If Android has proved one thing it's that "cheaper hardware" doesn't win the war against Apple in the developed world.
Being $100 cheaper isn't enough to persuade people to buy an Android tablet instead of an iPad, to swing the deal you have to be $200 cheaper. Trimming $200-worth of hardware off and still having a nice-enough product hasn't worked out (so far).
No device can ever be "secure", and running your own code can never be "absolutely impossible" so long as it is in the hands of consumers...
It can easily be secure enough to require a hardware modification to get another OS to run on it. For the mass market that's probably secure enough.
The intersection between people who want to use Linux and the people who'll buy a Microsoft tablet to do it on instead of an Android tablet which doesn't require any soldering is small enough for it not to be a problem. Besides, Microsoft already made money on the tablet even if you do use it for Linux so it's still a profit for them.
So that's why so many young kids now are listening to 70s and 80s guitar rock with Guitar Hero, right?
Did you miss the bit about "Teens listen to whatever they're surrounded by"? The teens didn't choose that music, the game company did.
If you make a list of what you listened to when you were a teen I bet a lot of it hasn't stood the test of time. I can count on one hand the albums from my youth that I can still listen to today.
Sorry, your theory is wrong. Music these days really is much worse.
You're just not trying very hard. You're only remembering the good 10% from the 70's and failing to filter the bad 90% from today's music.
I'm no youngster but I hate Dark Side of the Moon. Really can't stand it. I don't mind if I never hear it again.
Music taste is mostly formed when you're a teen. Teens listen to whatever they're surrounded by. Everybody thinks their generation had the best music....and 90% of anything is bad.
90% of 60s music was completely awful. 90% of 70s music was completely awful. 90% of 80s music was completely awful. 90% of 90s music was completely awful. 90% of 00s music was completely awful.
No, but claiming "the programming was done in one week" when you are actually only compiling it and had 2 years in advance to write the libraries and the documentation. It's still a feat when you have to do all the debugging and testing, but not as impressive as the claim tries to make it sound like.
They won't think twice about grabbing it. Look what they did to Megaupload and that was in Hong Kong/New Zealand and only affected the RIAA, not "national security".
Let's hope they put it in a huge bunker with lots of heavy timelocked doors - buy enough time for it to become a massive scandal before the MiB can get through to the servers.
So how do these people get their ridiculously complicated physics stuff crunched by ridiculously complicated machines?
a) Their algorithms aren't complex but they typically have a lot of data.
b) They're not real hardcore programmers so they program in BASIC, Python, etc. They need bigger machines to compensate for the inefficiency of their toolset.
I'm not some sort of conspiracy nutter, quite the opposite, it's just that everything about this case smells rotten.
This is a guy who's not accused of anything but is wanted for questioning related to a crime which has a maximum 750 Euro fine.
How on earth does that translate into:
a) An Interpol arrest warrant.
Interpol's constitution only allows them to get involved in crimes which are committed by people in more than one country, and even then only for serious crimes (with a minimum jail sentence in years). Which part of what Julian Assange's accusation's fits that description?
b) Extradition proceedings
For a 750 Euro fine? Seriously?
He's being extradited under some clause of an emergency extradition law for terrorists which was passed after 9/11. How does a terrorism law apply to somebody who's wanted for questioning for "surprise sex"? Last November the UK parliament called for "urgent reform" of the law after seeing what's happening. There's been no discussion so far, maybe it can wait until this is over.
In short, everything about this stinks and it all points back to the USA.
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He's in trouble for RAPE. RAPE. RAPE. Stop spreading ridiculous lies.
Saying that is an insult to every woman who's ever been genuinely raped.
The girls who accused Assange held special parties for him next day and tweeted about how cool he was and how everybody should come over an meet him.
Sweden is not a lap dog of the United States.
In this particular case, yes it is. Sweden has a weird agreement with the USA to "temporarily" transfer people in their custody to the USA.
See here: http://justice4assange.com/US-Extradition.html
(Read the part headed "Temporary surrender")
If Android has proved one thing it's that "cheaper hardware" doesn't win the war against Apple in the developed world.
Being $100 cheaper isn't enough to persuade people to buy an Android tablet instead of an iPad, to swing the deal you have to be $200 cheaper. Trimming $200-worth of hardware off and still having a nice-enough product hasn't worked out (so far).
No device can ever be "secure", and running your own code can never be "absolutely impossible" so long as it is in the hands of consumers...
It can easily be secure enough to require a hardware modification to get another OS to run on it. For the mass market that's probably secure enough.
The intersection between people who want to use Linux and the people who'll buy a Microsoft tablet to do it on instead of an Android tablet which doesn't require any soldering is small enough for it not to be a problem. Besides, Microsoft already made money on the tablet even if you do use it for Linux so it's still a profit for them.
The "MCPC" thing isn't a cute meme, it's spam.
They're trying to Google to rank them higher by getting as many mentions of their product as possible on high profile websites like /.
You're not helping.
So that's why so many young kids now are listening to 70s and 80s guitar rock with Guitar Hero, right?
Did you miss the bit about "Teens listen to whatever they're surrounded by"? The teens didn't choose that music, the game company did.
If you make a list of what you listened to when you were a teen I bet a lot of it hasn't stood the test of time. I can count on one hand the albums from my youth that I can still listen to today.
Sorry, your theory is wrong. Music these days really is much worse.
You're just not trying very hard. You're only remembering the good 10% from the 70's and failing to filter the bad 90% from today's music.
If you could select a playlist on the Disney website and stream it to your car would you want to have physical media at home?
I'm no youngster but I hate Dark Side of the Moon. Really can't stand it. I don't mind if I never hear it again.
Music taste is mostly formed when you're a teen. Teens listen to whatever they're surrounded by. Everybody thinks their generation had the best music. ...and 90% of anything is bad.
90% of 60s music was completely awful.
90% of 70s music was completely awful.
90% of 80s music was completely awful.
90% of 90s music was completely awful.
90% of 00s music was completely awful.
...and Titanic. The 3D in that was very well done (even more surprising is that it was done by post processing an old movie). Way better than Avatar.
iPhones and iPads are made in China. So is the machine your reading this on and probably quite a bit of the stuff around your house.
Unless you bake your own bricks and smelt your own girders then all building is cheating, right?
No, but claiming "the programming was done in one week" when you are actually only compiling it and had 2 years in advance to write the libraries and the documentation. It's still a feat when you have to do all the debugging and testing, but not as impressive as the claim tries to make it sound like.
It's a mashup?
It's funnier if you say "sewage outlet" instead of "drainpipe".
No more cheap Chinese goods or Japanese cars? You'll last six months at best.
Within driving distance of the FBI?
They won't think twice about grabbing it. Look what they did to Megaupload and that was in Hong Kong/New Zealand and only affected the RIAA, not "national security".
Let's hope they put it in a huge bunker with lots of heavy timelocked doors - buy enough time for it to become a massive scandal before the MiB can get through to the servers.
Not if you're only projecting a 1 foot screen.
Go on eBay and look for high capacity batteries. You should be able to get a 10 hour battery for it.
Tim Berners-Who...?
Never heard of him.
* add an extra door next to the existing one
Would that be done by driving a truck through the wall?
It doesn't sound like there's time to do the paperwork and get full planning approval to put some extra doors in...
If the company goes under because they don't have backups and all the data is gone then insurance doesn't help.
If they've got a few hours notice then loading 50 servers into a van isn't a stupid idea.
You're not even supposed to grab your coat when a building is evacuated. Much less hardware.
That's when it's an emergency.
This is more like: "There'll be an emergency a couple of hours from now..."
Quickly?
Yeah, just get them in the van.
As fast as possible. Too late to make fancy plans now.
At most you can sketch a floorplan and number them with a sharpie as you grab them.
It should be decentralized, P2P (with redundancy).
So how do these people get their ridiculously complicated physics stuff crunched by ridiculously complicated machines?
a) Their algorithms aren't complex but they typically have a lot of data.
b) They're not real hardcore programmers so they program in BASIC, Python, etc. They need bigger machines to compensate for the inefficiency of their toolset.
PS:
I'm not some sort of conspiracy nutter, quite the opposite, it's just that everything about this case smells rotten.
This is a guy who's not accused of anything but is wanted for questioning related to a crime which has a maximum 750 Euro fine.
How on earth does that translate into:
a) An Interpol arrest warrant.
Interpol's constitution only allows them to get involved in crimes which are committed by people in more than one country, and even then only for serious crimes (with a minimum jail sentence in years). Which part of what Julian Assange's accusation's fits that description?
b) Extradition proceedings
For a 750 Euro fine? Seriously?
He's being extradited under some clause of an emergency extradition law for terrorists which was passed after 9/11. How does a terrorism law apply to somebody who's wanted for questioning for "surprise sex"? Last November the UK parliament called for "urgent reform" of the law after seeing what's happening. There's been no discussion so far, maybe it can wait until this is over.
In short, everything about this stinks and it all points back to the USA.