They still make critical mistakes like the one that cost Lewis Hamilton second place and maybe the race in Melbourne. Sad really, that they rely so heavily on Tech that the "pit boss" doesn't matter any more, its what the computer tells them to do.
You are right, soon it will be remote control racing with out humans.
I feel for the Apple Fanboi's who won't be getting any sleep tonight...coming up with a defense for why their flagship product got pwned.
Newsflash: nothing is secure.
I started reading the article and wondered why there was such global outrage about dns resolution on Wikipedia, then I went back and looked at the title again...
Agreed. I live in Canada. In my part of the country, we have one Cable provider, one DSL porvider.
Both cost the same for the same service.
The difference is that the cable provider will disconnect you if you go over your "unlimited" cap(this used to be advertised as unlimited back in the day but now means less than 60GB down, 20 up)
So far the DSL doesn't seem to care, but they are a government "corporation" that is far behind the tech curve.
So my choice is fast but cut off
or "slower" (that is relative) but unlimited.
NA internet is a big fucking collusion - fixed prices and no competition. I wish I lived in Sweden or some place similar when it comes to internet.
And cardboard games don't come with DRM or restrictive rights where you don't actaully 'own' it, rather rent it and rebuy it when you magically lose the rights to the game. No thanks.
It also seems very interesting to me to see a frankenmovie of 15 second stretches of wildly varying quality. That's far more interesting to me than anything George Lucas has done since Return of the Jedi.
"A Herd of buffalo can move only as fast as the slowest buffalo and, when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular culling of the weakest members."
Its just unfortunate these idiots take the stronger with them sometimes.
...He'd do much better if he could just talk FLOSS software up without talking closed source software down so extremely.
Exactly.
The 'rules' as they were laid down to me a long time ago in my Sales/Marketing career were that you Never Bashed Your Competition. It makes you look bad and the company you work for. What do you think this looks like for the FSF now?
They come off poorly I say.
I was about to call the Network and Security Manager here and ask him about our config until I read that last paragraph.
My Marketing Shill Meter went through the roof.
This isn't/. worthy.
You are obviously not a parent.
Giving your kids the best chance of success takes strong lessons of morality, honesty, character building and hard work ethic not hocus pocus 'your genes tell you you will be good at x'.
Focusing on one child over the over is the perfect way to make one successful over the other child. Is it worth it to destroy one of your own offspring at the cost of another's chance of success just because 'the gene test' says so? No.
Besides, scientists haven't been able to cure most of the world's deadly diseases in all our years of existence. Seems kind of sneaky that we can all of a sudden jump to gene manipulation with any success...
I hear you Brother.
I installed Office 2007 on a test machine for work.
Loaded up Word
played around a bit then went to Print...
Be damned if I couldn't find the freakin button that WAS NOT ON THE MAIN MENU BY DEFAULT.
I mean, what do you do with a document? Type...bold...Print... ? That sealed the deal for me and I have not used it since.
None of us are totally free of ignorance in every single area of our lives. User beware will bite all of us in the ass eventually. It needs to be a two way street. Buyers need to be aware and sellers need to be responsible for what they produce and how they treat their customers.
This post FTW. Especially the last statement. Trust and responsibility is a two-way street.
Amen Brother. I hate long term contracts as much as the next guy, but all my phones have lasted way over 3 years.
in order:
Motorola Startac (5 + years one new battery)
Samsung A640 - used 2 years then gave it to my mom last year because I got work to pay for my phone. Still going on 3.5 years
Motorola Krazer - going on 2 years
I echo this sentiment and add to it that the visibility factor is HUGE. I used to work in a school system and the IT problems were "monumental" because of the fact that it seemed like the IT guys were no where to be found. When I went out to my schools, I would have lunch with the teachers and secretaries. It went a long way to knowing that there was someone around. Plus they got an answer to those little questions that take up your time (you are 'working' over lunch but education of the users is good at any cost:) ) and thus, my work board was always small.
I still say they need to teach a communication course(public speaking and social skills) for IT and CS. The kids I went to school with were socially inept and that only helps to exacerbate the disconnect between workers and IT.
I watched this (not entirely good) movie with despair. That's not the way I want my world to become. I want no part of it.
Some things just shouldn't be messed with.
I don't think people's needs and wants changed as much as marketing dictated what people's wants and needs are.
I think there is still a "need" for devices that like the previous poster said JUST PHONE.
Its the same with Universal Remotes; they just control your AV devices. I don't want it to make me a sandwich and change my oil.
I maybe come from a different generation than you but I think that its more a problem when a person can't disconnect from the technology. These 'smartphones' make it seem like you are missing out if you can't "play a game if you get bored", or "take pictures of hot chicks while out on the town".
I'm not sure if you would understand this logic if you come from the generations where technology is taken for granted.
No disrespect intended.
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You could say that about MS too...
Amazing... that was only a week ago!
They still make critical mistakes like the one that cost Lewis Hamilton second place and maybe the race in Melbourne. Sad really, that they rely so heavily on Tech that the "pit boss" doesn't matter any more, its what the computer tells them to do.
You are right, soon it will be remote control racing with out humans.
I feel for the Apple Fanboi's who won't be getting any sleep tonight...coming up with a defense for why their flagship product got pwned. Newsflash: nothing is secure.
I started reading the article and wondered why there was such global outrage about dns resolution on Wikipedia, then I went back and looked at the title again...
The difference is that the cable provider will disconnect you if you go over your "unlimited" cap(this used to be advertised as unlimited back in the day but now means less than 60GB down, 20 up)
So far the DSL doesn't seem to care, but they are a government "corporation" that is far behind the tech curve.
So my choice is fast but cut off or "slower" (that is relative) but unlimited.
NA internet is a big fucking collusion - fixed prices and no competition. I wish I lived in Sweden or some place similar when it comes to internet.
Er, but what are we going to do with all the people who just don't "have" the brains? They get a free ride?
This: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/
In some ways I think we are already there.
The perfect board game platform is cardboard.
And cardboard games don't come with DRM or restrictive rights where you don't actaully 'own' it, rather rent it and rebuy it when you magically lose the rights to the game. No thanks.
It also seems very interesting to me to see a frankenmovie of 15 second stretches of wildly varying quality. That's far more interesting to me than anything George Lucas has done since Return of the Jedi.
There. fixed that for you.
Its just unfortunate these idiots take the stronger with them sometimes.
As long as they leave my coffee maker alone, I'm fine
now there will be more smelly IT nerds walking around. Wait.... nevermind
...He'd do much better if he could just talk FLOSS software up without talking closed source software down so extremely.
Exactly. The 'rules' as they were laid down to me a long time ago in my Sales/Marketing career were that you Never Bashed Your Competition. It makes you look bad and the company you work for. What do you think this looks like for the FSF now? They come off poorly I say.
I was about to call the Network and Security Manager here and ask him about our config until I read that last paragraph. My Marketing Shill Meter went through the roof. This isn't /. worthy.
You are obviously not a parent. Giving your kids the best chance of success takes strong lessons of morality, honesty, character building and hard work ethic not hocus pocus 'your genes tell you you will be good at x'.
Focusing on one child over the over is the perfect way to make one successful over the other child. Is it worth it to destroy one of your own offspring at the cost of another's chance of success just because 'the gene test' says so?
No.
Besides, scientists haven't been able to cure most of the world's deadly diseases in all our years of existence. Seems kind of sneaky that we can all of a sudden jump to gene manipulation with any success...
its my next door neighbour.
I have two in my house. Say hello to my 4 and a half year old and my 18 month old. I wonder what they'd pay to put them in a study?
Except true Artistic integrity.
Finally. now everyone can get back to work.
I hear you Brother. I installed Office 2007 on a test machine for work. Loaded up Word played around a bit then went to Print... Be damned if I couldn't find the freakin button that WAS NOT ON THE MAIN MENU BY DEFAULT. I mean, what do you do with a document? Type...bold...Print... ? That sealed the deal for me and I have not used it since.
None of us are totally free of ignorance in every single area of our lives. User beware will bite all of us in the ass eventually. It needs to be a two way street. Buyers need to be aware and sellers need to be responsible for what they produce and how they treat their customers.
This post FTW. Especially the last statement. Trust and responsibility is a two-way street.
Amen Brother. I hate long term contracts as much as the next guy, but all my phones have lasted way over 3 years. in order:
Motorola Startac (5 + years one new battery)
Samsung A640 - used 2 years then gave it to my mom last year because I got work to pay for my phone. Still going on 3.5 years
Motorola Krazer - going on 2 years
I echo this sentiment and add to it that the visibility factor is HUGE. I used to work in a school system and the IT problems were "monumental" because of the fact that it seemed like the IT guys were no where to be found. When I went out to my schools, I would have lunch with the teachers and secretaries. It went a long way to knowing that there was someone around. Plus they got an answer to those little questions that take up your time (you are 'working' over lunch but education of the users is good at any cost :) ) and thus, my work board was always small.
I still say they need to teach a communication course(public speaking and social skills) for IT and CS. The kids I went to school with were socially inept and that only helps to exacerbate the disconnect between workers and IT.
I watched this (not entirely good) movie with despair. That's not the way I want my world to become. I want no part of it. Some things just shouldn't be messed with.
I don't think people's needs and wants changed as much as marketing dictated what people's wants and needs are. I think there is still a "need" for devices that like the previous poster said JUST PHONE. Its the same with Universal Remotes; they just control your AV devices. I don't want it to make me a sandwich and change my oil. I maybe come from a different generation than you but I think that its more a problem when a person can't disconnect from the technology. These 'smartphones' make it seem like you are missing out if you can't "play a game if you get bored", or "take pictures of hot chicks while out on the town". I'm not sure if you would understand this logic if you come from the generations where technology is taken for granted. No disrespect intended.