You may want to form part of the matrix and let the overlords manage you, not everybody does.
Everybody screws up when they're a teenager, it's all part of the deal.
This is the first generation that will have all their screw-ups stored in a cross-referenced database for future reference. A database that "connected" people will be able to manipulate/edit for their own benefit.
Not being in the database will be even worse - employers are already demanding access to people's Facebook accounts.
I'm working in Hong Kong, and youtube has been bombarding me with ads for finding a foreign husband, which is pretty funny considering I'm a straight married guy.
I live in Spain. You should see the amount of adverts/phone calls I get for English lessons. "Targeted", indeed.
They may be tracking people like never before but business intelligence is still an oxymoron.
I'm waiting for them to replace politicians with autists.
No religious beliefs, no desire to wield power over others, pragmatic, good at math, won't sleep until the economy is fully optimized... it's all good.
I do actually expect all work I pay for to be "bug free" I recently had an aftermarket bed liner put in my truck, and it came back with a bug: it was crooked. I took it back and demanded they make it right for free. And you know what happened? They fixed it for free.
What tolerances did you specify?
"Doesn't look crooked to passers-by" isn't really a specification that can be applied to software.
There's bugs where a program doesn't follow the specs (logic bugs) and there's bugs where the program crashes because you didn't check the return value of malloc() (or whatever).
I could argue that both of those are negligence on the part of the programmer, but at the end of the day we're arguing over whether there's such a thing as perfect software or not. Empirical evidence suggests there isn't (at least not at prices that normal people are willing to pay).
The only way to avoid conflict is to pre-agree a price for software maintenance that kicks in after a grace period. This makes both parties understand that all software is imperfect.
Considering Apple (the corporation) paid $6 billion last year in taxes plus the taxes paid by their US employees I think the taxpayer got a pretty damn good ROI.
Considering they're still delivering iPhones using taxpayer-funded roads and lighting up their stores using taxpayer-funded electricity, I'd say it's an ongoing relationship.
PS: Quoting numbers instead of percentages is full of fail.
Nobody has shown that what Apple has done shouldn't be morally acceptable.
Jobs/Woz grew up in the USA, they were educated there and used the resources/facilities/opportunities of the USA to earn their fortunes. Many of those resources/facilities/opportunities were provided using taxpayer money.
Not giving back to the young people growing up today is morally acceptable to you?
The problem with printed firearms is that they're plastic. We have no means to detect them. They instantly obsolete our security infrastructure. You can walk onto an airplane with one. You could walk into a courtroom with one. You could walk into the White House, Congress, or the Supreme Court with one. That is a major problem.
You know how I can tell you've never typed "zip gun" into google?
These kind of luddites probably "print a gun" means you can press a button and out pops a fully functioning Glock 9mm.
Making zip guns in a machine shop is waaaay easier/cheaper then trying to get a 3D printer to produce anything more than a misshapen blob of plastic. Even if the printers improve, plastic guns will never be a replacement for the real thing (which are made of metal!)
- have more pressing concerns in europe right now that whether they can download pirated media. You know, minor things like over 50% youth unemployement in spain, the collapse of the greek economy and its knock on effects, mass immigration, enviromental degradation...
Right, because the existing parties here in Spain are doing such a good job of running the country.
Who knows, maybe a bit of young blood who doesn't talk the talk or wear an expensive suit might be a good thing.
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You may want to form part of the matrix and let the overlords manage you, not everybody does.
Everybody screws up when they're a teenager, it's all part of the deal.
This is the first generation that will have all their screw-ups stored in a cross-referenced database for future reference. A database that "connected" people will be able to manipulate/edit for their own benefit.
Not being in the database will be even worse - employers are already demanding access to people's Facebook accounts.
Why is it a bad decision? The more advertisers know about me, the more likely I am to see ads for things I am actually interested in.
If you only use the internet for buying family groceries then that's probably a good thing, yes.
No, scratch that. I'm sure that even you don't want your medical-insurance company to know how many Cheetos you eat...
I'm working in Hong Kong, and youtube has been bombarding me with ads for finding a foreign husband, which is pretty funny considering I'm a straight married guy.
I live in Spain. You should see the amount of adverts/phone calls I get for English lessons. "Targeted", indeed.
They may be tracking people like never before but business intelligence is still an oxymoron.
I'm waiting for them to replace politicians with autists.
No religious beliefs, no desire to wield power over others, pragmatic, good at math, won't sleep until the economy is fully optimized ... it's all good.
I do actually expect all work I pay for to be "bug free" I recently had an aftermarket bed liner put in my truck, and it came back with a bug: it was crooked. I took it back and demanded they make it right for free. And you know what happened? They fixed it for free.
What tolerances did you specify?
"Doesn't look crooked to passers-by" isn't really a specification that can be applied to software.
There's bugs where a program doesn't follow the specs (logic bugs) and there's bugs where the program crashes because you didn't check the return value of malloc() (or whatever).
I could argue that both of those are negligence on the part of the programmer, but at the end of the day we're arguing over whether there's such a thing as perfect software or not. Empirical evidence suggests there isn't (at least not at prices that normal people are willing to pay).
The only way to avoid conflict is to pre-agree a price for software maintenance that kicks in after a grace period. This makes both parties understand that all software is imperfect.
if your specs were so masterfully created there would be no bugs.
does not compute.
What can't you do in C? I know that if it can't do something easily, you can create a library in it so that you can do it easily.
Throw an exception? Stack unwinding? RAII? Object construction/destruction?
I'd like to see a library that does all those easily/automatically.
A C++ compiler OTOH...now you're talking!
Judge Dredd's gun 'executes' anybody else who tries to fire it. Are they going to implement that feature, too?
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"After each firing, the ammo cartridges expanded enough that they had to be pounded out with a hammer."
Keep your Semmerling for the moment, Jack...
I don't think that's necessarily a problem to people who want to sneak guns past a metal detector. If one shot isn't enough, carry two guns..
Considering Apple (the corporation) paid $6 billion last year in taxes plus the taxes paid by their US employees I think the taxpayer got a pretty damn good ROI.
Considering they're still delivering iPhones using taxpayer-funded roads and lighting up their stores using taxpayer-funded electricity, I'd say it's an ongoing relationship.
PS: Quoting numbers instead of percentages is full of fail.
It's whatever the going rate is, the same rate that other people were paying when Apple was getting wealthy.
Nobody has shown that what Apple has done shouldn't be morally acceptable.
Jobs/Woz grew up in the USA, they were educated there and used the resources/facilities/opportunities of the USA to earn their fortunes. Many of those resources/facilities/opportunities were provided using taxpayer money.
Not giving back to the young people growing up today is morally acceptable to you?
And money, real or imagined, is money !!
You can bet they convert them to real money as soon as they receive them.
Why would they risk holding onto them? They might lose all their value at any time.
It shouldn't be that hard to have a 3d printer determine if it is making something with a hole the size of a standard bullet.
Yes, we're lucky there's such a thing as a "standard bullet"...
The problem with printed firearms is that they're plastic. We have no means to detect them. They instantly obsolete our security infrastructure. You can walk onto an airplane with one. You could walk into a courtroom with one. You could walk into the White House, Congress, or the Supreme Court with one. That is a major problem.
You know how I can tell you've never typed "zip gun" into google?
These kind of luddites probably "print a gun" means you can press a button and out pops a fully functioning Glock 9mm.
Making zip guns in a machine shop is waaaay easier/cheaper then trying to get a 3D printer to produce anything more than a misshapen blob of plastic. Even if the printers improve, plastic guns will never be a replacement for the real thing (which are made of metal!)
Domain blocking has been so successful already. No one will figure out how to use alternative DNS servers, or simply type in the IP address manually.
Doesn't matter, it's all about training governments to bend over whenever they say so. They'll be back again soon, with bigger demands.
PS: Thanks, RIAA, for letting me know about Grooveshark...
Wasn't there a guy who tried this once before?
The men in black SUVs paid him a visit. Just like they'll pay this guy a visit...
It finds that 11% of files in Firefox are highly interconnected
It means 89% aren't...which sounds much nicer.
- have more pressing concerns in europe right now that whether they can download pirated media. You know, minor things like over 50% youth unemployement in spain, the collapse of the greek economy and its knock on effects, mass immigration, enviromental degradation...
Right, because the existing parties here in Spain are doing such a good job of running the country.
Who knows, maybe a bit of young blood who doesn't talk the talk or wear an expensive suit might be a good thing.
Oh, a different meaning for an acronym that's been in use for over 50 years. That will sure help with the confusion!
It's not an acronym, it's an abbreviation.
(or do you go around saying "CUPOO" to everybody?)
Because "Java 7.53" makes them look bad - 53 critical updates!
Instead they chose to obfuscate things and redefine "CPU", which doesn't make them look bad at all.
It's not an acronym, it's an abbreviation.
What exactly have they "published"?