I have watched a few Poettering videos and he comes off as a massively arrogant douche bag (but I am a fan of Linus and RMS so *shrug*).
How do you feel about Theo?
I think there must be some deep psychological understanding you can come to based on people's reactions to Linus, RMS, Theo, and Poettering, but I have no idea what.
All four of them are massively arrogant, though three have earned it and deserve some respect, but only one is a douche bag.
Having only cringed at the previews and not actually seen CSI: Cyber, I can only say that what you just read is the the first/. Summary that perfectly described my initial reaction to, and feelings about, something I'm never going to watch. "Perfectly focus-grouped cast," indeed.
Agreed, but rather than M$ systems, I was thinking other Unix systems, and not necessarily Internet facing. I've worked several places, admittedly a while ago, that still rely on big-iron systems running Solaris, HP-UX, etc... That kind of hardware can have advantages over a lot of hardware usually used to run Linux (VMs or bare-metal), but you also pay for it.
Does the iTunes Terms of Service, to which users presumably agreed, specify that Apple may add (or remove) things to (from) your device that you did not request and/or w/o your specific consent? If so, then your analogy holds (at least technically) else it doesn't.
I suspect that people got bent out of shape because either Apple wasn't really allowed to do this sort of thing, or people didn't realize Apple actually was allowed to.
Honestly, I'm still baffled so many people were upset about getting a few album from a popular, well respected, rock band, simply because it found its way directly onto people's devices. It's not as if it woke you up at 3am and started playing it!
Image, instead, that Apple broke into people's houses and left a physical copy of the U2 album on dining room table. How do you think you / everyone would feel about that? While you might argue that digitally pushing the album out isn't really the same thing, it kind of is. Apple entered (violated) people's personal space w/o permission.
From what I can tell, machines have enough trouble getting the Three Laws correct; I'm not sure I want to throw the Ten Commandments in there too... Let me re-watch Futurama to see how robots and religion work out.
This is an RFID only card - "VISA PayWave" - not a smart card so there's no chip+pin. Using the hole-punch on the RFID chip was very satisfying. Contact-less CCs are a gimmick to encourage thoughtless purchasing.
EMV is NOT contactless. If your new card(s) include electrical contacts, It's EMV.
Cool, cool, cool. I'm not a fan of contact-less and don't really see the point/benefit. My VISA card has Pay Wave - or, rather, had until I got a hole punch and hammer...
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I have watched a few Poettering videos and he comes off as a massively arrogant douche bag (but I am a fan of Linus and RMS so *shrug*).
How do you feel about Theo? I think there must be some deep psychological understanding you can come to based on people's reactions to Linus, RMS, Theo, and Poettering, but I have no idea what.
All four of them are massively arrogant, though three have earned it and deserve some respect, but only one is a douche bag.
The joke is going to be on humanity when our kidneys get clogged with nano particles.
Stop being so alarmist. Our lungs will get clogged way before that.
The "freedom" is for the ISPs - the only things, I mean, corporations, I mean, *people* (thanks Citizen's United) that Republicans care about.
"What the fuck did I just read?"
Having only cringed at the previews and not actually seen CSI: Cyber, I can only say that what you just read is the the first /. Summary that perfectly described my initial reaction to, and feelings about, something I'm never going to watch. "Perfectly focus-grouped cast," indeed.
Agreed, but rather than M$ systems, I was thinking other Unix systems, and not necessarily Internet facing. I've worked several places, admittedly a while ago, that still rely on big-iron systems running Solaris, HP-UX, etc... That kind of hardware can have advantages over a lot of hardware usually used to run Linux (VMs or bare-metal), but you also pay for it.
... the vast majority of servers run Linux, ...
Um... "vast majority"? Citation please.
But it may make code more maintainable.
Stating that something "may" do something, without additional qualifiers, is really no statement at all.
He may now be famous enough that he couldn't be simply "disappeared" or sent to Guantanamo.
"Simply" maybe not, but "accidents" happen to people all the time...
Does the iTunes Terms of Service, to which users presumably agreed, specify that Apple may add (or remove) things to (from) your device that you did not request and/or w/o your specific consent? If so, then your analogy holds (at least technically) else it doesn't.
I suspect that people got bent out of shape because either Apple wasn't really allowed to do this sort of thing, or people didn't realize Apple actually was allowed to.
Not asking permission is theft.
I'm a fan of U2 and I can see how some people might consider what they did rude or presumptuous, but theft? - No, ...
Not theft, but how about "breaking and entering"? Apple entered (violated) people's personal space w/o permission.
Honestly, I'm still baffled so many people were upset about getting a few album from a popular, well respected, rock band, simply because it found its way directly onto people's devices. It's not as if it woke you up at 3am and started playing it!
Image, instead, that Apple broke into people's houses and left a physical copy of the U2 album on dining room table. How do you think you / everyone would feel about that? While you might argue that digitally pushing the album out isn't really the same thing, it kind of is. Apple entered (violated) people's personal space w/o permission.
I've auditioned some pretty amazing earbuds.
As opposed to "tried"?
... karma is a real witch.
Pretty sure that's not the right word - unless you're Lanie Jordan. Get some balls Washington Post.
DHT will replace DNS
Dihydrotestosterone will replace DNS? Just great, now we'll all go bald.
... opposed by cable and telephone companies that fear it will curb Internet growth and stifle payback on network investment.
Snooping for ad revenues and obscene profit margins
Anything you can do on mars, robots can do better. already.
Anything? Says you, your wife, or the battery-powered robot in her bed-side table?
Interesting, I didn't know that if someone had a beautiful body they had a non-functional brain.
That's one of the advantages of having a beautiful body.
Unfortunately, one disadvantage is usually the math: Beauty x Brains = Constant
No, it's not beta. Beta's a lot worse (think full of AJAX).
"Oh my God; it's full of AJAX !" was the original line in 2010, but they eventually changed it to "stars !"
You mean photocopied or something having to do with a registered trademark? Why not simply "Copied".
From what I can tell, machines have enough trouble getting the Three Laws correct; I'm not sure I want to throw the Ten Commandments in there too... Let me re-watch Futurama to see how robots and religion work out.
So Amazon just patented 3-D printing... ON A TRUCK? What other existing technologies can we add "on a truck" to to create a novel invention?
Why is this surprising? How many "new" ideas have been patented by adding "on the Internet" to an existing idea?
She also accused Lenovo and Superfish of invading her privacy and making money by studying her Internet browsing habits.
Is she going to sue her ISP for doing the same thing?
This is an RFID only card - "VISA PayWave" - not a smart card so there's no chip+pin. Using the hole-punch on the RFID chip was very satisfying. Contact-less CCs are a gimmick to encourage thoughtless purchasing.
One of my RFID-enabled cards came with a blocking sleeve for it. We've had these for years in Canada.
As I posted earlier, I blocked the RFID chip in my VISA card with a hole-punch and hammer. It's very secure now.
EMV is NOT contactless. If your new card(s) include electrical contacts, It's EMV .
Cool, cool, cool. I'm not a fan of contact-less and don't really see the point/benefit. My VISA card has Pay Wave - or, rather, had until I got a hole punch and hammer...