What country are YOU in? Do laws in OTHER countries apply to YOU when YOU are NOT in those other countries, at all?
Just a friendly tech-support related tip, I think there may be an intermittent issue with your shift or caps lock key. You might want to get that checked out.
I'm going to forward your blog post to several clients and colleagues. The clients need to see why I make sure they know what they want before we start development (they never understand how hard it is to change infrastructure on the fly or just "do it again"), and the colleagues because they need to stop selling one product as something else that can "do what you need with just a little bit of tweaking".
We do some small custom web apps for clients, and even a few that have the potential to grow into bigger (but not big) products. While rolling out one of them this week, to the first of three clients who have ordered it, I'm already designing a complete re-write of the core of this product. What started out as a small helper app for one client has turned into a PITA to scale up and out for these other clients. Clearly it's better to fix it now than to keep patching & splicing in order to make it work for them... until we sell it to someone else who wants "just one little change...".
It's easy to say that this should always be the user's choice, but entrepreneurs from Steve Jobs to Mark Zuckerberg are in the business of discovering things that users don't already know that they will want, and sometimes we only find the right balance by pushing too far, and then recovering.
That's an OK philosophy for developing a product, but when it comes to personal data and privacy, once it's "out there on the internet" (either publicly or for sale by companies who sell to the internet), there's no getting the genie back in the bottle.
There is no recovering when it comes to personal data on the internet.
I'll bet the people at Apple are kicking themselves now for jumping into the ad market so soon. Had they been less greedy, it would have held their big competitor at bay to some extent.
They may have kept Google from moving forward with AdMob for a little while longer, but it would also have kept Apple from getting iAd up and running for the same amount of time. iAd isn't competing with anyone else on the iPlatform so the sooner Apple starts taking their % of the ad revenue the sooner they take it to the bank.
One was in such despair that he shot himself 25 times, with several different caliber weapons.
You have to respect that employee's dedication and work ethic to be able to accomplish that. Hell, I'm such a wuss I'd probably have stopped shooting myself after the first bullet.
I think we need a 'Mars Rovers: Battle In The Red Sand' fight to the death match. The victor will get the longevity record. The loser? A nice parting gift of new solar panels and a front row seat to the next MArs battle royale.
Do you actually think that all IT and PC security companies have a giant cartel going, where they all secretly agree to suck?
Of course not. And I'm not suggesting any type of "conspiracy" from individual companies or groups of them. It's just not in their best interest to "fix" the problem and it would be a poor business decision to do so. 'Adequate is good enough' is what I see from this industry.
The companies that have true motivation to solve this problem are the OS vendors. MS has come a long way with Windows 7, and Apple & Linux do a pretty good job of issuing patches and updates, but there's still a lot of work to be done all the way around. The 3rd party software included with OS X & Linux distributions are usually the ones that have the security holes, though they're getting better too.
IT & PC security companies will never "fix" things or come up with a solid and secure foundation for computer security - because it would put them out of business.
You should ask the German patent attorneys, because they're the only ones who are going to benefit from this. I think I'm going to load this data into the Google Predictionometer and see if there's gonna be a showdown between Germany and the EU over this matter.
To be fair though, Vista laid the groundwork for Windows 7
There were a lot of jokes about Vista being a beta for Windows 7. It turns out that Vista inadvertently filled that role. Windows 7 is much better for having Vista taken the beating it did.
Respect the status quo, never question authority or religion. Never do anything controversial. People have a right to not be offended.- Things a total tool says.
That's quite a leap you've taken from what I said. I'm not saying that no-one should ever draw the Prophet Mohamed, or that everyone should agree with or honor everyone else's religious views. But going out of your way to say "fuck you, here's what we think of your religion" just to try to provoke a group of extremists who are prone to violence doesn't make much sense. This Facebook group is not doing this for "artistic" reasons, they're doing it just to try to piss someone off. To me, just like the Chewbacca defense, it doesn't make sense.
I don't share the view of the extremists, but how does DRAWING the Prophet Mohammad hurt anyone?
It offends their religious sensibilities. I'll never understand why respecting someone else's religious views (or lack there of) is such a bad thing?
Everybody Draw Mohammed Day is only being done to prove those Muslims who who are offended by it. Disrespecting their religious views just to get a rise out of them is counterproductive, and when someone gets hurt or killed those who are on the receiving end of the violence will act as though they are surprised by it.
Don't poke a bear with a stick - it never ends well.
This is just going to end badly for some people. Why engage extremists who are looking for a fight? They are looking for some fools to "volunteer" to receive their wrath, and these Facebook yuksters are raising both hands.
I don't share the view of the extremists, but how does not drawing the Prophet Mohamed hurt anyone? Surely the bear suit was funnier than any accurate depiction South Park could have come up with (though I was disappointed they didn't use the Sexual Harassment Panda bear suit). My parents taught me that sticking my hand into a fire was hot, that I'd get hurt and that I shouldn't do it. Surely these Facebook taunters learned that too?
Slashdot Mirror
What country are YOU in? Do laws in OTHER countries apply to YOU when YOU are NOT in those other countries, at all?
Just a friendly tech-support related tip, I think there may be an intermittent issue with your shift or caps lock key. You might want to get that checked out.
Last time I visited the US was about 10 years ago. We have everything we need up here, believe it or not.
[citation needed]
So you're saying that we went from PacMan to WIndows 3.0 in only 9 years, 364 days? Wow, that seemed to fly past.
Thank you captain obvious. Any more insightful commentary for us?
Odd != Even?
The whole in my donut is still missing?
Time + Materials != the portmanteau 'Timaterials'?
I'm going to forward your blog post to several clients and colleagues. The clients need to see why I make sure they know what they want before we start development (they never understand how hard it is to change infrastructure on the fly or just "do it again"), and the colleagues because they need to stop selling one product as something else that can "do what you need with just a little bit of tweaking".
... until we sell it to someone else who wants "just one little change ...".
We do some small custom web apps for clients, and even a few that have the potential to grow into bigger (but not big) products. While rolling out one of them this week, to the first of three clients who have ordered it, I'm already designing a complete re-write of the core of this product. What started out as a small helper app for one client has turned into a PITA to scale up and out for these other clients. Clearly it's better to fix it now than to keep patching & splicing in order to make it work for them
It's easy to say that this should always be the user's choice, but entrepreneurs from Steve Jobs to Mark Zuckerberg are in the business of discovering things that users don't already know that they will want, and sometimes we only find the right balance by pushing too far, and then recovering.
That's an OK philosophy for developing a product, but when it comes to personal data and privacy, once it's "out there on the internet" (either publicly or for sale by companies who sell to the internet), there's no getting the genie back in the bottle.
There is no recovering when it comes to personal data on the internet.
I'll bet the people at Apple are kicking themselves now for jumping into the ad market so soon. Had they been less greedy, it would have held their big competitor at bay to some extent.
They may have kept Google from moving forward with AdMob for a little while longer, but it would also have kept Apple from getting iAd up and running for the same amount of time. iAd isn't competing with anyone else on the iPlatform so the sooner Apple starts taking their % of the ad revenue the sooner they take it to the bank.
One was in such despair that he shot himself 25 times, with several different caliber weapons.
You have to respect that employee's dedication and work ethic to be able to accomplish that. Hell, I'm such a wuss I'd probably have stopped shooting myself after the first bullet.
I think we need a 'Mars Rovers: Battle In The Red Sand' fight to the death match. The victor will get the longevity record. The loser? A nice parting gift of new solar panels and a front row seat to the next MArs battle royale.
Do you actually think that all IT and PC security companies have a giant cartel going, where they all secretly agree to suck?
Of course not. And I'm not suggesting any type of "conspiracy" from individual companies or groups of them. It's just not in their best interest to "fix" the problem and it would be a poor business decision to do so. 'Adequate is good enough' is what I see from this industry.
The companies that have true motivation to solve this problem are the OS vendors. MS has come a long way with Windows 7, and Apple & Linux do a pretty good job of issuing patches and updates, but there's still a lot of work to be done all the way around. The 3rd party software included with OS X & Linux distributions are usually the ones that have the security holes, though they're getting better too.
IT & PC security companies will never "fix" things or come up with a solid and secure foundation for computer security - because it would put them out of business.
I see a future where MS bots will only talk to other MS bots.
I think you're confusing MS Bots talking with other MS Bots with MS Zune's Squirting feature ... on the other hand, maybe they're one and the same?
you always end up paying dearly in the end.
I haven't yet. When does "always" happen?
When you're least expecting it, just like the Spanish Inquisition!
To patent a Wiener Schnitzel?
You should ask the German patent attorneys, because they're the only ones who are going to benefit from this. I think I'm going to load this data into the Google Predictionometer and see if there's gonna be a showdown between Germany and the EU over this matter.
Re:There's this thing called 'Google'
Do they have a Twitter feed or Facebook page?
... that Google will do their own analysis on your data. They're nothing if not thorough.
I'm going to start calling myself slashdot now.
OK, but now if I ever agree with one of your posts I'm going to have to say "I agree with Slashdot", and that alone will put me right.back.in.therapy
To be fair though, Vista laid the groundwork for Windows 7
There were a lot of jokes about Vista being a beta for Windows 7. It turns out that Vista inadvertently filled that role. Windows 7 is much better for having Vista taken the beating it did.
Respect the status quo, never question authority or religion. Never do anything controversial. People have a right to not be offended.- Things a total tool says.
That's quite a leap you've taken from what I said. I'm not saying that no-one should ever draw the Prophet Mohamed, or that everyone should agree with or honor everyone else's religious views. But going out of your way to say "fuck you, here's what we think of your religion" just to try to provoke a group of extremists who are prone to violence doesn't make much sense. This Facebook group is not doing this for "artistic" reasons, they're doing it just to try to piss someone off. To me, just like the Chewbacca defense, it doesn't make sense.
I don't share the view of the extremists, but how does DRAWING the Prophet Mohammad hurt anyone?
It offends their religious sensibilities. I'll never understand why respecting someone else's religious views (or lack there of) is such a bad thing?
Everybody Draw Mohammed Day is only being done to prove those Muslims who who are offended by it. Disrespecting their religious views just to get a rise out of them is counterproductive, and when someone gets hurt or killed those who are on the receiving end of the violence will act as though they are surprised by it.
Don't poke a bear with a stick - it never ends well.
This is just going to end badly for some people. Why engage extremists who are looking for a fight? They are looking for some fools to "volunteer" to receive their wrath, and these Facebook yuksters are raising both hands.
I don't share the view of the extremists, but how does not drawing the Prophet Mohamed hurt anyone? Surely the bear suit was funnier than any accurate depiction South Park could have come up with (though I was disappointed they didn't use the Sexual Harassment Panda bear suit). My parents taught me that sticking my hand into a fire was hot, that I'd get hurt and that I shouldn't do it. Surely these Facebook taunters learned that too?
RTFA--they were hosting child pornography sites. That's a whole different animal from the usual porn.
Which animal is in your usual porn?
ManBearPig, Manimal or a Whoreasaurus?
Everyone knows that if you want to find alien life you need to go to Mos Eisley Cantina, not just any watering hole.
it might render your porn poorly.
Or cause you to reboot prematurely.
If you're downloading 1000 gigabytes each month while your grandma downloads just her emails, why should you pay the same amount each month?
So what you're saying is that AT&T should raise my grandma's rates? Please don't give them any ideas ;-)