Shouldn't we ask a different quest ? Like: is it possible to put ENOUGH effort into it to make it secure ?
Good question. I do not believe it is possible to make a native binary safe, but then I'm just a computer geek with a degree in the subject and a decade of professional experience. Who am I to question the great Google.
So a proprietary, but open SDK to run native binaries on one vendors browser. What could possibly go wrong?
I hope Google put a heck of a lot more effort into security/sandbox issues than Microsoft did or I'm going to have to start telling people to never install Chrome. ActiveX was the best attack vector for Windows for the longest time, and as far as I know it's still pretty effective against the great unwashed who will click anything to make a dialog go away.
Ditto. A series just can't return after 10 years and be the same as it was before. Even the new season of Futurama sucks, and that was only gone for 6-7 years (and cartoon characters don't even age). Trying to revive Firefly at this point would just be sad. Let it go.
However, a completely new post-Browncoat series could be cool. That's a pretty big universe they constructed, lots of potential there.
Point is that the observed Aurora in Yellowknife is abnormal, so just 'cos y'all can't see it down in Texas doesn't mean the solar flare had no effect. But nice troll.
But seeing as how I can't discern any significant difference between 1080p on bluray vs. standard DVD quality on my HD television, I couldn't give a rats arse about this. I still only buy DVD, and even though my PS3 has a bluray player, I have no interested in buying or renting bluray discs.
Dear Hollywood, if you want me to adopt your anti-piracy gimmicks, make it worth having. The only new entertainment technology I'll be interested in adopting will be true 3D animated holograms.
I generally agree, with one exception. There are certain directors and cinematographers whose work I like to see in all their blu-ray HD glory, but these are the ones I really don't mind paying extra for and will hopefully still be watching for years. For example, Inception is very much worth watching in true HD.
Seriously... someone out there thought that Heavy Metal was *worthy* of a remake, or is Hollywood *that* desperate?
Probably the same idiots who thought it was a good idea to make a movie version of a MAGAZINE in the first place. (For my money, the only good adaptations of Mobius' artwork have been Blade Runner and The Fifth Element.)
My girlfriend managed 20 minutes of Watchman before finding something better to do and I wish I'd done the same; I had a hard time finding any motivation to keep watching it past half-way.
One does not exclude the other. In fact this is a tragicomedy the whole world is enjoying very much and we're all eagerly anticipating the next seasons plot twists..
I hear Arnold Schwarzenegger will be playing a politician next season. Oh wait..
Next week, I'm sure that Soros will be secretly bankrolling Google so that Obama will know where the Real True Christians are when it is time for his legions of welfare-spawned criminality to emerge from their ghettos and begin operating the Obama-Youth reeducation/death camps...
And next month it will be in production in Hollywood, that's a nice premise.
Of course, he also like to set up those little green plastic army men on that counter during tests, pour flammable liquid over the scene, then light it and play with them, making sound of death and agony as they melted.
We had a crazy old guy on the verge of retirement, he had a long history of flammable experiments. The one that really showed his humanity was with a hand-cranked centrefuge that he had dug out of the old lab equipment.
Long story short, he managed to over spin and shatter both of his vials and sprayed chemicals and glass across half the room. He then stood up from behind the bench he had hidden behind, looked out at the mayhem he had wrought looked shocked and apologized. "I guess that was a bad idea."
As far as I know, you can't get a decent engineering job with just a technical certificate. The only way to get the good engineering jobs is to get a degree from a school that makes you take humanities courses. There are engineering jobs that will be better done by someone with a well rounded education, but most of them can be done just as well or better by someone who focuses on just the technical courses.
There is nothing more frustrating as a manager than having someone who is a technical genius but completely incapable of communicating. I'd rather have someone who was only ALMOST that smart but can also write and think since he can explain what he's doing.
You are probably correct but that doesn't excuse academic dishonesty. Perhaps those of you who seem to think that a university is a job mill should go do technical certificates and stop sullying the reputations of your schools and the 40% of the student body who actually are capable of writing an intelligent paper without plagiarizing.
For my generation (I'm 21), the ISS had a certain grandeur to it during some of the early assembly missions. It's unfortunate that there hasn't been better PR from NASA about the station - it's really quite a feat that we have it up there.
My kids are just a few years younger than you. I tried to keep them up to date with the station construction but even from the eyes of a child it just doesn't beat the seat-of-the-pants badassness that was Apollo. They went to the FUCKING MOON using a GODDAMN CALCULATOR as a flight computer. Now that's just badass.
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Shouldn't we ask a different quest ? Like: is it possible to put ENOUGH effort into it to make it secure ?
Good question. I do not believe it is possible to make a native binary safe, but then I'm just a computer geek with a degree in the subject and a decade of professional experience. Who am I to question the great Google.
So a proprietary, but open SDK to run native binaries on one vendors browser. What could possibly go wrong?
I hope Google put a heck of a lot more effort into security/sandbox issues than Microsoft did or I'm going to have to start telling people to never install Chrome. ActiveX was the best attack vector for Windows for the longest time, and as far as I know it's still pretty effective against the great unwashed who will click anything to make a dialog go away.
Ditto. A series just can't return after 10 years and be the same as it was before. Even the new season of Futurama sucks, and that was only gone for 6-7 years (and cartoon characters don't even age). Trying to revive Firefly at this point would just be sad. Let it go.
However, a completely new post-Browncoat series could be cool. That's a pretty big universe they constructed, lots of potential there.
Unfortunately, I don't think that will happen after the movie wrapped up the story line and killed off major characters.
I'm prepared to pretend the movie never happened if it mean more episodes. Who's with me?!
As much as I loved the series I'm awfully tempted to say let sleeping dogs lie. That one season's worth is a work of art
Or simply state: "I would but I don't use facebook. No, that guy just has the same name as me."
Not abnormal that they occur. What was abnormal was the intensity... Were you born this stupid or did you have to study?
Point is that the observed Aurora in Yellowknife is abnormal, so just 'cos y'all can't see it down in Texas doesn't mean the solar flare had no effect. But nice troll.
CBC reports Solar storm delivers auroral show.
But seeing as how I can't discern any significant difference between 1080p on bluray vs. standard DVD quality on my HD television, I couldn't give a rats arse about this. I still only buy DVD, and even though my PS3 has a bluray player, I have no interested in buying or renting bluray discs.
Dear Hollywood, if you want me to adopt your anti-piracy gimmicks, make it worth having. The only new entertainment technology I'll be interested in adopting will be true 3D animated holograms.
I generally agree, with one exception. There are certain directors and cinematographers whose work I like to see in all their blu-ray HD glory, but these are the ones I really don't mind paying extra for and will hopefully still be watching for years. For example, Inception is very much worth watching in true HD.
Seriously... someone out there thought that Heavy Metal was *worthy* of a remake, or is Hollywood *that* desperate?
Probably the same idiots who thought it was a good idea to make a movie version of a MAGAZINE in the first place. (For my money, the only good adaptations of Mobius' artwork have been Blade Runner and The Fifth Element.)
What geeks/nerds like and what the mass audience likes are two different things.
What SOME geeks/nerds like and what the mass audience likes are two different things.
For example this geek studied film production in college and I actually like French films, so-called chick-flicks AND good action films.
From what I heard Watchmen did not fall into any of these categories.
My girlfriend managed 20 minutes of Watchman before finding something better to do and I wish I'd done the same; I had a hard time finding any motivation to keep watching it past half-way.
Good, it's not just me.
If it wasn't so tragic, it would be hilarious.
One does not exclude the other. In fact this is a tragicomedy the whole world is enjoying very much and we're all eagerly anticipating the next seasons plot twists..
I hear Arnold Schwarzenegger will be playing a politician next season. Oh wait..
Next week, I'm sure that Soros will be secretly bankrolling Google so that Obama will know where the Real True Christians are when it is time for his legions of welfare-spawned criminality to emerge from their ghettos and begin operating the Obama-Youth reeducation/death camps...
And next month it will be in production in Hollywood, that's a nice premise.
That I noticed... I really had to lower the graphics for it to run smoothly on a 15" macbook pro.
I was actually having more fun with Freeciv on the laptop and Civ Rev on the iPad.
And wouldn't you know it, I bought III & V.
Of course, he also like to set up those little green plastic army men on that counter during tests, pour flammable liquid over the scene, then light it and play with them, making sound of death and agony as they melted.
We had a crazy old guy on the verge of retirement, he had a long history of flammable experiments. The one that really showed his humanity was with a hand-cranked centrefuge that he had dug out of the old lab equipment.
Long story short, he managed to over spin and shatter both of his vials and sprayed chemicals and glass across half the room. He then stood up from behind the bench he had hidden behind, looked out at the mayhem he had wrought looked shocked and apologized. "I guess that was a bad idea."
I Wes referring to their marketing strategy which seems to be designed to discourage attracting developers.
I suspect he's referring to the fact that patent trolls always seem to file in East Texas.
Prime example of why Eiffel has failed to catch on in the mainstream.
You sir have a great future in politics.
If you hire a university graduate you assume that they can handle basic writing tasks, if you hire from a tech school you don't.
As far as I know, you can't get a decent engineering job with just a technical certificate. The only way to get the good engineering jobs is to get a degree from a school that makes you take humanities courses. There are engineering jobs that will be better done by someone with a well rounded education, but most of them can be done just as well or better by someone who focuses on just the technical courses.
There is nothing more frustrating as a manager than having someone who is a technical genius but completely incapable of communicating. I'd rather have someone who was only ALMOST that smart but can also write and think since he can explain what he's doing.
You are probably correct but that doesn't excuse academic dishonesty. Perhaps those of you who seem to think that a university is a job mill should go do technical certificates and stop sullying the reputations of your schools and the 40% of the student body who actually are capable of writing an intelligent paper without plagiarizing.
For my generation (I'm 21), the ISS had a certain grandeur to it during some of the early assembly missions. It's unfortunate that there hasn't been better PR from NASA about the station - it's really quite a feat that we have it up there.
My kids are just a few years younger than you. I tried to keep them up to date with the station construction but even from the eyes of a child it just doesn't beat the seat-of-the-pants badassness that was Apollo. They went to the FUCKING MOON using a GODDAMN CALCULATOR as a flight computer. Now that's just badass.