Sure. Since email's not remotely secure anyway, this would eliminate any "I wonder if my government is reading my mail" concerns. If you need secure coms, PGP is very easy to set up, so much so that I wonder why it's not used more. I would think that if Google supported it in GMail it would probably be more popular. Of course PGP doesn't hide who you're communicating *with*, only what you're saying.
I understand the purpose, but I think the concept is at least slightly flawed. If your job is solving the sort of problems that are on IQ tests, you get very good at doing that specific type of problem.
I should add here that I think software developers have a bit of an advantage in doing these tests as they're generally more practiced at solving this sort of problem. Most of the developers I know (while being very bright) score higher than is probably warranted. Of course, I may be wrong and all my developer friends really are that bright.
I don't think IQ tests do that, or at least, I haven't seen any that do. I seem to remember logic questions, pattern recognition, sequence continuation, etc, but no general knowledge.
I've mentioned here before that I know someone who didn't buy a card because it had an iPod connector. He bought one that had a USB connector instead. It would be acceptable to have both, but at least the non-proprietary connector should be supported. I'd prefer they didn't support the non-proprietary connectors at all as it just encourages those companies to continue their lock-in.
Many have seen unions protect the incompetent. People in science tend to believe in meritocracy, not unions. If I'm better than the person beside me, I should be paid more. Also... scientists like meetings?
Sure, but not everyone is interested in "capitalization", nor should they be required to be. It's nice to have people focused just on the science. Sometimes the science is valuable immediately (in a monetary sense) and sometimes it's not (or is not *yet*). That doesn't seem to sit well with the current MBA goal of "maximizing profits", with them generally leaving out the "short term" part of that statement. There's such a thing as "enough money" and there's more to business than the next quarter.
For me, the most desireable remote control would be via by touch-screen smartphone. It's small, can use touchscreen gestures, (or motion gestures if you wished), has a usable touchscreen keyboard (for searching and direct channel access), and is a usable size. If the damn thing had an IR transmitter, it would be perfect. I used to use my Palm Treo for this, but its IR transmitter was very poor.
All sorts of people insist that they can now get by with just an iPad, so I would expect that someone should easily have their needs met with a 300 "garbage" laptop (most of which are quite powerful and well built these days, just not particularly pretty), or even a sub $200 netbook. A $999 MacBook is probably not spending just enough to meet your needs.
I'm fairly sure that Google (via their Street View cars) and others companies have recorded the MAC address of every router they could pick up. This is what they were doing when they picked up the extra non-encrypted data everyone seems to be up in arms about.
When I commented on this story, I'd selected the first (and only) entry listed for the story. There seemed to be some trouble saving the comment. It posted, and then staged on "working". I refreshed the session and found I'd wound up with a first first post on a duplicate copy of the story. There may be more broken on SlashDot than just the new CSS and Javascript.
Frequently people who are promoted wind up doing both their new job and their old one. There are advantages too, like a lower learning curve, but this would be the big downside for me.
I haven't bought one partly because of it being a Sony controlled standard, and partly because of the price. I was expecting the price to drop to about the same as a DVD, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I almost bought a PS3 slim, but they dropped 'other OS' support, and things seemed to go downhill from there.
Gnome has been getting more and more like an Apple interface as time goes by, but before v3, you could still customize just about everything. Gnome 3 (and Unity) both have some core features you can't modify or disable.
Jamendo and others already do this. You can donate to the artists, or buy commercial licences. There's a lot of good music there, more than I really even have time to listen too. Every once in a while you run into something better than 'good' as well.
From what I can see, it's a bit shaky, although it seems to be technically true. I read the TFA (sorry). From what I can see, this is the crux of it:
According to the GSA,
Googles Google Apps Premier received FISMA certification on July 21, 2010. However, Google intends to offer Google Apps for Government as a more restrictive version of its product and, Google is currently in the process of finishing its application for FISMA certification for its Google Apps for Government.
Basically, Google Apps *is* FISMA certified, but a more restrictive version called "Google Apps for Government" is not yet through certification. I didn't read the entire attached document, but this looks like the real meat of it.
Slashdot Mirror
Overall though, I'd prefer government to require a warrant to get even that information, from the Post Office, or an ISP.
According to this, an antitrust investigation into MPEG-LA is already underway for their attack on WEBM.
Sure. Since email's not remotely secure anyway, this would eliminate any "I wonder if my government is reading my mail" concerns. If you need secure coms, PGP is very easy to set up, so much so that I wonder why it's not used more. I would think that if Google supported it in GMail it would probably be more popular. Of course PGP doesn't hide who you're communicating *with*, only what you're saying.
I understand the purpose, but I think the concept is at least slightly flawed. If your job is solving the sort of problems that are on IQ tests, you get very good at doing that specific type of problem.
I should add here that I think software developers have a bit of an advantage in doing these tests as they're generally more practiced at solving this sort of problem. Most of the developers I know (while being very bright) score higher than is probably warranted. Of course, I may be wrong and all my developer friends really are that bright.
I don't think IQ tests do that, or at least, I haven't seen any that do. I seem to remember logic questions, pattern recognition, sequence continuation, etc, but no general knowledge.
I always thought it mainly measured the ability to solve problems.
I've mentioned here before that I know someone who didn't buy a card because it had an iPod connector. He bought one that had a USB connector instead. It would be acceptable to have both, but at least the non-proprietary connector should be supported. I'd prefer they didn't support the non-proprietary connectors at all as it just encourages those companies to continue their lock-in.
Many have seen unions protect the incompetent. People in science tend to believe in meritocracy, not unions. If I'm better than the person beside me, I should be paid more. Also ... scientists like meetings?
Sure, but not everyone is interested in "capitalization", nor should they be required to be. It's nice to have people focused just on the science. Sometimes the science is valuable immediately (in a monetary sense) and sometimes it's not (or is not *yet*). That doesn't seem to sit well with the current MBA goal of "maximizing profits", with them generally leaving out the "short term" part of that statement. There's such a thing as "enough money" and there's more to business than the next quarter.
Good thing this story came out in the spring. Just a little later and it would have been overwhelming.
For me, the most desireable remote control would be via by touch-screen smartphone. It's small, can use touchscreen gestures, (or motion gestures if you wished), has a usable touchscreen keyboard (for searching and direct channel access), and is a usable size. If the damn thing had an IR transmitter, it would be perfect. I used to use my Palm Treo for this, but its IR transmitter was very poor.
All sorts of people insist that they can now get by with just an iPad, so I would expect that someone should easily have their needs met with a 300 "garbage" laptop (most of which are quite powerful and well built these days, just not particularly pretty), or even a sub $200 netbook. A $999 MacBook is probably not spending just enough to meet your needs.
I'm fairly sure that Google (via their Street View cars) and others companies have recorded the MAC address of every router they could pick up. This is what they were doing when they picked up the extra non-encrypted data everyone seems to be up in arms about.
tweet that they are leaving for vacation
Isn't relying on people not knowing you're on vacation the real life version of "security through obscurity"? There are similarities at least.
With the use of the phones as controllers for drones, Angry Birds could become a much more interesting game.
When I commented on this story, I'd selected the first (and only) entry listed for the story. There seemed to be some trouble saving the comment. It posted, and then staged on "working". I refreshed the session and found I'd wound up with a first first post on a duplicate copy of the story. There may be more broken on SlashDot than just the new CSS and Javascript.
Advancement doesn't need to mean management.
Frequently people who are promoted wind up doing both their new job and their old one. There are advantages too, like a lower learning curve, but this would be the big downside for me.
I for one welcome our self-aware machine overlords.
I haven't bought one partly because of it being a Sony controlled standard, and partly because of the price. I was expecting the price to drop to about the same as a DVD, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I almost bought a PS3 slim, but they dropped 'other OS' support, and things seemed to go downhill from there.
Gnome has been getting more and more like an Apple interface as time goes by, but before v3, you could still customize just about everything. Gnome 3 (and Unity) both have some core features you can't modify or disable.
Jamendo and others already do this. You can donate to the artists, or buy commercial licences. There's a lot of good music there, more than I really even have time to listen too. Every once in a while you run into something better than 'good' as well.
According to the GSA, Googles Google Apps Premier received FISMA certification on July 21, 2010. However, Google intends to offer Google Apps for Government as a more restrictive version of its product and, Google is currently in the process of finishing its application for FISMA certification for its Google Apps for Government.
Basically, Google Apps *is* FISMA certified, but a more restrictive version called "Google Apps for Government" is not yet through certification. I didn't read the entire attached document, but this looks like the real meat of it.
Aren't there *open*, non-proprietary protocols that are a better choice for streaming music and video?