I was working for Sears (as a retail minion) when they mostly shut down their paper catalog operations, as the internet was becoming a thing.
I saw it then as a huge mistake, as with their experience with order processing and shipping they would have had a HUGE head start against upstarts like Amazon.
But corporate inertia, along with MBA's probably would have ruined them anyway.
I tried to use iTunes once, but I couldn't complete the installations because a required entry drop down list wasn't in the dialog tab order, and I didn't have a mouse available, just a keyboard at that time.
Their graphics/design guys are good, but Apple developers/testers just seem lazy to me, missing something so basic.
And still a little fuzzy headed, but the first thing I though of was arranging the racks for shortest maximim path, instead of one big football field sized room, stacking the datacenter into a cube shape... Then I thoght, "That's probably why Borg ships are Cubes."
A more recent poll showed that 2/3rd of statistics are made up.
How about you get labeled a Climate Hysteric? There are too many of those for my liking.
People who don't care one way or the other are not 'denialists' they just might have diferent priorities, and not consider GW the MOST IMPORTANT THING EVER, as opposed to, keeping their job, keeping their house, not getting cancer, etc.
"With us, or Against us" has been used many times in history; but it's not always true.
I can't wait until real-time synthesized voices escape the uncanny valley. Neal Stephenson was pretty prophetic in 'The Diamond Age' of having live voice actors behind dynamically scripted content; not that we have that, but that we still don't have good voice generators.
Voice 'acted' games without requiring actors to pre-record every possible phrase would be great.
From looking at the story, it seems like some prosecutor here wants to come off as tough on crime and terrorists to further their political career.
...and that is the problem right there. Prosecutors should not have a political career, except in rare circumstances. The US system where practically all public jobs are directly elected just does not work well at all. Apart from the fact that most of the electorate don't even know what some of the jobs are let alone who will do them well it results in people who want to look competent more than they want to be competent...like most politicians.
You really need to try the system most of the rest of the democratic world uses: have your elected officials appoint/hire people for lower public offices like the attorney general. This provides enough insulation from political concerns while still having the electorate ultimately in charge. Politically bad but nevertheless correct decisions (like not prosecuting someone) can then be made without the prosecutor fearing for his/her career.
No, the opposing party will just hold the appointer responsible (in their attack ads)
This looks like criminal activity under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The "obtains anything of value" clause there seems to apply. When can we expect arrests?
That would require the government asserting that bitcoins have actual value...
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"All you can eat" dosn't include carryout for the whole family at the single user rate.
I was working for Sears (as a retail minion) when they mostly shut down their paper catalog operations, as the internet was becoming a thing.
I saw it then as a huge mistake, as with their experience with order processing and shipping they would have had a HUGE head start against upstarts like Amazon.
But corporate inertia, along with MBA's probably would have ruined them anyway.
It's my understanding that you can'y even buy table knives in Britain if you are under 18.
Which costs more; paying lawyers to defend Dotcom; or paying lawyers to defend a Patent case?
Which one has the worst-case outcome, for the shareholders?
I don't think they would mind being un-friended.
Dang, even asking the 'actor' to smoke something (a cigar), even easier to edit into a crack pipe.
Do you know why they call it the Xbox One? Because you take one look at it, turn 360 degrees and walk away.
(Insert ASCII trollface here)
How about "turn one full circle and walk away."
I think having sex with a client falls under moral turpitude most of the time.
I read that having a radition detector is illegal in New York City (like wearing body armor on school grounds...)
Does this make every camera phone in New York illegal?
If they set the schedule, they damn well better be ready to proceed with their case, I would say.
I tried to use iTunes once, but I couldn't complete the installations because a required entry drop down list wasn't in the dialog tab order, and I didn't have a mouse available, just a keyboard at that time.
Their graphics/design guys are good, but Apple developers/testers just seem lazy to me, missing something so basic.
They are probably making sure Terrorists arn't using Skype.
Or Child Pornographers!, yeah that's the ticket!
Why do you hate America and/or Children?
And still a little fuzzy headed, but the first thing I though of was arranging the racks for shortest maximim path, instead of one big football field sized room, stacking the datacenter into a cube shape... Then I thoght, "That's probably why Borg ships are Cubes."
A more recent poll showed that 2/3rd of statistics are made up.
How about you get labeled a Climate Hysteric? There are too many of those for my liking.
People who don't care one way or the other are not 'denialists' they just might have diferent priorities, and not consider GW the MOST IMPORTANT THING EVER, as opposed to, keeping their job, keeping their house, not getting cancer, etc.
"With us, or Against us" has been used many times in history; but it's not always true.
Kinda, so is it 3,145,728 years, 3,000,000 years, or the bastard 3,072,000?
Which contributes more to global warming, Memory or Storage?
I thought all (earth) years were pretty much the same size...
Well, except Leap years, so 12 years ago?
I can't wait until real-time synthesized voices escape the uncanny valley. Neal Stephenson was pretty prophetic in 'The Diamond Age' of having live voice actors behind dynamically scripted content; not that we have that, but that we still don't have good voice generators.
Voice 'acted' games without requiring actors to pre-record every possible phrase would be great.
So, Firefox complains the first site you linked to has malware, ignoring that, it's also blocked by corporate firewall...
The second link complains about a netflix ad on a webpage; I don't see what that has to do with spam e-mail?
So, I'm calling you a malware spreading link spammer.
I think Mark Hamill is kind of attached to it.
From looking at the story, it seems like some prosecutor here wants to come off as tough on crime and terrorists to further their political career.
You really need to try the system most of the rest of the democratic world uses: have your elected officials appoint/hire people for lower public offices like the attorney general. This provides enough insulation from political concerns while still having the electorate ultimately in charge. Politically bad but nevertheless correct decisions (like not prosecuting someone) can then be made without the prosecutor fearing for his/her career.
No, the opposing party will just hold the appointer responsible (in their attack ads)
American males still have to register for the draft (Selective Service) when they turn 18, right?
Education can save the world.
Educated women have fewer babies, which would reduce overpopulation, which would reduce stress on natural resources.
just fix the vulnerabilities?
Not that much. Sulfur, mercury, and lead kills people. C02 kills civilizations, so the emphasis is pretty much spot-on.
Where would be be today if not for Bush Jr. eating all those leaded paint chips?
First thing Obama did was have the Oval Office repainted.
This looks like criminal activity under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The "obtains anything of value" clause there seems to apply. When can we expect arrests?
That would require the government asserting that bitcoins have actual value...