My guess is that any drives you have running would suck more power than the Pi if the Pi were used as a file server. You better go all SSD just to be safe.
No it wouldn't have. If the outsourced IT had a contract with the city that said only certain individuals had access to the systems, the same situation would have occurred.
I thought that would happen, but it doesn't seem to be. I still hear people in their 30's using the same line that we heard 25 years ago about the "Computer Whiz Kids" and how kids today know soooo much more than adults. Your example of people hired in the past 5 years having a harder time than those right out of HS today shows the point. Those people hired in the past 5 years grew up in the computer age. Most of them should not remember a time when computers were not all over the place.
I hope I am wrong, but it appears that "I don't understand it because 'Computers are hard'" has become a permanent fixture of our culture. Just read any article about installing Linux over the last couple of years. Right here on a site that caters to the technically proficent will have thread after thread about how installing Linux is too hard.
Sure I can agree with that. The summary does come off a bit like he was going to do what he was going to do and was looking for someone else to carry the risk.
The city was intentionally creating a problem in that case, moreso than the admin. The city had a policy and a means to get the passwords. The admin was more than willing to give up the passwords through official policy dictated channels. The city had him arrested because they decided that they wanted to prove they could force him to give them up outside of the official policy. Sure, you could say that the admin was being an ass by refusing to let the rules slide. (After all, we all let rules slide now and then) But, any claim that the servers were held hostage is a complete fabrication.
Sounds like they are offering to ship a replacement part if the product is still supported and you have paid them for it to fix a problem with faulty engineering. That should be taken as adequate for a low end crap vender. A good vendor would put in a second BIOS so that the problem didn't happen in the first place.
Probably, but a second BIOS that restores the first in case of failure probably costs about the same as adding a socket for the first BIOS. Sockets are usually doable, but they are the wrong answer for making devices unbrickable.
I got my son to use Linux by formatting his hard drive a week after his second birthday. I followed that up by handing him an Ubuntu 5.10 disk and telling him to reinstall his computer himself. No, he couldn't read. No, he had no problems installing it anyway. I did help him install gCompris.
That experiment is why I have since said that anyone claiming "Linux is too hard to install." is too stupid to be part of the conversation.
You can do without any computer at all. It isn't a matter of whether you CAN do without it. It is only a matter of whether it is worth it. Just like any other form of security. For you, as you say, it is worth it. For others it is not.
From what I have seen, those studies never divide the groups into those who want kids vs. those who do not want kids. Just like polling how happy people are with being jammed with a needle tens of thousands of times, you will find that those who want tattoos are much happier being jammed with a needle tens of thousands of times than those who do not want tattoos.
The studies are totally invalid if you don't make at least 4 categories:
Want Children + Have Children
Don't Want Children + Don't Have Children
Don't Want Children + Have Children
Want Children + Don't Have Children
It might also be necessary to look at the age of the parent/non-parent and the ages of the children.
Your poor rationalizations are not helping your case. But hey, you've made your case. I've made mine, and as people read the thread, they will come to their conclusions.
You are a liar. You read his post. You knew what he said. While Apple does sell $20 proprietary cables, they also sell $40 proprietary cables. Thus Kvnslash's statement is not hyperbole. Your "explanation" is just admitting to being a fanboy.
True. It is correlation. Not causation. Both the use of Android and non-standard bodies exist in the same set of phones because of the freedom that Google has extended. It doesn't change the fact that if you buy an Android phone, you can expect that it will have fewer accessories available to it because any accessories made will only fit that specific model.
There are three options for Android phone manufacturers.
1) Standardize on a phone body shape - Highly unlikely.
2) Say "too bad" to their customers that want more accessories - What is happening now.
3) Do as I suggested above and use a method that doesn't need matching body shapes to work - What I hope will happen.
It doesn't mean they are necessarily suckers. But, when they claim the cost of the phone is really only the down payment, they are either suckers or lairs.
This is a perfect example of an Apple Fanboy. Kvnslash is an iPhone owner, and is "bothered" by the cost of cables. Fanboy jo_ham somehow deciphers "bothered" as "Hate with frothing rage".
Even the cases from the same manufacturer are not standardized. It is one of the reasons Apple has so many more accessories. Now that the Android phones are starting to come with NFC, we have a hope of getting standard accessories on the Android size. With something like the Nexus 4, the NFC could be used to notify the accessory that the phone has been placed on the device. This could trigger bluetooth to make a connection for any data that needs to be passed to/from the accessory while at the same time the wireless charging can charge the phone. With this setup, you don't have to have a perfectly form fitting slot to put the phone into like you do when you use physical connectors.
If this happens for Android, I doubt it will happen until more phones start coming with NFC and wireless charging.
That makes no sense. The C64 had ports that you could plug peripherals into. Tablets have ports that you can plug peripherals into. True, you could argue that using one of the multiple wireless ports doesn't count as touching the hardware, but certainly using the wired ports counts.
I can type 65-70 WPM on my Android Tablet. I realize that in the days of typing pools, that would be just squeaking by, but how fast do you think most people type on their desktops these days?
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Well, to be fair, he is talking about doing something with his child and most people have outsourced that to the state.
My guess is that any drives you have running would suck more power than the Pi if the Pi were used as a file server. You better go all SSD just to be safe.
No it wouldn't have. If the outsourced IT had a contract with the city that said only certain individuals had access to the systems, the same situation would have occurred.
I thought that would happen, but it doesn't seem to be. I still hear people in their 30's using the same line that we heard 25 years ago about the "Computer Whiz Kids" and how kids today know soooo much more than adults. Your example of people hired in the past 5 years having a harder time than those right out of HS today shows the point. Those people hired in the past 5 years grew up in the computer age. Most of them should not remember a time when computers were not all over the place.
I hope I am wrong, but it appears that "I don't understand it because 'Computers are hard'" has become a permanent fixture of our culture. Just read any article about installing Linux over the last couple of years. Right here on a site that caters to the technically proficent will have thread after thread about how installing Linux is too hard.
Sure I can agree with that. The summary does come off a bit like he was going to do what he was going to do and was looking for someone else to carry the risk.
The city was intentionally creating a problem in that case, moreso than the admin. The city had a policy and a means to get the passwords. The admin was more than willing to give up the passwords through official policy dictated channels. The city had him arrested because they decided that they wanted to prove they could force him to give them up outside of the official policy. Sure, you could say that the admin was being an ass by refusing to let the rules slide. (After all, we all let rules slide now and then) But, any claim that the servers were held hostage is a complete fabrication.
Sounds like they are offering to ship a replacement part if the product is still supported and you have paid them for it to fix a problem with faulty engineering. That should be taken as adequate for a low end crap vender. A good vendor would put in a second BIOS so that the problem didn't happen in the first place.
Probably, but a second BIOS that restores the first in case of failure probably costs about the same as adding a socket for the first BIOS. Sockets are usually doable, but they are the wrong answer for making devices unbrickable.
Exactly. There is no excuse for any product that could be called "expensive" to be accidentally brickable.
I got my son to use Linux by formatting his hard drive a week after his second birthday. I followed that up by handing him an Ubuntu 5.10 disk and telling him to reinstall his computer himself. No, he couldn't read. No, he had no problems installing it anyway. I did help him install gCompris.
That experiment is why I have since said that anyone claiming "Linux is too hard to install." is too stupid to be part of the conversation.
You can do without any computer at all. It isn't a matter of whether you CAN do without it. It is only a matter of whether it is worth it. Just like any other form of security. For you, as you say, it is worth it. For others it is not.
Says the guy that has been completely replace but doesn't realize it isn't really him because it was done slowly over the course many years.
From what I have seen, those studies never divide the groups into those who want kids vs. those who do not want kids. Just like polling how happy people are with being jammed with a needle tens of thousands of times, you will find that those who want tattoos are much happier being jammed with a needle tens of thousands of times than those who do not want tattoos.
The studies are totally invalid if you don't make at least 4 categories:
Want Children + Have Children
Don't Want Children + Don't Have Children
Don't Want Children + Have Children
Want Children + Don't Have Children
It might also be necessary to look at the age of the parent/non-parent and the ages of the children.
I just wish more people would be self aware enough to know which category they belong to.
Your poor rationalizations are not helping your case. But hey, you've made your case. I've made mine, and as people read the thread, they will come to their conclusions.
You are a liar. You read his post. You knew what he said. While Apple does sell $20 proprietary cables, they also sell $40 proprietary cables. Thus Kvnslash's statement is not hyperbole. Your "explanation" is just admitting to being a fanboy.
You are a walking talking stereotype.
True. It is correlation. Not causation. Both the use of Android and non-standard bodies exist in the same set of phones because of the freedom that Google has extended. It doesn't change the fact that if you buy an Android phone, you can expect that it will have fewer accessories available to it because any accessories made will only fit that specific model.
There are three options for Android phone manufacturers.
1) Standardize on a phone body shape - Highly unlikely.
2) Say "too bad" to their customers that want more accessories - What is happening now.
3) Do as I suggested above and use a method that doesn't need matching body shapes to work - What I hope will happen.
It doesn't mean they are necessarily suckers. But, when they claim the cost of the phone is really only the down payment, they are either suckers or lairs.
This is a perfect example of an Apple Fanboy. Kvnslash is an iPhone owner, and is "bothered" by the cost of cables. Fanboy jo_ham somehow deciphers "bothered" as "Hate with frothing rage".
Even the cases from the same manufacturer are not standardized. It is one of the reasons Apple has so many more accessories. Now that the Android phones are starting to come with NFC, we have a hope of getting standard accessories on the Android size. With something like the Nexus 4, the NFC could be used to notify the accessory that the phone has been placed on the device. This could trigger bluetooth to make a connection for any data that needs to be passed to/from the accessory while at the same time the wireless charging can charge the phone. With this setup, you don't have to have a perfectly form fitting slot to put the phone into like you do when you use physical connectors.
If this happens for Android, I doubt it will happen until more phones start coming with NFC and wireless charging.
You've seen my work!
That makes no sense. The C64 had ports that you could plug peripherals into. Tablets have ports that you can plug peripherals into. True, you could argue that using one of the multiple wireless ports doesn't count as touching the hardware, but certainly using the wired ports counts.
I can type 65-70 WPM on my Android Tablet. I realize that in the days of typing pools, that would be just squeaking by, but how fast do you think most people type on their desktops these days?
You could claim that for iOS devices, but Android tablets run user written software just fine.
Well, kind of like that but the one guy that came up with it has long died of old age long before Amazon ever existed.