With ubiquitous cameras it may be possible for victims of group stalking or webcam spying to capture their tormentors behaving badly. This is a bigger problem than currently acknowledged. It is easy to spy on people nowadays, but much harder to capture the experience of being laughed at by strangers after having private moments published on the net.
Bankruptcy laws exist for a reason. Debtor prisons do not work. Enabling people to start over again after a personal financial collapse is important for getting people to take on risk. It does not make sense to cover bankruptcy for ordinary business failures or career meltdowns while not covering education. Education overall has less risk, pays off better, but is inherently risky because of the ages of those making decisions. Bankruptcy is bankruptcy whether student loans are part of the mix or not. Comparisons to bank bailouts don't really make sense because the scale and the risks are so different. There is no broke student equivalent of a bank run, for example.
Government development of space is holding back commercial development. The time for initial investment has ended now that we know the basics. This article is full of good examples of this. The robot mower highlighted here is already being provided by the marketplace. Private ventures are preparing more forward thinking launch vehicles than the big rocket talked about in the article. There is always going to be some role or collective action, but government is no longer needed as the primary driver.
It is critically important to keep markets on Earth functioning in order to extend ourselves into space. The idea that we can have our economic activities melt down in chaos while reaching for our future in the stars is questionable. Some of the same people here who want more space development also pushed an ideologically driven view of economic activity which played a big part in this global financial implosion.
It is typical that the first poster didn't even read the article, but sad.
Well who knows... the hype with apple products is the reason why so many people like it.
When the iPod was introduced it was a smash hit because it stored more, had a better interface, and was quicker and easier to load up with music. At the time of introduction the iPod was very much an accessory that got hype, but nothing like the marketing campaigns for Macintosh at the time.
Over time iTunes on Windows and the Apple Music Store helped, but the market dominance of the iPod was already set at that time. The iPod acheived market dominance not through hype, but by having superior utility from greater storage and being easier to use than competing units.
The primary reasons that Woz gives for the iPod becoming less important are that they are already pervasive, upgrade markets are weak, and similar products in the past have only been hits for a number of years and then kind of faded away. None of the factors with the iPod's arrival or predicted departure from the short list of market leaders has to do with this concept of hype as a source of sales.
A lot of things went into the Postfix mail system. Some were already discussed in this interview. It would take a lot of time and space to discuss everything, so I will just mention a few.
Look again and you will see that FreeBSD is a whole system distribution with the kernel as only a small part. OS X is also a whole system distribution and is derived from FreeBSD. The idea that the kernel is the most important element and can be meaningfully separated from the rest of the system components is a Linux concept not shared by the rest of the FOSS community.
Swipes at editors don't make so much sense when your own post is just wrong.
A new method for managing a devastating disease is made available and the big issues with it are gay people are scary and yucky and Africa is backward. That is so insightful, informative, and helpful! Retroviruses only happen to people who are bad or live in bad places, so why even bother to study them?
Education should blend with practice and profitability instead of being separated from them. Learning should merge into doing, sooner rather than later. What we do now is like keeping potentially brilliant workers who could be leading the way in at least some respects in a kind of prison. Bringing education into work can also help pay the way.
The coke plants were going strong into the 1990s when I was last there. Most people living there just happen to be lucky enough to not be exposed to the plume, so when people complain about the air reeking of rotten eggs and socks they aren't taken seriously. Outlawing fireplaces was a good start, but Pittsburgh is still mired in the good start phase because of this kind of denial.
it's about his personal relationship with suck
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When working with teams of brilliant and inspired people it can become difficult if not impossible to point out that something someone did just plain sucks. Being able to do this when it is necessary is an unusual and powerful skill.
Then when the work appears finished it can be even harder to point out that the results suck. Being able to do this can be critical for honing a product to the point it becomes truly relevant.
Your statements about safety are not based on data. There are videos on the net that are worth watching if you are interested about this. The smart car has an extremely rugged passenger compartment and the parts surrounding it collapse or detach or both in case of an accident. There is at least one recorded example of an extremely high speed rear end collision doing far less damage than expected and the passengers walking away with no significant injuries. Do the searching yourself if you want to know. Safety has to do with the quality, robustness, and design of the construction far more than the raw size.
At a technical level this appears similar to China's Internet meddling in that it will always be defeatable and the chances of being caught are never going to be especially high. Given that, what is the point?
The media distribution market that is examined is the same one that is under extreme pressure from free alternatives. The Long Tail has more to do with the character of future markets that are not at odds with file sharing realities. Another good example is the online news and analysis market of which this article is a part. Isn't a Harvard Business Publishing product with a very specific focus itself an example of the Long Tail? Who actually reads this stuff? They obviously weren't trying for a blockbuster, just relevance, therefore their own work is entirely in the context of and supporting the Long Tail view of publishing.
If you live forever in your mom's basement and never get up except to have bed sores massaged, then things might work out. People that actually go outside and experience life will still die because of the risks they take while living. Even without aging there are other diseases and the science of accidents strongly suggests that falls and road collisions and other such will always bring some level of risk to people even with many precautions.
Southwest makes lots of money and has the best paid pilots. There are solid reasons for this, most importantly that they provide direct flights instead of using a hub and spoke system. The hub and spoke systems that most of the industry has used in the past and continues to use now has been proven to be fundamentally inefficient.
two huge flaws in this analysis
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Maybe this is just the reviewer, but there appear to be two gaping flaws in this analysis: scapegoating and lack of comprehension of political context. Air travel is not just a source of vacation jokes, but a critical element of getting business done. Technology development is particularly dependent on air travel for education, meeting, and conventions.
The review states: ... the tragedy is that Washington lacks anyone with the pragmatism, willpower and audacity to stand up to the unions...
Reagan not only stood up to the unions, but played hardball with them. By ignoring the issues they raised and deliberately dispersing them Reagan personally created much of this tragedy. The only way to address these issues is to be genuinely interested, be sensitive to problems both airline employees and travellers have, listen to what people have to say, look at the facts, and then work with everyone over as long a period as necessary to make things right. Having the audacity to stand up to the unions is now well demonstrated to be a methodology for making things worse, not for helping solve any problems.
Then it is stated that Chapter 7 lists a number of practical ways in which the air traffic control system can be modernized. Some of the suggestions would require significant financial outlays; others simply require all of the parties involved to play nicely together.
Even if the current system is expanded or partially rebuilt that will mean a significant cost, but all of this taken together strongly suggests that the entire marketplace and the technologies that support it are in need of reengineering. This absolutely requires both significant financial outlays and all parties playing nicely together. The primary cause of the problems highlighted in the review is that the parties involved are playing aggressive hardball, so that is essentially the core issue. Once people start working together, then the hard work that needs to be done can begin. As long as everyone involved continues to be mired in this impractical and childish business of having the audacity to stand up to one another no progress will be made.
This is stupid. Many games, especially MMPORGs, are known to be addicting because they are designed and rated on the addictive quality of game play. That you not to have stayed caught up in it is meaningless and irrelevant.
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With ubiquitous cameras it may be possible for victims of group stalking or webcam spying to capture their tormentors behaving badly. This is a bigger problem than currently acknowledged. It is easy to spy on people nowadays, but much harder to capture the experience of being laughed at by strangers after having private moments published on the net.
Bankruptcy laws exist for a reason. Debtor prisons do not work. Enabling people to start over again after a personal financial collapse is important for getting people to take on risk. It does not make sense to cover bankruptcy for ordinary business failures or career meltdowns while not covering education. Education overall has less risk, pays off better, but is inherently risky because of the ages of those making decisions. Bankruptcy is bankruptcy whether student loans are part of the mix or not. Comparisons to bank bailouts don't really make sense because the scale and the risks are so different. There is no broke student equivalent of a bank run, for example.
Government development of space is holding back commercial development. The time for initial investment has ended now that we know the basics. This article is full of good examples of this. The robot mower highlighted here is already being provided by the marketplace. Private ventures are preparing more forward thinking launch vehicles than the big rocket talked about in the article. There is always going to be some role or collective action, but government is no longer needed as the primary driver.
It is critically important to keep markets on Earth functioning in order to extend ourselves into space. The idea that we can have our economic activities melt down in chaos while reaching for our future in the stars is questionable. Some of the same people here who want more space development also pushed an ideologically driven view of economic activity which played a big part in this global financial implosion.
Our super technology has become our own undoing.
but toxic
It is typical that the first poster didn't even read the article, but sad.
Well who knows ... the hype with apple products is the reason why so many people like it.
When the iPod was introduced it was a smash hit because it stored more, had a better interface, and was quicker and easier to load up with music. At the time of introduction the iPod was very much an accessory that got hype, but nothing like the marketing campaigns for Macintosh at the time. Over time iTunes on Windows and the Apple Music Store helped, but the market dominance of the iPod was already set at that time. The iPod acheived market dominance not through hype, but by having superior utility from greater storage and being easier to use than competing units.
The primary reasons that Woz gives for the iPod becoming less important are that they are already pervasive, upgrade markets are weak, and similar products in the past have only been hits for a number of years and then kind of faded away. None of the factors with the iPod's arrival or predicted departure from the short list of market leaders has to do with this concept of hype as a source of sales.
Apple returned from near death after absorbing NeXT, though that does appear to be an extreme outlier at pretty much every possible level.
A lot of things went into the Postfix mail system. Some were already discussed in this interview. It would take a lot of time and space to discuss everything, so I will just mention a few.
Anyone with half a brain?
Look again and you will see that FreeBSD is a whole system distribution with the kernel as only a small part. OS X is also a whole system distribution and is derived from FreeBSD. The idea that the kernel is the most important element and can be meaningfully separated from the rest of the system components is a Linux concept not shared by the rest of the FOSS community.
Swipes at editors don't make so much sense when your own post is just wrong.
Seriously, think it through. There is more to life than material objects and obedience to tradition.
time to crank up the weirdness, people
A new method for managing a devastating disease is made available and the big issues with it are gay people are scary and yucky and Africa is backward. That is so insightful, informative, and helpful! Retroviruses only happen to people who are bad or live in bad places, so why even bother to study them?
Optimizing return on investment may be enough to do the job.
Education should blend with practice and profitability instead of being separated from them. Learning should merge into doing, sooner rather than later. What we do now is like keeping potentially brilliant workers who could be leading the way in at least some respects in a kind of prison. Bringing education into work can also help pay the way.
The coke plants were going strong into the 1990s when I was last there. Most people living there just happen to be lucky enough to not be exposed to the plume, so when people complain about the air reeking of rotten eggs and socks they aren't taken seriously. Outlawing fireplaces was a good start, but Pittsburgh is still mired in the good start phase because of this kind of denial.
When working with teams of brilliant and inspired people it can become difficult if not impossible to point out that something someone did just plain sucks. Being able to do this when it is necessary is an unusual and powerful skill.
Then when the work appears finished it can be even harder to point out that the results suck. Being able to do this can be critical for honing a product to the point it becomes truly relevant.
Does that mean in 65 million years, we'll have cars powered by extinct soccer moms?
And they'll fly!
Your statements about safety are not based on data. There are videos on the net that are worth watching if you are interested about this. The smart car has an extremely rugged passenger compartment and the parts surrounding it collapse or detach or both in case of an accident. There is at least one recorded example of an extremely high speed rear end collision doing far less damage than expected and the passengers walking away with no significant injuries. Do the searching yourself if you want to know. Safety has to do with the quality, robustness, and design of the construction far more than the raw size.
If fins were added that were lighted with blinking LEDs then this would be visible to such a degree that the issue would be the accidents it caused.
At a technical level this appears similar to China's Internet meddling in that it will always be defeatable and the chances of being caught are never going to be especially high. Given that, what is the point?
The media distribution market that is examined is the same one that is under extreme pressure from free alternatives. The Long Tail has more to do with the character of future markets that are not at odds with file sharing realities. Another good example is the online news and analysis market of which this article is a part. Isn't a Harvard Business Publishing product with a very specific focus itself an example of the Long Tail? Who actually reads this stuff? They obviously weren't trying for a blockbuster, just relevance, therefore their own work is entirely in the context of and supporting the Long Tail view of publishing.
If you live forever in your mom's basement and never get up except to have bed sores massaged, then things might work out. People that actually go outside and experience life will still die because of the risks they take while living. Even without aging there are other diseases and the science of accidents strongly suggests that falls and road collisions and other such will always bring some level of risk to people even with many precautions.
Southwest makes lots of money and has the best paid pilots. There are solid reasons for this, most importantly that they provide direct flights instead of using a hub and spoke system. The hub and spoke systems that most of the industry has used in the past and continues to use now has been proven to be fundamentally inefficient.
Maybe this is just the reviewer, but there appear to be two gaping flaws in this analysis: scapegoating and lack of comprehension of political context. Air travel is not just a source of vacation jokes, but a critical element of getting business done. Technology development is particularly dependent on air travel for education, meeting, and conventions.
The review states:
... the tragedy is that Washington lacks anyone with the pragmatism, willpower and audacity to stand up to the unions ...
Reagan not only stood up to the unions, but played hardball with them. By ignoring the issues they raised and deliberately dispersing them Reagan personally created much of this tragedy. The only way to address these issues is to be genuinely interested, be sensitive to problems both airline employees and travellers have, listen to what people have to say, look at the facts, and then work with everyone over as long a period as necessary to make things right. Having the audacity to stand up to the unions is now well demonstrated to be a methodology for making things worse, not for helping solve any problems.
Then it is stated that
Chapter 7 lists a number of practical ways in which the air traffic control system can be modernized. Some of the suggestions would require significant financial outlays; others simply require all of the parties involved to play nicely together.
Even if the current system is expanded or partially rebuilt that will mean a significant cost, but all of this taken together strongly suggests that the entire marketplace and the technologies that support it are in need of reengineering. This absolutely requires both significant financial outlays and all parties playing nicely together. The primary cause of the problems highlighted in the review is that the parties involved are playing aggressive hardball, so that is essentially the core issue. Once people start working together, then the hard work that needs to be done can begin. As long as everyone involved continues to be mired in this impractical and childish business of having the audacity to stand up to one another no progress will be made.
This is stupid. Many games, especially MMPORGs, are known to be addicting because they are designed and rated on the addictive quality of game play. That you not to have stayed caught up in it is meaningless and irrelevant.