).
Your posts aren't marked as paid ads, but they're consistently construed as such by/. commentators, which is certainly of note.
The thing that many Slashdotters may be missing (I certainly did) is that you're not an official/. editor, per the FAQ, which could help explain how your posts differ so much from the actual editors. I certainly find the commentator confusion and frustration understandable.
My apologizes for any vitriol you felt from my original email to you, I really didn't intend on any! Penny Arcade sums it up best - http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19
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Cyanogen definitely allowed this at one point (when looking at an installed app's settings, you could touch any of the permissions which would strike them out); it was hit or miss, with some apps crashing constantly when you disabled any of their permissions. I'm running 10.1 right now, and unfortunately this feature doesn't seem to exist anymore.
Correct.
In addition to the 'good karma' they'll get at SXSW, Austin is home to a large number of high-tech companies.
- boguslinks, 2013
Seriously, though, I really don't understand your question. Are you honestly asking if there's a benefit to higher consumer bandwidth?
How is this any different from asking why another employer pays their employees more than another? My employer provides a benefit to all employees that allows us to pay for daily transit costs pre-tax; is it unfair that not all other companies offer that as well?
I feel like I read almost these exact statements in PC Gamer around 2001. I totally agree with what you're saying - these issues have existed for quite awhile (especially with the rise of broadband and the first generation of consoles with network connectivity), and we still see innovation and entertainment come from PC games today.
I think you and I actually agree, maybe I could've said it a little differently. I'm with you on this potentially being badly interpreted (so I also see how they could "make the leap to TOSes"), but I guess I don't fully get the willful ignorance behind those interpretations. Really no different than most politics, though.
Er, sorry, you basically said the same thing in your post. So I think specifically under that 'exceeds authorized access' is item iii, "information from any protected computer." But like you, I don't really understand how they make the leap to TOSes.
I THINK they're referring to the section entitled "EXCEEDS AUTHORIZED ACCESS," but I'm too lazy to get the original document and put them together.
This.
I run Cyanogenmod on all of my Android devices (currently Galaxy Nexus for my main phone, Nexus 7 tablet, and an older HTC G2 phone for playing around with), and have never looked back.
As others have mentioned here, though, sounds like you may not fully understand what's going on, since the Nexus 4 doesn't have 16GB of RAM, and we all seem to be able to do multiple downloads at once.
You mean a dirt-cheap linux machine running squid/iptables? A web proxy and/or some sort of firewalling is the most manageable answer, and is an easy/cheap setup for those in the know.
If you're looking to be able to run actual *linux* binaries, then you probably will want what AC suggested, as soon as Canonical gets it out of that developer preview (I've tried it already on my Nexus 7, it's not quite super usable yet, but shows potential).
I think even more than "an open source system that just works" you might want to identify what specifically you're looking for in a tablet. PwnPad is still Android, and is likely not worth it unless you're specifically purchasing it for wireless pen-testing. If you're looking for a decent *tablet* (less concerned about random linux binaries), I'd recommend just getting the Nexus 7 directly from Google, and then putting Cyanogenmod on it. If you're looking for some sort of mobile linux device, I'm not sure that the "linux on android tablets" are mature enough for what you're looking for. YET!
There's actually more of a need for it than you'd think at first glance. Any business that handles upwards of a few million records of some sort of data, and then needs to *do* something with that data, could potentially benefit from this.
I've worked at small (10,000) businesses (all tech-related), and only the smallest places didn't have the amount of data to warrant taking a look at something like this.
Also, what about those interested in *someday* working for the Googles and the Facebooks of the world? All of the developers I've met have had some sort of professional or personal interest in map/reduce problems, and Hadoop provides a (relatively) easy/accessible and free way to get hands on with an actual distributed computing platform.
Could you elaborate, or provide sources?
Hadoop provides an answer to very specific questions involving large amounts of data, and isn't intended to be a database or other storage mechanism.
This. All of the Gawker media sites didn't work without allowing JS for quite awhile (after their most recent major redesign, I believe), and I happily avoided their content entirely because of it.
Yeah, but that also kills morale for *everyone* when you're doing a witchhunt. The good remote workers are going to feel others are being overly critical to them, and the good office workers may wonder when in the future they'll be expected to explain why X productivity metric wasn't met by Y time. Instead, this sends a message to all remote workers that yes, overall there's enough slacking to make us kill the program, but we're going to treat everyone the same and give them a chance to stay employed.
They're looking at it from a much higher view - sure, some employees work very well from home, but clearly other employees of theirs do not. Instead of spending the resources to very accurately measure individual WFH performance (which can also negatively impact morale, and metric accuracy is always subjective), they're giving the 'choice' of continued employment to the actual employees.
This will equate to effective firings (without the managerial overhead of firing), but I'm guessing also they're banking on some of the motivated/quality employees to make the move the offices. They're really just clearing house without having to do the typical Office Space of interviewing each employee for their own jobs.
The only people who'd conceivably be pissed are the remote workers, and then most likely the slackers and the small subset of people where going into an office is extremely disrupting. And again, they're probably not overly concerned about specific individuals' productivity, but the combination of all of the remote staff. What if someone is slacking off at home, but is actually is a great employee and just needs more direct interaction to keep them motivated? Firing them outright would be a stupid choice for both the company and the employee.
Obviously no managerial decision - especially one as broad as this - is going to be perfect, but for the direction Yahoo needs to go in to remain relevant (or become relevant again), this is probably the right thing to do right now.
Intentionally ignored, yes, because the issue examined was specific to remote workers. You're assuming this move was intended to be a fix-all for all Yahoo employee productivity issues. Instead, for Yahoo right now, this is a pretty decent idea, especially considering the anecdotes from employees saying some remote workers were taking advantage of the system, and whatever VPN data Mayer has looked at.
Why did you put that alternate version up?
What's it being switched with?
Ask your ISP, or go back in time and use some client bandwidth monitoring software. Your home router may also display data usage through it.
I'm waiting for their jump to Sprint's LTE, which (in my area) is pretty fast/reliable.