Nothing Network Hell could do would surprise me. If it was revealed their sales staff ate human body parts and molested captive giant squid, I'd just go "Why are you all surprised?"
Isn't it wonderful that Western companies get to profit from the abuses of liberties in other countries. Well, as long as shareholders make money, heck why not allow companies to harvest human flesh in third world countries. After all, money is the only thing that matters.
I'm sure it will get crushed, but it will cost someone a good deal of money. That's the issue. Even many bad patent and copyright claims can be defeated in court, but you have to have the money to get there. In part, this is the fault of morons working for trademark and patent offices, and in part it is due to lawyers, of which there are far too many, and far too few severe repercussions for abuse of process.
If empathy was evolutionarily expensive, humans would be a species of sociopaths. We aren't, therefore whatever the cost of empathy (and I think I'd debate your core point because I think empathy can confer a survival advantage), there is something in this trait that aids our survival.
Let's extend your logic. Let's imagine we met some intelligent alien race when and if we ever go to the stars. Now, maybe they're not quite as intelligent as us. Maybe they're still in the neolithic. What you're saying is that it would be perfectly fine for us to kill them because they don't have the benefit of being a member of H. sapiens. Does that sum things up?
And if the dolphin is sentient, as seems to be the case, then what? What standard do we apply when we have a creature with intelligence approaching that of a member of H. sapiens (not equal to, at least so far as we can tell, but certainly approaching)?
This isn't a question of killing endangered species, but a question of what line as regards sentience and intelligence do we draw in what we can wantonly kill; whether it's for food, pleasure or otherwise. It is a serious ethical question, and one that has up until recently mainly been asked of our closest relatives; the great apes (of which we just happen to be a short-haired variety). But as evidence grows that at least some other animals; the Cetaceans, elephants, the apes (and in particular our fellow hominoids, share at least some of the cognitive features that we tend to associate with sentience and intelligence, I think we have to start asking whether the mass killings of these animals constitutes a form of murder.
Yes, I know it's very complex, and drawing that line is never going to satisfy everyone, but I think any reasonable analysis of dolphin behaviors suggest that whatever the line is, they sit on our side of it.
I will never buy another HP laptop after mine croaked twice; once under warranty (which was covered) and then again about four or five months afterwards. Both were due to the nVidia overheating problem and they didn't even have the decency to put a proper heat sync on it for the in warranty repair. Bought a cheapo Asus two years ago and it's still ticking.
It worked for Meiji Japan. They sent off boatloads of students to foreign universities, brought in foreign experts and jumpstarted Japan's industrialization (which was probably the most rapid industrialization in history). In the mid-19th century, Japan was still to a large extent a late Feudal state. By the beginning of the 20th century, it kicked the crap out of the Russians and by WWI was considered a Great Power.
Huh? Dart compiles to javascript. Eventually native support would be nice, but since I can't see Microsoft being keen to implement anything by Google, Javascript generated from Dart source will remain dominant for some time. If, as the article says, that the generated Javascript is at near native Javascript speeds, I might be awfully tempted to give Dart a try. I know Javascript has its defenders, but man oh man I find it a difficult, even painful language to do anything useful in.
I was sitting in the library in Junior High when my friend came up to me and said "Hey, did you hear the Challenger exploded and everyone was killed." I thought he was joking, but he gave me that dead serious look. It was a pretty sad day, particularly as I remember watching the news the night before where they were interviewing Christa McAuliffe, and she looked as excited as any civilian would be at getting a chance to go into space.
It's a funny thing that the Columbia disaster didn't seem to cause the same kind of shock.
So ultimately, if you want to keep your data secure, you need to shut down your laptop at least several minutes before it could be potentially seized. I remember last year reading a piece about how even volatile RAM, if kept very cool, could be read with some fidelity even after a computer had been shut down, but these seem like lab conditions. I think we're along way from declaring disk encryption "crackable", providing appropriate measures are taken.
Buzz words! Get your red hot buzzwords! These buzzwords are fresh folks! No one's even figured out what they mean yet! You snooze, you lose! You there, little boy, I bet you could use Web 3.0!
Being able to access a Word document on my phone or tablet doesn't mean I want MS Office 2013 on said device. That's what Microsoft has missed. There's no reason that a desktop OS and a portable OS should even need to share the same apps. What I want on my phone is an app that can reasonably display documents, spreadsheets and presentations. It doesn't even have to be perfect, though the better the rendering the happier I am. I cannot seriously imagine doing any substantial revisions to these kinds of files on a 5" display. Composing a paragraph long email is fun enough.
That's where MS has missed the boat here. People do not use portable smartdevices the same way they do desktops. Portable devices have dumbed-down GUIs that start full-screen apps for sound reasons; screen real-estate and the uses of the device. As I said, a docx app should, at best, give me some limited editing, but by and large, it's going to function more as a viewer.
They are two different paradigms and Windows 8 has shown the absolute failure of attempting to have them coexist on a single platform.
Slashdot Mirror
Next you're going to ask him to stop keeping Rush Limbaugh quotes and take down his Ron Paul shrine.
Because apparently if children see breasts, vaginas and penises, the whole fabric of British society will collapse.
Nothing Network Hell could do would surprise me. If it was revealed their sales staff ate human body parts and molested captive giant squid, I'd just go "Why are you all surprised?"
Isn't it wonderful that Western companies get to profit from the abuses of liberties in other countries. Well, as long as shareholders make money, heck why not allow companies to harvest human flesh in third world countries. After all, money is the only thing that matters.
I'm sure it will get crushed, but it will cost someone a good deal of money. That's the issue. Even many bad patent and copyright claims can be defeated in court, but you have to have the money to get there. In part, this is the fault of morons working for trademark and patent offices, and in part it is due to lawyers, of which there are far too many, and far too few severe repercussions for abuse of process.
How about the mirror test, which bottlenose dolphins are among a very select group of animals that are capable of passing it.
If empathy was evolutionarily expensive, humans would be a species of sociopaths. We aren't, therefore whatever the cost of empathy (and I think I'd debate your core point because I think empathy can confer a survival advantage), there is something in this trait that aids our survival.
Let's extend your logic. Let's imagine we met some intelligent alien race when and if we ever go to the stars. Now, maybe they're not quite as intelligent as us. Maybe they're still in the neolithic. What you're saying is that it would be perfectly fine for us to kill them because they don't have the benefit of being a member of H. sapiens. Does that sum things up?
And if the dolphin is sentient, as seems to be the case, then what? What standard do we apply when we have a creature with intelligence approaching that of a member of H. sapiens (not equal to, at least so far as we can tell, but certainly approaching)?
This isn't a question of killing endangered species, but a question of what line as regards sentience and intelligence do we draw in what we can wantonly kill; whether it's for food, pleasure or otherwise. It is a serious ethical question, and one that has up until recently mainly been asked of our closest relatives; the great apes (of which we just happen to be a short-haired variety). But as evidence grows that at least some other animals; the Cetaceans, elephants, the apes (and in particular our fellow hominoids, share at least some of the cognitive features that we tend to associate with sentience and intelligence, I think we have to start asking whether the mass killings of these animals constitutes a form of murder.
Yes, I know it's very complex, and drawing that line is never going to satisfy everyone, but I think any reasonable analysis of dolphin behaviors suggest that whatever the line is, they sit on our side of it.
Is there anything more arbitrary than the line drawn between "human" and "animal"?
My offsite backups compromise both data being pushed to our branch offices via VPN and encrypted tapes in a safety deposit box.
I don't store my important data anywhere that I can't look straight at the server. I don't trust Google or Dropbox either.
I see, so I cannot possibly despise RIAA and Dotcom. I must pick either.
How about this, they're all a pack of crooks and I wouldn't piss on a RIAA lawyer or Dotcom if they were on fire.
I wouldn't store my shopping list on this crook's servers, let alone anything of value.
Are you an Ancient Egyptian who feels he needs his organs nearby to get into the afterlife.
I will never buy another HP laptop after mine croaked twice; once under warranty (which was covered) and then again about four or five months afterwards. Both were due to the nVidia overheating problem and they didn't even have the decency to put a proper heat sync on it for the in warranty repair. Bought a cheapo Asus two years ago and it's still ticking.
What a load of shit. Some of the biggest corporations in the world use Linux.
IBM demonstrated quite nicely what happens when some patent troll tries to shut down Linux.
It worked for Meiji Japan. They sent off boatloads of students to foreign universities, brought in foreign experts and jumpstarted Japan's industrialization (which was probably the most rapid industrialization in history). In the mid-19th century, Japan was still to a large extent a late Feudal state. By the beginning of the 20th century, it kicked the crap out of the Russians and by WWI was considered a Great Power.
Huh? Dart compiles to javascript. Eventually native support would be nice, but since I can't see Microsoft being keen to implement anything by Google, Javascript generated from Dart source will remain dominant for some time. If, as the article says, that the generated Javascript is at near native Javascript speeds, I might be awfully tempted to give Dart a try. I know Javascript has its defenders, but man oh man I find it a difficult, even painful language to do anything useful in.
I was sitting in the library in Junior High when my friend came up to me and said "Hey, did you hear the Challenger exploded and everyone was killed." I thought he was joking, but he gave me that dead serious look. It was a pretty sad day, particularly as I remember watching the news the night before where they were interviewing Christa McAuliffe, and she looked as excited as any civilian would be at getting a chance to go into space.
It's a funny thing that the Columbia disaster didn't seem to cause the same kind of shock.
So ultimately, if you want to keep your data secure, you need to shut down your laptop at least several minutes before it could be potentially seized. I remember last year reading a piece about how even volatile RAM, if kept very cool, could be read with some fidelity even after a computer had been shut down, but these seem like lab conditions. I think we're along way from declaring disk encryption "crackable", providing appropriate measures are taken.
Perhaps we can write a GUI in VisualBasic to help angry literalist programmers get into the spirit of technical scenes in films.
Buzz words! Get your red hot buzzwords! These buzzwords are fresh folks! No one's even figured out what they mean yet! You snooze, you lose! You there, little boy, I bet you could use Web 3.0!
Being able to access a Word document on my phone or tablet doesn't mean I want MS Office 2013 on said device. That's what Microsoft has missed. There's no reason that a desktop OS and a portable OS should even need to share the same apps. What I want on my phone is an app that can reasonably display documents, spreadsheets and presentations. It doesn't even have to be perfect, though the better the rendering the happier I am. I cannot seriously imagine doing any substantial revisions to these kinds of files on a 5" display. Composing a paragraph long email is fun enough.
That's where MS has missed the boat here. People do not use portable smartdevices the same way they do desktops. Portable devices have dumbed-down GUIs that start full-screen apps for sound reasons; screen real-estate and the uses of the device. As I said, a docx app should, at best, give me some limited editing, but by and large, it's going to function more as a viewer.
They are two different paradigms and Windows 8 has shown the absolute failure of attempting to have them coexist on a single platform.
Except Powershell sucks major donkey balls. Frankly I'd be scared to run it headless.