Tests at Microsoft's Linux lab show that counting the raw number of security updates required by the various operating system flavors is not as meaningful as examining the efficiency of the update process.
Microsoft Corp. seems to be moving away from focusing on the actual number of security patches and updates that it and its software competitors release. Instead, it is concentrating on making it easy and efficient for customers to obtain the security fixes and update their systems."
I have an idea, how about putting more money into security and quality control and focusing on fixing the problems quickly instead of how many they do or how complex the process is?
I would think that the main concerns i.e. water supply, food, etc. would all be monitored
Yes they are monitored, but what is the cost of cleaning them up? Huge.
It has been found that MTBE additives to gasoline have been leeching into water supplies all over the US, but they aren't too concerned about cleaning it up. (see epa.gov)
If a company creates a harm to the environment and noone fines them or shames them into cleaning it up, they most likely never will. Why do you think Google has a motto 'don't be evil?' It's not because companies are inherently always doing good.
1. One goal of DRM developers is to prevent "digitization".
That first point sums it up. How do you stop something in its raw digital format from being copied?
You can't, David Bowie is correct in his assumption about music flowing freely like electricity or water.
Maybe one possible scenario is that a digital tax will be added to all machines that can play digitized music/games/etc. in order to make up for the lost revenue. Another idea is to package the music/software/game with something that is above and beyond what you would normally get from just a plain disc. Add something to the packaging that makes people want to buy the product and not just download it. You could add writing, pictures or objects that people could enjoy that can't be easily reproduced with a copy program.
Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you that mine are greater. - Albert Einstein
I have learned that you can do wonderful and amazing things with machines and math, but machines themselves will never reproduce the creativity, insight, and wonder of the human mind.
I have to wonder why Toyota would be so negligent in its actions, unless they knew they were not infringing on anything?
The Solomon company uses their technology primarily for boats and not cars, maybe that is why Toyota thought their system was different enough that it didn't infringe on their patents.
One thing that is rarely discussed about nano-technology is the possible harm it could do to living organisms. If someone is ingesting nano-technology unwittingly through the air, water, or food, it is possible it could do great harm. Also, since it is almost impossible to see and track, what happens when it creates unintended harm? Who is held responsible and how do you clean it up?
That being said, I am for new technology and I am hoping nano-tech will be used in a responsible manner.
I was using it as in the Wikipedia reference "to describe a person or thing that suddenly arrives and solves a seemingly insoluble difficulty. While in story telling this seems like cheating, in life, this type of figure might be welcome and heroic."
I was not using it in the literal sense of the words, but I do understand there are other interpretations of these words.
Google did solve many difficulties, did it not? Google is Godlike in that it can give you answers to things that were difficult to quickly answer before it existed.
The simple fact that an American and Russian joined together to create one of the greatest companies in the history of the world could be seen as sort of a deus ex machina - two minds that think alike from two very different cultures, create something as wonderful as the Google search engine.
As for passing the Turing test, that is probably one of the hardest feats that AI could pass. Its even hard for some people to carry on a coherent and knowledgeable conversation with another person, let alone a machine doing it.
Half the fun in covering Apple is covering the coverage of Apple. The argument has been made that we in the press are a little nuts about Apple. It's a fact. The highs and lows of Jobs & Co. are so dramatic that the erudite prose practically writes itself. And I can't help but think something is wrong with that.
The other half of the fun is getting the erudite prose to write itself, so in reality this guy doesn't even have to write anything. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
...with IT teams in dingy basements (statistically speaking) have 10-15% greater incidences of PC failure due to the volatile combination of environmental hazards and embittered technical support.
If the Itunes Music Store is defaulted to ON, this is kind of sneaky since most people do not realize how to turn it off or if Apple saves their personal data or not.
If it is defaulted to OFF that is better, but if it is turned on it should have a pop-up telling you that your music selections are being tracked by Apple and how to turn it off.
The other issue is that people just don't trust large corporations to store/save/erase the data from their customers.
Just because Steve Jobs says its so, doesn't necessarily mean it IS so.
I don't know why you would bother creating a registry of kid's names & schools that is most likely to be unsecure, infringing on privacy rights, burdening the innocent individual, and is impossible to verify.
How about just stopping the spam with huge fines for the offenders and/or putting them out of business permanently?
I would like to know one person here who thinks that spam emails are a legitimate way to do business.
It is like the electronic equivalent of harassment and email vandalism.
I have had to uninstall Norton a few times and the 'Add and Remove Programs' feature in Windows did not work.
So, I had to go to this link and do it manually....talk about a pain in the #*$%.
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If it is intentional, I don't see how it possibly got past the Microsoft Security Engineers.
The overriding philosophy seems to be KISS.
Don't try to tell me that the guys at Hotmail only want to Rock & Roll all night and party every day?!?
Tests at Microsoft's Linux lab show that counting the raw number of security updates required by the various operating system flavors is not as meaningful as examining the efficiency of the update process.
Microsoft Corp. seems to be moving away from focusing on the actual number of security patches and updates that it and its software competitors release. Instead, it is concentrating on making it easy and efficient for customers to obtain the security fixes and update their systems."
I have an idea, how about putting more money into security and quality control and focusing on fixing the problems quickly instead of how many they do or how complex the process is?
It is not the outcome I am looking for, just a scenario.
Greedy executives will most likely find a way to pass a law to further support their greed.
You're right, I believe alot of this has to do with the expectation of profits and the greed motive behind them.
I would think that the main concerns i.e. water supply, food, etc. would all be monitored
Yes they are monitored, but what is the cost of cleaning them up? Huge.
It has been found that MTBE additives to gasoline have been leeching into water supplies all over the US, but they aren't too concerned about cleaning it up. (see epa.gov)
If a company creates a harm to the environment and noone fines them or shames them into cleaning it up, they most likely never will. Why do you think Google has a motto 'don't be evil?' It's not because companies are inherently always doing good.
Here are some issues:
1. One goal of DRM developers is to prevent "digitization".
That first point sums it up. How do you stop something in its raw digital format from being copied?
You can't, David Bowie is correct in his assumption about music flowing freely like electricity or water.
Maybe one possible scenario is that a digital tax will be added to all machines that can play digitized music/games/etc. in order to make up for the lost revenue.
Another idea is to package the music/software/game with something that is above and beyond what you would normally get from just a plain disc. Add something to the packaging that makes people want to buy the product and not just download it. You could add writing, pictures or objects that people could enjoy that can't be easily reproduced with a copy program.
Just as long as they make a 300gb iCell.
Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you that mine are greater. - Albert Einstein
I have learned that you can do wonderful and amazing things with machines and math, but machines themselves will never reproduce the creativity, insight, and wonder of the human mind.
I have to wonder why Toyota would be so negligent in its actions, unless they knew they were not infringing on anything?
The Solomon company uses their technology primarily for boats and not cars, maybe that is why Toyota thought their system was different enough that it didn't infringe on their patents.
One thing that is rarely discussed about nano-technology is the possible harm it could do to living organisms. If someone is ingesting nano-technology unwittingly through the air, water, or food, it is possible it could do great harm. Also, since it is almost impossible to see and track, what happens when it creates unintended harm? Who is held responsible and how do you clean it up?
That being said, I am for new technology and I am hoping nano-tech will be used in a responsible manner.
I was using it as in the Wikipedia reference "to describe a person or thing that suddenly arrives and solves a seemingly insoluble difficulty. While in story telling this seems like cheating, in life, this type of figure might be welcome and heroic."
I was not using it in the literal sense of the words, but I do understand there are other interpretations of these words.
Google did solve many difficulties, did it not? Google is Godlike in that it can give you answers to things that were difficult to quickly answer before it existed.
The simple fact that an American and Russian joined together to create one of the greatest companies in the history of the world could be seen as sort of a deus ex machina - two minds that think alike from two very different cultures, create something as wonderful as the Google search engine.
As for passing the Turing test, that is probably one of the hardest feats that AI could pass. Its even hard for some people to carry on a coherent and knowledgeable conversation with another person, let alone a machine doing it.
IBM can incorporate this into the World's Smallest Computer.
Maybe I am wrong.
Half the fun in covering Apple is covering the coverage of Apple. The argument has been made that we in the press are a little nuts about Apple. It's a fact. The highs and lows of Jobs & Co. are so dramatic that the erudite prose practically writes itself. And I can't help but think something is wrong with that.
The other half of the fun is getting the erudite prose to write itself, so in reality this guy doesn't even have to write anything. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
...with IT teams in dingy basements (statistically speaking) have 10-15% greater incidences of PC failure due to the volatile combination of environmental hazards and embittered technical support.
Pork....the other green meat.
Now we will have to think twice when we get UFO reports from Taiwan with people seeing 'little green men.'
I bet their colleagues are green with envy.
Ironically, on the 'Microsoft, Apple sign five-year pact story,' there is a flash ad at the top that reads:
"Microsoft Office has evolved.
Have you?"
If the Itunes Music Store is defaulted to ON, this is kind of sneaky since most people do not realize how to turn it off or if Apple saves their personal data or not.
If it is defaulted to OFF that is better, but if it is turned on it should have a pop-up telling you that your music selections are being tracked by Apple and how to turn it off.
The other issue is that people just don't trust large corporations to store/save/erase the data from their customers.
Just because Steve Jobs says its so, doesn't necessarily mean it IS so.
FYI to quickly disable it, hit Shift-Command-M
I don't know why you would bother creating a registry of kid's names & schools that is most likely to be unsecure, infringing on privacy rights, burdening the innocent individual, and is impossible to verify.
How about just stopping the spam with huge fines for the offenders and/or putting them out of business permanently?
I would like to know one person here who thinks that spam emails are a legitimate way to do business.
It is like the electronic equivalent of harassment and email vandalism.
Apple Chips?
I have had to uninstall Norton a few times and the 'Add and Remove Programs' feature in Windows did not work.
So, I had to go to this link and do it manually....talk about a pain in the #*$%.
Do you really think they're THAT MUCH STUPIDER THAN YOU?
Probably not, but I do know it is kind of stupid to use a word like 'stupider'