I don't think we can deny them the safety and the privacy just because we, geeks, have the knowledge to break into their poorly configured networks and do whatever we want on their LANs. A door, locked or not, is not a sufficient protection against a burglar. However a closed door means "do not enter," and anyone who ignores this norm of the society is behaving antisocially.
Well this is your problem right here. Open wireless access points are like leaving the door open. It's nothing like closing the door, much less locking or barring the door.
If I see an open door to a place I find interesting, I might just go in and check it out.
Email for most stuff works and then we have skype for anything urgent.
I agree e-mail works for most stuff - assuming you have threaded conversations (Outlook...I'm looking at you), collaborative documents (something like Google Docs), and an instant message/instant access program (Skype, Communicator, etc). However, Wave does fill a very nice niche for certain people. But, I think the major problem is that most individuals just don't understand, or can't grasp, how Wave might actually be used.
You are correct, but that assumes the law makes sense in the first place. While Google may have broken a law, it's better to ask about (and get changed) laws that should not exist (or only exist to make politicians feel as if they are accomplishing something).
This is a sad post, and even sadder that it was marked Insightful.
Yes, there are downsides to engineering, as there is in any industry (although engineers typically only see their own). However, please give me a good problem to solve, and a bunch of smart people to solve it with, over anything that some of the other majors involve. I love solving problems and getting things (software in my case) to work together. Some of my best college memories were the nights my friends and I would stay up and work on a difficult programming problem and achieve a great deal of satisfaction in doing so.
Yeah, there is the money issue (although, there are a number of engineers who have gone on to make a great deal of money), but, as Forrest Gump's mama said, "There is only so much money a man needs, and the rest is for showing off." At some point, you have to decide what is really most important to you and what it is that you enjoy doing.
4. The point of housing those that can't afford it is not about economic advancement. It's about being human. You should try it.
Thank you for pointing this out. Taking care of our fellow human beings is one of the things that makes our humanity what it is. (Of course, all the bad stuff also is part of that.) One thing not to overlook with respect to housing, however, is that it's not ENTIRELY driven out of the goodness of people's hearts. If you allow too many people to live on the streets, and don't take care of those who can't (or won't) take care of themselves, society will quickly find itself succumbing to high levels of crime as those individuals attempt to survive any way they can.
So, while there is obviously an aspect of taking care of each other as human beings (which is great), there are also selfish/societal pressures for doing so as well.
Unencrypted means 'come in, we have cookies!'. For things like coffee-shop hotspots, this is exactly the intent. For lazy homeowners, this is probably not what they want.
Not quite. Being in your own home still has some implication of privacy (the four walls do that). Having unencrypted wifi is more like standing outside your front door on your porch and expecting people not to look at what you're doing there.
Their idea of minimalism is clearly dead. Why do I need an image distracting me from a page I only visit for a couple seconds? It is not like a desktop which you will be looking at a lot.
And with that, I believe you hit the nail on the head.
My theory with testing out this background image is that Google, when they release Chrome OS, want to make Chrome their version of the desktop. Therefore, having a "desktop background" of sorts would make perfect sense. Of course, people so much like their minimalistic interface that this plan backfired on them. But, I don't think they were doing this just to "be like Bing." I think (and hope) there was more to it than that.
B.S. People should only take what they can finish. However, if you are at a restaurant and cannot control the portions given to you (and some restaurants are out of control with their portions), people should *not* finish their meals. The whole idea of "eat everything in front of you" is one of the many reasons this country is overweight to begin with. (Of course, all the fats and sugars we eat don't help either.)
Why do people even bother suggesting options like this? For this to be viable AT ALL, everybody would have to leave in droves. A handful of developers leaving would not make a dent in the overall availability of applications. When I hear suggestions like this, I picture a little kid plugging his ears and going, "Lalalalalalala." That's about how good this solution is.
Suffering and possibly permanently damaging your knees and getting nothing in return. Is that maturity?
While a marathon may be an extreme, there is tremendous satisfaction in exercising, and completing challenges in exercising (5k, lifting the next set of weights, etc). Yes, you do have to be aware of your body's limitations. But, give me sore knees and a body that is not flabby and fat any day. To say you get NOTHING in return, though...that's just...well...wrong.
And then realizing, your free time was more valuable in the first place.
You may be right about this. Some people work without thinking about what they are giving up. However, I believe that people were made to work and a good day's work can be very satisfying and rewarding. Of course, there is always balance in everything (just as with the exercising).
Well at least that one is a worthy goal.
It seems to me that you chose "worthy" goals based on your own personal criteria (which is fine), when the OP was attempting to show how hard work can have a very good return. I personally think planting a garden is a pretty big waste of time and not very rewarding. But, that's me. However, that wasn't the point of the post.
Along with that, due to people's natural inflation of their own importance, even if they see 1 in 2.5 million, they won't consider how very small that number is because THEY are more important than the other 2.5 million people who won't get this disease.
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On the bright side, you get to cut the bull's balls off and eat it if you win.
I'm not sure you and I agree on what the words "bright side" and "win" mean...
I don't think we can deny them the safety and the privacy just because we, geeks, have the knowledge to break into their poorly configured networks and do whatever we want on their LANs. A door, locked or not, is not a sufficient protection against a burglar. However a closed door means "do not enter," and anyone who ignores this norm of the society is behaving antisocially.
Well this is your problem right here. Open wireless access points are like leaving the door open. It's nothing like closing the door, much less locking or barring the door.
If I see an open door to a place I find interesting, I might just go in and check it out.
Email for most stuff works and then we have skype for anything urgent.
I agree e-mail works for most stuff - assuming you have threaded conversations (Outlook...I'm looking at you), collaborative documents (something like Google Docs), and an instant message/instant access program (Skype, Communicator, etc). However, Wave does fill a very nice niche for certain people. But, I think the major problem is that most individuals just don't understand, or can't grasp, how Wave might actually be used.
You are correct, but that assumes the law makes sense in the first place. While Google may have broken a law, it's better to ask about (and get changed) laws that should not exist (or only exist to make politicians feel as if they are accomplishing something).
Old sailors have already mastered this trick. They don't die...they just...fade away.
What?
This is a sad post, and even sadder that it was marked Insightful.
Yes, there are downsides to engineering, as there is in any industry (although engineers typically only see their own). However, please give me a good problem to solve, and a bunch of smart people to solve it with, over anything that some of the other majors involve. I love solving problems and getting things (software in my case) to work together. Some of my best college memories were the nights my friends and I would stay up and work on a difficult programming problem and achieve a great deal of satisfaction in doing so.
Yeah, there is the money issue (although, there are a number of engineers who have gone on to make a great deal of money), but, as Forrest Gump's mama said, "There is only so much money a man needs, and the rest is for showing off." At some point, you have to decide what is really most important to you and what it is that you enjoy doing.
4. The point of housing those that can't afford it is not about economic advancement. It's about being human. You should try it.
Thank you for pointing this out. Taking care of our fellow human beings is one of the things that makes our humanity what it is. (Of course, all the bad stuff also is part of that.) One thing not to overlook with respect to housing, however, is that it's not ENTIRELY driven out of the goodness of people's hearts. If you allow too many people to live on the streets, and don't take care of those who can't (or won't) take care of themselves, society will quickly find itself succumbing to high levels of crime as those individuals attempt to survive any way they can.
So, while there is obviously an aspect of taking care of each other as human beings (which is great), there are also selfish/societal pressures for doing so as well.
A Stackoverflow answer explains the advantages very nicely.
Unencrypted means 'come in, we have cookies!'. For things like coffee-shop hotspots, this is exactly the intent. For lazy homeowners, this is probably not what they want.
Not quite. Being in your own home still has some implication of privacy (the four walls do that). Having unencrypted wifi is more like standing outside your front door on your porch and expecting people not to look at what you're doing there.
administration's fault in 3.....2......1....blastoff.
Won't happen. We don't have any rockets for a successful launch because the U.S. Space program is dying.
Their idea of minimalism is clearly dead. Why do I need an image distracting me from a page I only visit for a couple seconds? It is not like a desktop which you will be looking at a lot.
And with that, I believe you hit the nail on the head.
My theory with testing out this background image is that Google, when they release Chrome OS, want to make Chrome their version of the desktop. Therefore, having a "desktop background" of sorts would make perfect sense. Of course, people so much like their minimalistic interface that this plan backfired on them. But, I don't think they were doing this just to "be like Bing." I think (and hope) there was more to it than that.
B.S. People should only take what they can finish. However, if you are at a restaurant and cannot control the portions given to you (and some restaurants are out of control with their portions), people should *not* finish their meals. The whole idea of "eat everything in front of you" is one of the many reasons this country is overweight to begin with. (Of course, all the fats and sugars we eat don't help either.)
Of course, the Droid (Moto) can handel 64GB cards. You're losing some of the power of the newer phones, but it's still a great phone.
They're hoping hackers get tired before they finish breaking into your computer.
"Do you want to hack this computer?" - [Yes]
"Are you sure?" - [Yes]
"Are you really really really really sure?" - [Yes]
"Seriously?" - [FTLOG, YES]
Why do people even bother suggesting options like this? For this to be viable AT ALL, everybody would have to leave in droves. A handful of developers leaving would not make a dent in the overall availability of applications. When I hear suggestions like this, I picture a little kid plugging his ears and going, "Lalalalalalala." That's about how good this solution is.
If you have any important data on that drive, urine trouble...
On his journey to Philadelphia as first president, Washington had to detour around several tarpits (oil) to get there.
Hey! Quit picking on New Jersey!
Suffering and possibly permanently damaging your knees and getting nothing in return. Is that maturity?
While a marathon may be an extreme, there is tremendous satisfaction in exercising, and completing challenges in exercising (5k, lifting the next set of weights, etc). Yes, you do have to be aware of your body's limitations. But, give me sore knees and a body that is not flabby and fat any day. To say you get NOTHING in return, though...that's just...well...wrong.
And then realizing, your free time was more valuable in the first place.
You may be right about this. Some people work without thinking about what they are giving up. However, I believe that people were made to work and a good day's work can be very satisfying and rewarding. Of course, there is always balance in everything (just as with the exercising).
Well at least that one is a worthy goal.
It seems to me that you chose "worthy" goals based on your own personal criteria (which is fine), when the OP was attempting to show how hard work can have a very good return. I personally think planting a garden is a pretty big waste of time and not very rewarding. But, that's me. However, that wasn't the point of the post.
Some friends and I have used Wave for a LOST discussion group every week, and it's pretty bad by the end of each episode
The Wave or the show?
Are we seeing a pattern here?
Yes.
You love immigrants and drugs, can't decide which political party you're a part of, and don't like guns.
Obviously you're a hippie.
Cool story bro!
And...I am curious how ones retina detaches in the first place. Fall asleep with contacts in? Or...I can't even imagine. Care to share?
Along with that, due to people's natural inflation of their own importance, even if they see 1 in 2.5 million, they won't consider how very small that number is because THEY are more important than the other 2.5 million people who won't get this disease.
People have physical access to the outside of my car, it doesn't mean they can change my speedo
I'm confused why physical access to your car would make someone want to touch your skimpy bathing suit...much less change you out of one.
Unfortunately, the story itself does not appear to be a real one (although, it is a cool story). http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-qui1.htm