Offtopic? You are dead right. All the money we spend looking for aliens in Alpha Centauri and oil on Mars and the like, well, imagine if we spent that on clean energy or vaccinations or sanitation or water preservation? Don't even get me started on the buttload of money that the US spends in Iraq every day.
If I have data on my hard drive, it's under my control. It's not an illusion. Yes my hard drive could crash, but at least I get to decide if I want to make backups regularly. Nobody can control unforeseen occurrences, obviously. That doesn't mean I have no control over anything.
Besides, do you really want the likes of google having all of your data on a server somewhere in California? Let's not forget that they are basically an advertising company that just so happens to have cool tools for people to use. What, do you really think they won't use that data to gather intelligence about you? If not now, what about in the future? That's what I mean...if it's on my hard drive, I own it, I see it, I control it, and unless someone gets past my firewall nobody else can make a claim on my data. That's about as much control as one could reasonably want.
Residing on many servers and using a network to communicate is not the same as "residing between devices". The internet is, at a low level, software running on servers. Yes, it uses the network, that's the whole point. But software running "between devices" is bogus.
Meh, just a bunch of buzzwords and consultant-speak.
Not that some of the concepts aren't sound. For example, the internet is here. Deal with and learn to use it. Don't fight it and let the internet be what it is. Tell that to the corporations behind "Network Neutrality".
It's hard to take a source seriously, though, when stuff like this found:
Don't think of applications that reside on either client or server, but build applications that reside in the space between devices. ("Software above the level of a single device")
What does that even mean? From a development perspective, what practices enable me to write software "between" devices?
I like the idea. I mean, I figure that the 3000 ads I see daily aren't enough. I think that products should be more strongly inculcated into my counsciousness.
If my phone service provider starts allowing ads on my phone, I will cancel service. I'd hope that everyone else would do the same. You can't tolerate this type of thing, corporations trying to squeeze out every last dollar at the consumer's expense.
I always get a kick out of the fact that all alien creatures encountered are basically modified homonids. I mean, don't you think that if there were aliens they would come in forms utterly incomprehensible? I guess that wouldn't make for good TV.
HNS is running an article with a list of those malicious codes which, although they may not have caused serious epidemics, stood out in one way or another.
well, good riddance. I don't need my kids playing with a bunch of ignorant children. Children who are fed lies so that their parents can placate their consciences for a year by showering them with gifts, so the parents can go back to ignoring their children and pursuing the great god Mammon. All the while making the children into good little consumer-robots, little automatons prepackaged for introduction into commercial society. One day, when my children rise up and break the backs of the global power-mad commercial entity, your kids will be the first to go. All because of Santa. Merry fscking xmas.
Well, jeez, you had to bring up poor Cap Copyright. It was such a shame when he was busted for snarfing data from wikipedia. At that point he spontaneously combusted. All children who were watching are still in counseling.
Now, if only we could get all those other damn astroturf sites to essplode!
Sad to see OLGA in this list. It was a great site, but you go there now and you get all kinds of OCILLA notices. If you play guitar and need to quickly cheat and get the chord progression for a song, that was the place to go. Sad part is, it was just a bunch of people contributing.txt files of songs as they had figured them out. It's not like it was mp3's or anything. Jeez.
for(var i=25000;i>0;i--)
document.write((i + ' bottles of beer on the wall,' + i + ' bottles of beer. Take one down and pass it around ' + (i-1) + ' bottles of beer on the wall\n');
Dude, this is slashdot. You can't be posting endless loops like that, that could be dangerous! Have you any idea how many geeks will be frozen in front of their computers until they involuntarily fall asleep?
Slashdot Mirror
/me falls out of chair
Offtopic? You are dead right. All the money we spend looking for aliens in Alpha Centauri and oil on Mars and the like, well, imagine if we spent that on clean energy or vaccinations or sanitation or water preservation? Don't even get me started on the buttload of money that the US spends in Iraq every day.
If I have data on my hard drive, it's under my control. It's not an illusion. Yes my hard drive could crash, but at least I get to decide if I want to make backups regularly. Nobody can control unforeseen occurrences, obviously. That doesn't mean I have no control over anything.
Besides, do you really want the likes of google having all of your data on a server somewhere in California? Let's not forget that they are basically an advertising company that just so happens to have cool tools for people to use. What, do you really think they won't use that data to gather intelligence about you? If not now, what about in the future? That's what I mean...if it's on my hard drive, I own it, I see it, I control it, and unless someone gets past my firewall nobody else can make a claim on my data. That's about as much control as one could reasonably want.
or to add to that...since when is it cheaper to clone and animal for food than to just raise one?
I use AT&T (SBC) DSL, and it works great. Never have any problems, price is right, and everything loads fast. I'd recommend it.
Residing on many servers and using a network to communicate is not the same as "residing between devices". The internet is, at a low level, software running on servers. Yes, it uses the network, that's the whole point. But software running "between devices" is bogus.
Thanks for trying to answer, but bogus is bogus.
Have you seen the new AT&T deathstar? It's like the softer side of the Sith!
Actually, they did not "merge". SBC Bought AT&T outright, and, one could argue, for the brand only.
While AT&T may be reviled among geeks, it is one of the most recognized, and therefore, trusted brands around.
Not that some of the concepts aren't sound. For example, the internet is here. Deal with and learn to use it. Don't fight it and let the internet be what it is. Tell that to the corporations behind "Network Neutrality".
It's hard to take a source seriously, though, when stuff like this found: What does that even mean? From a development perspective, what practices enable me to write software "between" devices?
All of the "blogs" about how great Vista and the Zune are all of the sudden make a ton of sense...
...to take down my site, http://snarfmyssn.com./ Whodathunk, I can't put sensitive personal information on the web anymore?
I like the idea. I mean, I figure that the 3000 ads I see daily aren't enough. I think that products should be more strongly inculcated into my counsciousness.
If my phone service provider starts allowing ads on my phone, I will cancel service. I'd hope that everyone else would do the same. You can't tolerate this type of thing, corporations trying to squeeze out every last dollar at the consumer's expense.
What? No Betazoids? Oh man! Way to ruin Star Trek!
I always get a kick out of the fact that all alien creatures encountered are basically modified homonids. I mean, don't you think that if there were aliens they would come in forms utterly incomprehensible? I guess that wouldn't make for good TV.
whomever modded me OT and flamebait -- may the metamods have mercy on your soul
That was a legitimate post...what, you think the Zune is great and will win people to the side of DRM?
well, good riddance. I don't need my kids playing with a bunch of ignorant children. Children who are fed lies so that their parents can placate their consciences for a year by showering them with gifts, so the parents can go back to ignoring their children and pursuing the great god Mammon. All the while making the children into good little consumer-robots, little automatons prepackaged for introduction into commercial society. One day, when my children rise up and break the backs of the global power-mad commercial entity, your kids will be the first to go. All because of Santa. Merry fscking xmas.
you like your Italics, no?
That'sa spicy meatball!
Well, jeez, you had to bring up poor Cap Copyright. It was such a shame when he was busted for snarfing data from wikipedia. At that point he spontaneously combusted. All children who were watching are still in counseling.
Now, if only we could get all those other damn astroturf sites to essplode!
Of course, the Zune might singlehandedly kill off DRM due to piss-poor execution, so we all get to be the winners.
Sad to see OLGA in this list. It was a great site, but you go there now and you get all kinds of OCILLA notices. If you play guitar and need to quickly cheat and get the chord progression for a song, that was the place to go. Sad part is, it was just a bunch of people contributing .txt files of songs as they had figured them out. It's not like it was mp3's or anything. Jeez.
Wow, right you are! Heck, I'll bet he ain't even a preacher!
Spoken like a true VB luser. Good show, AC!
Thanks. And it's good that you got some time away from your job as a javascript interpreter!
for(var i=25000;i>0;i--)
document.write((i + ' bottles of beer on the wall,' + i + ' bottles of beer. Take one down and pass it around ' + (i-1) + ' bottles of beer on the wall\n');
Dude, this is slashdot. You can't be posting endless loops like that, that could be dangerous! Have you any idea how many geeks will be frozen in front of their computers until they involuntarily fall asleep?