I suspect the sale of DRMed music still exceeds the sale of non-DRMed music, thanks to Apple. I don't have any figures to back that up, but they have a huge market share.
Likewise. It's a non-starter to have an phone with an MP3 player that I can't charge while listening to, and that I can't use my favourite headphones with without a (break-prone) adapter. I've also heard that the initial release doesn't support bluetooth headsets... can anyone provide more info on that?
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My apologies... looking back at my post, I think a little refactoring is in order.
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It's taken me a long time to get myself out of this mindset. I used to always go for the absolute fastest implementation I could come up with. I now generally go with 'fast enough' rather than 'as fast as possible' if the latter is more maintainable. Sometimes the bar for 'fast enough' lowers, but not often.
Not that I'm in any way in favour of this, but I would think the information could be used correctly with a warrant much like existing information of this type should be used in free countries.
When a company grabs enough market share this sort of thing is bound to happen when they screw up. It becomes news. People like to hate the 'big guys' (MS Sony, etc) and frequently for very good reason. Imagine how sloppy they'd get if people weren't all over them for their mistakes.
I'm not an Apple fan because of their tendency to use proprietary standards, etc, but I can appreciate that they build a good user experience for people that are perhaps not as technically inclined. But I think it's definitely moving towards the point where you (as TFA says) are embarrassed to be an Apple fan. This sort of action is just petty.
By your logic, your boss should be able to step in and replace you. This will never happen across the broad set of roles and responsibilities in any company that does more than one simple thing. You will never get a VP that can replace everyone from an accountant to a programmer or fleet mechanic. TO manage, you need to know how to deal with people and priorities. A knowledge of the business is a huge asset, but a manager does not need to know every detail of the day to day work.
Unfortunately, this is frequently bad as well. Being a good programmer does not make you a good manager. As much as I hate to admit it, management is a valuable skill. A good manager will base decisions on the information supplied by the the tech that report to him (or her).
Of course, many of us have ended up working for those who are neither good programmers or good managers.
You can talk up system z all you want, but when it comes right down to it, most of the outages problems are caused by incompetence, not hardware failure. Because of this, I've actually seen a Win2K based system beat zOS based systems a few years in a row. It frequently has little to do with the hardware, or even the OS.
I don't think they advertise it this way, but it's really by gamers, for gamers. They seems like talented guys too, so it's pretty cool to see them do so well at something they love to do.
I'd love to go to PAX one of these years. They're talking about a PAX East at some point as well. I hope it doesn't spoil it.
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This is obviously a variation of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of.
Apparently, nobody got the joke.
... is a long way off.
I suspect the sale of DRMed music still exceeds the sale of non-DRMed music, thanks to Apple. I don't have any figures to back that up, but they have a huge market share.
that government is realizing that security through obscurity is not a good plan.
Likewise. It's a non-starter to have an phone with an MP3 player that I can't charge while listening to, and that I can't use my favourite headphones with without a (break-prone) adapter. I've also heard that the initial release doesn't support bluetooth headsets ... can anyone provide more info on that?
My apologies ... looking back at my post, I think a little refactoring is in order.
It's taken me a long time to get myself out of this mindset. I used to always go for the absolute fastest implementation I could come up with. I now generally go with 'fast enough' rather than 'as fast as possible' if the latter is more maintainable. Sometimes the bar for 'fast enough' lowers, but not often.
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Think of the money you'll save on security and reinforced doors.
I find the whole thing depressing. I think I'll go for a run.
It is nice to see Bill doing his job. Most legislation gets passed because of Neil and Bob.
Not that I'm in any way in favour of this, but I would think the information could be used correctly with a warrant much like existing information of this type should be used in free countries.
It's still quite evil of course.
When a company grabs enough market share this sort of thing is bound to happen when they screw up. It becomes news. People like to hate the 'big guys' (MS Sony, etc) and frequently for very good reason. Imagine how sloppy they'd get if people weren't all over them for their mistakes.
I'm not an Apple fan because of their tendency to use proprietary standards, etc, but I can appreciate that they build a good user experience for people that are perhaps not as technically inclined. But I think it's definitely moving towards the point where you (as TFA says) are embarrassed to be an Apple fan. This sort of action is just petty.
By your logic, your boss should be able to step in and replace you. This will never happen across the broad set of roles and responsibilities in any company that does more than one simple thing. You will never get a VP that can replace everyone from an accountant to a programmer or fleet mechanic. TO manage, you need to know how to deal with people and priorities. A knowledge of the business is a huge asset, but a manager does not need to know every detail of the day to day work.
I do like the Starship Troopers attitude though.
Unfortunately, this is frequently bad as well. Being a good programmer does not make you a good manager. As much as I hate to admit it, management is a valuable skill. A good manager will base decisions on the information supplied by the the tech that report to him (or her).
Of course, many of us have ended up working for those who are neither good programmers or good managers.
You can talk up system z all you want, but when it comes right down to it, most of the outages problems are caused by incompetence, not hardware failure. Because of this, I've actually seen a Win2K based system beat zOS based systems a few years in a row. It frequently has little to do with the hardware, or even the OS.
I keep thinking "Space Wok, with yuhangyuan!". Must be too close to lunch.
Oh no, you're not going to try to get away with the old "blame Canada" on this one. This one crosses the line.
And don't forget the Ten Commandments of gaming.
More specifically, I believe it's the Ontario Teachers Union.
of the "all that matters is the next quarter" school of thought? Between that and over the top IP laws, North America is headed for trouble.
I don't think they advertise it this way, but it's really by gamers, for gamers. They seems like talented guys too, so it's pretty cool to see them do so well at something they love to do.
I'd love to go to PAX one of these years. They're talking about a PAX East at some point as well. I hope it doesn't spoil it.
So all those gangs in L.A. are environments!