Please, enough of the iPad. I'm a Mac user, and I find the iPad a potential tool for some of my clients, but enough already.
I can't think of anything that has gotten this type of media hype... and for what? 48 hours of availability? It's going to take a lot longer than two days to decide if the iPad is well suited for its market niche or if its going to run into problems. Failure is much easier to measure, but determining success takes time.
Seeing people posting about what they're doing does not predict what they are doing, it documents it. This is just another attempt at justifying all the wasted electrons used for this social media sh!t.
BTW, after seeing all the posts online about how many people hate the iPad even before it came out should have predicted it wouldn't sell at all - even though it seems to have sold pretty well so far. I guess their theory didn't predict that their theory failed. Oh wait, now that I've posted this it doespredict it.
GP's point was M.A.D. won't prevent a rouge element from detonating a single weapon. It was meant to prevent a nuclear war between countries that had collections of nuclear armaments.
TFA says this is a list of "accidents" that occurred before 1980. I wonder:
* How many "accidents" have happened since 1980?
* How bad any of them have been? (not that there is actually a good accident)
* What's happened to the items lost at sea? Are they safe or will their protective casings start to deteriorate after decades?
Apple isn't going to put together a search engine. Come on, people, pitting Apple against Google, Google against Microsoft, Microsoft against Apple... it's all just a game of 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' depending on whose market you're playing in.
Just because Google is making real inroads into the mobile phone market doesn't mean that Apple is going to counter by trying to start a search engine. What's next, a rumor of Google's new Android based gPad?
My dreams of a robot girlfriend are one step closer to being actualized
I suppose the important questions for you to ask before welcoming this robot girlfriend into your life will be:
* Does she run Linux?
- If not, can you install Linux with or without a 'hack'?
* What flavor of Linux would be best for a robot girlfriend? (and, no, you can't use 'GirLinux')
* Will she still be considered 'female' once she's running Linux or will she be reset to a virgin teenage boy?
* What type of DRM will she have?
- What will the pirate hack to break her DRM be called?
* And last, but not least, can she be programmed not to dump you?
This can't really surprise anyone. I'm sure there are plenty of things our government has kept from us either "for our own good" (their rationale for hiding their actions) and for national security reasons (we can't disclose everything). But how much do we really want to know? No matter how much they tell us we always suspect more... and the conspiracy theorists will only use the truth to build even more elaborate plots of imaginative intrigue and nefarious actions.
I am not a gamer simply because I stare at a computer screen 12 - 16 hours a day and can't see getting my entertainment from a computer or console. But...
I am numbed by the lengths that these game developers go to try to stop piracy. I completely understand the need to protect their investment and product, but not at the expense of their paying customers. This seems like a ridiculous tale of a snake eating itself and smugly stating "see, I told you so" as it takes its last bite.
There has got to be a happy medium between this draconian DRM and unprotected products.
I don't think the predicted $14.99 price will be for all eBooks, though it will probably be the 'release price' when new titles come out by big name authors (and maybe some or all of the textbooks). If the eBook version is more expensive than the paperback version then I think we'll see eBooks sales stall.
I think the shift to the eBook model will affect the publishing industry's current practice of releasing a hardcover first (at a higher price) and then a paperback once the hardcover has run its course. We're not going to get rid of hardcovers all at once but there will probably be more 'straight to paperback' titles than we're used to now.
Perhaps the goal is not so much about creating an accurate demolition derby simulator, so much as it is about creating a suitable challenge to improve artificial intelligence?... you know, like how chess is a terribly unrealistic war simulator, while still being useful in training strategical thinking.
This is/. and a story involving simulated cars. I believe a car analogy would have been more apt than a chess analogy (and perhaps even required).
Not from Skynet's point of view. They've just been patiently waiting for some human to be foolish enough to open this door. I think we all know where it goes from here...
I was 17... ended up with me having a 37 year state sentence and a 21 year federal sentence run concurrent with the state time. Which I served 15 years of in prison and another 5 on parole.
Welcome back. Even though I have very little tolerance for those who commit crimes I am always supportive of those who better themselves. I'm glad to hear that things have worked out for you.
Why the fuck are we putting them back on the road?
Unfortunately they don't stop driving - or drinking & driving - just because they don't have a driver's license any more. They're just putting themselves back on the road.
SecureWorks has noted that the latest versions of Zeus include anti-piracy technology that uses a hardware-based licensing system that can only be run on one computer. “Once you run it, you get a code from the specific computer, and then the author gives you a key just for that computer,” SecureWorks wrote. “This is the first time we have seen this level of control for malware.”
I guess it was bound to happen... you just can't trust anyone these days. I wonder if either of these 'kits' infects the computer that runs it? Would the authors ever infect their customers?
There are positives to this. If one type of malware can handily defeat another type of malware I'm sure the A/V companies will be able to learn something from it (and up-charge their victims, er, customers accordingly).
There's also the new 'botwars' games that we'll be able to watch from the safety of our non-Windows computers.
From Google's 'Topeka' page:
* (good) Before our blind date I did a Topeka search on him.
* (acceptable) Before our blind date I Topeka'd him.
* (improper) Before our blind date I topeka'ed him.
* (just plain wrong) Before our blind date I topeka'ed him with Alta Vista.
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Please, enough of the iPad. I'm a Mac user, and I find the iPad a potential tool for some of my clients, but enough already.
... and for what? 48 hours of availability? It's going to take a lot longer than two days to decide if the iPad is well suited for its market niche or if its going to run into problems. Failure is much easier to measure, but determining success takes time.
I can't think of anything that has gotten this type of media hype
Seeing people posting about what they're doing does not predict what they are doing, it documents it. This is just another attempt at justifying all the wasted electrons used for this social media sh!t.
BTW, after seeing all the posts online about how many people hate the iPad even before it came out should have predicted it wouldn't sell at all - even though it seems to have sold pretty well so far. I guess their theory didn't predict that their theory failed. Oh wait, now that I've posted this it does predict it.
GP's point was M.A.D. won't prevent a rouge element from detonating a single weapon. It was meant to prevent a nuclear war between countries that had collections of nuclear armaments.
TFA says this is a list of "accidents" that occurred before 1980. I wonder:
* How many "accidents" have happened since 1980?
* How bad any of them have been? (not that there is actually a good accident)
* What's happened to the items lost at sea? Are they safe or will their protective casings start to deteriorate after decades?
Apple isn't going to put together a search engine. Come on, people, pitting Apple against Google, Google against Microsoft, Microsoft against Apple ... it's all just a game of 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' depending on whose market you're playing in.
Just because Google is making real inroads into the mobile phone market doesn't mean that Apple is going to counter by trying to start a search engine. What's next, a rumor of Google's new Android based gPad?
Did you stop reading after the first line? That's exactly what I was suggesting.
Your post was very clear ... I was simply being sarcastic.
So what do you do if you want to make a call to the system API? Or if you want to use something like OpenGL/OpenCL?
That's easy ... you rewrite it as a real application.
...is she anatomically correct ??
It doesn't really matter ... someone will find a way to screw it even if it's sealed tighter than an iPad.
Does anyone else hate the word "gynoid" as much as me?
Yes ... but mostly because it makes this female robot sound like a guy. That pretty much kills it for me.
My dreams of a robot girlfriend are one step closer to being actualized
I suppose the important questions for you to ask before welcoming this robot girlfriend into your life will be:
* Does she run Linux?
- If not, can you install Linux with or without a 'hack'?
* What flavor of Linux would be best for a robot girlfriend? (and, no, you can't use 'GirLinux')
* Will she still be considered 'female' once she's running Linux or will she be reset to a virgin teenage boy?
* What type of DRM will she have?
- What will the pirate hack to break her DRM be called?
* And last, but not least, can she be programmed not to dump you?
This can't really surprise anyone. I'm sure there are plenty of things our government has kept from us either "for our own good" (their rationale for hiding their actions) and for national security reasons (we can't disclose everything). But how much do we really want to know? No matter how much they tell us we always suspect more ... and the conspiracy theorists will only use the truth to build even more elaborate plots of imaginative intrigue and nefarious actions.
I am not a gamer simply because I stare at a computer screen 12 - 16 hours a day and can't see getting my entertainment from a computer or console. But ...
I am numbed by the lengths that these game developers go to try to stop piracy. I completely understand the need to protect their investment and product, but not at the expense of their paying customers. This seems like a ridiculous tale of a snake eating itself and smugly stating "see, I told you so" as it takes its last bite.
There has got to be a happy medium between this draconian DRM and unprotected products.
I don't think the predicted $14.99 price will be for all eBooks, though it will probably be the 'release price' when new titles come out by big name authors (and maybe some or all of the textbooks). If the eBook version is more expensive than the paperback version then I think we'll see eBooks sales stall.
I think the shift to the eBook model will affect the publishing industry's current practice of releasing a hardcover first (at a higher price) and then a paperback once the hardcover has run its course. We're not going to get rid of hardcovers all at once but there will probably be more 'straight to paperback' titles than we're used to now.
Perhaps the goal is not so much about creating an accurate demolition derby simulator, so much as it is about creating a suitable challenge to improve artificial intelligence? ... you know, like how chess is a terribly unrealistic war simulator, while still being useful in training strategical thinking.
This is /. and a story involving simulated cars. I believe a car analogy would have been more apt than a chess analogy (and perhaps even required).
This is the beginning of the end.
Not from Skynet's point of view. They've just been patiently waiting for some human to be foolish enough to open this door. I think we all know where it goes from here ...
Excellent "I, D'oh-Bot" reference.
I'm pretty sure rapists are on the sex offender list, too. They are tagged as rapists and not pedophiles.
iPod-sized? Really? Which one? nano, mini, classic, touch, ...
How about some real measurement, like a pack of cards or fractions of a VW Beetle?
Smaller than a VW Beetle but larger than an iPod Nano. I think they all come with a pack of cards so you can while away the 10 minutes of waiting.
I was 17 ... ended up with me having a 37 year state sentence and a 21 year federal sentence run concurrent with the state time. Which I served 15 years of in prison and another 5 on parole.
Welcome back. Even though I have very little tolerance for those who commit crimes I am always supportive of those who better themselves. I'm glad to hear that things have worked out for you.
Why the fuck are we putting them back on the road?
Unfortunately they don't stop driving - or drinking & driving - just because they don't have a driver's license any more. They're just putting themselves back on the road.
Most people look at things like homosexuality and pedophilia the completely wrong way.
Are you really comparing homosexuality to pedophilia?
SecureWorks has noted that the latest versions of Zeus include anti-piracy technology that uses a hardware-based licensing system that can only be run on one computer. “Once you run it, you get a code from the specific computer, and then the author gives you a key just for that computer,” SecureWorks wrote. “This is the first time we have seen this level of control for malware.”
I guess it was bound to happen ... you just can't trust anyone these days. I wonder if either of these 'kits' infects the computer that runs it? Would the authors ever infect their customers?
There are positives to this. If one type of malware can handily defeat another type of malware I'm sure the A/V companies will be able to learn something from it (and up-charge their victims, er, customers accordingly).
There's also the new 'botwars' games that we'll be able to watch from the safety of our non-Windows computers.
Wasn't this already declared 'dead' by Apple? Boy, it's hard to get good information from thingy this internet.
From Google's 'Topeka' page:
* (good) Before our blind date I did a Topeka search on him.
* (acceptable) Before our blind date I Topeka'd him.
* (improper) Before our blind date I topeka'ed him.
* (just plain wrong) Before our blind date I topeka'ed him with Alta Vista.