their answers are taken out of context or cherry picked by non-experts - often the people with an agenda.
In general I would rather have experts in charge than careerists - who account for 90% of politicians.
Having said that I remember an encounter with a mathematician colleague who was looking under the bonnet (hood) of his car for an electrical fault because both headlamps were out. It took only a little lateral thinking - and a bit of persuasion from me for him to accept that probably he'd been driving on just one, and hadn't noticed it till the second one failed. Nevertheless he accepted the counter argument, just imagine any politician doing that.
This is business, nothing changes. Fortunately the small guys have the monopoly of ideas, and eventually get bought out - hopefully for a big sum. Then they go away and think up the next big idea. Etc.
Yea well I wasn't going to criticise an agency that is foreign to me as a UK resident because our own BPI is bad enough. Let it be known that my own job depends on media sales but I cannot defend the way these agencies behave.
Am I alone in hating this opening? It's as if scientists are a different species, or have a different way of thinking than the ordinary person. I look up to people who demonstrate a better understanding or a more reasoned view of the perspective. However, being a technologist and engineer, I find myself in parallel with the ideas presented. I feel as if I'm expected to observe myself through a microscope in a petri dish.
I think a lot of Ubuntu early adopters got fed up with it. Later releases had more bells and whistles but less usability and dependability. Some have moved to the spinoffs, I've gone to the pure source - Debian. I'm in love with Jessie.
FFMPEG underlies the majority of affordable (and free) video apps, that just seem to wrap a GUI round it. As always though, the power is in the command line.
Be aware that there is a professional version: FFMBC, for those who need it for serious work.
Interesting idea, but it makes me wonder if there are ANY circumstances where we would want to allow a decrypt. How about: The authorities are sure that a phone contains information that would thwart an imminent attack? Where is the morality in creating a system upgrade that would defeat us from ever preventing this?
Don't get me wrong, I am in favour of privacy, but I'm troubled by the absolute implications.
The FBI tells Apple to decrypt but the attempt "fails". Apple sells more to non-friedly countries. US security agencies open the back doors they previously arranged with Apple, and savour the intel.
A concern of mine is that this is just the thin end of the wedge. BBC4 will be next (not online but closed). They'll push the more popular programmes back to BBC2 (where that came from originally) and ditch the rest. I know it runs a lot of repeats but it it is our only channel with any cultural value IMO.
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Or even palanquins. No-one went though the windscreen (windshield) when they were in use.
For those people who hate both Unity and Windows.
In general I would rather have experts in charge than careerists - who account for 90% of politicians.
Having said that I remember an encounter with a mathematician colleague who was looking under the bonnet (hood) of his car for an electrical fault because both headlamps were out. It took only a little lateral thinking - and a bit of persuasion from me for him to accept that probably he'd been driving on just one, and hadn't noticed it till the second one failed. Nevertheless he accepted the counter argument, just imagine any politician doing that.
Don't be a twat, it's for the UK. The point is that any nation could do something similar.
Yea, consumption tax is like VAT in Europe. It's a consumer tax that is deductible for business, so transparent.
This is business, nothing changes. Fortunately the small guys have the monopoly of ideas, and eventually get bought out - hopefully for a big sum. Then they go away and think up the next big idea. Etc.
Yea well I wasn't going to criticise an agency that is foreign to me as a UK resident because our own BPI is bad enough. Let it be known that my own job depends on media sales but I cannot defend the way these agencies behave.
Am I alone in hating this opening? It's as if scientists are a different species, or have a different way of thinking than the ordinary person. I look up to people who demonstrate a better understanding or a more reasoned view of the perspective. However, being a technologist and engineer, I find myself in parallel with the ideas presented. I feel as if I'm expected to observe myself through a microscope in a petri dish.
They deserve each other. Both piss on artists and offer a minimal contribution to their talent.
My microwave is big enough to take a large chicken. Meh.. even I could build a robot that size!
Would you restart a mission critical computer before testing all possible alternatives? I'm glad you don't look after my systems!
I think a lot of Ubuntu early adopters got fed up with it. Later releases had more bells and whistles but less usability and dependability. Some have moved to the spinoffs, I've gone to the pure source - Debian. I'm in love with Jessie.
Interestingly the article links to two startups, who presumably will have got a lot of hits.
Merely an extension of: Don't show my girlfriend/boyfriend those embarrassing photos of me when I was x years old.
Octopi sounds like 25.13274122871835 or something close to...
So Microsoft sells more Xboxes for use as computers, stripping away sales from other vendors (it's partners). Profit!
It's almost as if the Germans have just found a source of cheap human labour.
It's dust.
Is that because there's so much porn on satellite TV?
Be aware that there is a professional version: FFMBC, for those who need it for serious work.
It's more than 2.2 times better..
Don't get me wrong, I am in favour of privacy, but I'm troubled by the absolute implications.
If nobody hears (even snippets) of their music, no one will buy it.
The FBI tells Apple to decrypt but the attempt "fails". Apple sells more to non-friedly countries. US security agencies open the back doors they previously arranged with Apple, and savour the intel.
A concern of mine is that this is just the thin end of the wedge. BBC4 will be next (not online but closed). They'll push the more popular programmes back to BBC2 (where that came from originally) and ditch the rest. I know it runs a lot of repeats but it it is our only channel with any cultural value IMO.