If an ecommerce site can lock someone's account, give full access to the authorities, or change a password (all of which can be done with hashed passwords) why would they want to know someone's actual password? This will need rewriting of most systems and OSs for no gain whatsoever.
The US would have to pick an enemy who can afford robots in the first place. Bombing backward civilisations is so much more fun, though.
Of course the problem with this type of asymetric warfare is that terrorism is the only way they can fight back. They cannot realistically fight drones with AK47s. The choice is either give in or use terrorism to convince the other country not to send them.
Which illustrates how fragile this support is. If someone doesn't like an open source area they can just buy the company behind it, and the FUD will scare people away from the project
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_smoking#Economic 2nd paragraph. Actually says that Philip Morris preformed a study that showed that it is actually cheaper to let people die young. Of course this was an older study before so many wonderful and expensive (But life saving just ask my mother, who had and is now lung cancer free. She stopped smoking about fifteen years before getting the cancer.) Drugs and therapies. So I don't think it is any longer more economically viable since curing the cancer wasn't cheap but on the other hand my mom's retirement won't be cheap for your company or social society.(Not saying she doesn't deserve it.)
Isn't this exactly what Extended Validation Certificates are supposed to resolve? Only certain validated certificate authorities are allowed to issue them.
Apparently, we are not going to see a repeat of the Android ambush of the smartphone market
It is WAY to early to make this kind of a judgement. There is absolutely no reason why Android couldn't take over tablets as well as smartphones. Judging by the success or failure of a first gen product like the Xoom is definitely not an adequate representation.
Agreed, and the £500 Motorola zoom is not going to prove one way or other whether anyone will buy a £600 iPad 2 ot £400 iPad. Wait until something decent hits the £200 mark
I'm a consultant in telecom. I see this every day. I'm convinced that any project, no matter how big can be done by 6 people.
There are probably a few exception, but add two or three good testers (who should not be the implementers) and I think that would cover 99% of projects
> All it requires is for them to snag the Beatles, AC/DC, Led Zep, Metallica, Pink Floyd,
Seriously does anyone actually miss those dinosaurs? The people who enjoy their music already have the LP / CD / DAT / DVD-Audio / Directors Cut / UnCut / Life in Wembley / Re-Union / Retirement editions. And they produce nothing new...
You didn't mention my 8-track you insensitive clod.
No, it was George Flint, a young man from Wales. The lore is that he was banging rocks around 842BCE, and sparks flew, catching his little pile of pine needles on fire. George ran to Uck, who said, "do it again". Bang, George went. Uck killed George, then claimed to invent fire and got 72 virgins. Uck's decendants include Edison and Sarnoff.
Obvious nonsense. It's never dry enough to light anything with a flint in Wales. Besides which if a welshman invented fire it would be much more likely to involve friction and wool than flint and pine needles.
Didn't they say the same thing about the internet, and are still playing catchup because of the shortsightedness?
( tho to be honest, i missed that boat too, never thought the average person would ever care... )
Yes they did say it. I am not sure if they are "still playing catchup" though - with Bing powering Yahoo, hotmail, etc. they are probably at the level a large inflexible company would be if they had gone in at the beginning.
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I'm started to feel like Nokia is becoming something awful
I guess it's better to have it turn into a robot that shoots out sparks and pushes grandmothers down stairs than having it turn into Microsoft...
Possibly. So far "The Doctor" had failed to come and save us from Microsoft. He always turns up when killer robots push grandmothers down stairs.
Microsoft Windows isn't Gnome either. Just saying.
How dare you say something nice about Microsoft here!
Europeans find it amusing that Athens is in Georgia.
Not to mention Paris, Texas; Memphis, Tennessee; the various Cairo's etc.
Why does he need a citation for a question? How can you even provide a citation for a question?
And that's two citations from you please
Since when do you need citations to ask a question? Come to think of it, how would you possibly provide a citation for a question?
I hope you have a citation for that question.
How many Americans are thinking "I didn't know that Armenia was anywhere near the South-Eastern States"
If an ecommerce site can lock someone's account, give full access to the authorities, or change a password (all of which can be done with hashed passwords) why would they want to know someone's actual password? This will need rewriting of most systems and OSs for no gain whatsoever.
I wouldn't trust them with my money. Remember the Mountain Meadows Massacre
The US would have to pick an enemy who can afford robots in the first place. Bombing backward civilisations is so much more fun, though.
Of course the problem with this type of asymetric warfare is that terrorism is the only way they can fight back. They cannot realistically fight drones with AK47s. The choice is either give in or use terrorism to convince the other country not to send them.
Sun... OK, forget that last one..
Which illustrates how fragile this support is. If someone doesn't like an open source area they can just buy the company behind it, and the FUD will scare people away from the project
All I'm getting from this is that the biggest threat to Open Source projects is the Free Market.
A really free market wouldn't have patents or copyright.
Except if you have a fat arse
And manboobs
I wonder if CowboyNeal is reading this!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_smoking#Economic 2nd paragraph. Actually says that Philip Morris preformed a study that showed that it is actually cheaper to let people die young. Of course this was an older study before so many wonderful and expensive (But life saving just ask my mother, who had and is now lung cancer free. She stopped smoking about fifteen years before getting the cancer.) Drugs and therapies. So I don't think it is any longer more economically viable since curing the cancer wasn't cheap but on the other hand my mom's retirement won't be cheap for your company or social society.(Not saying she doesn't deserve it.)
Hmm, is this the same Philip Morris that hid the dangers of smoking for decades and covered up the additional fire risk of a new 'safer' cigarette. Forgive me if I take it with a pinch of salt.
BMI is only accurate for the general population (young to middle aged adults). It isn't meant to be necessarily accurate for an individual.
Waist to Hip ratio is a better measure.
Except if you have a fat arse
I guess CowboyNeal won't be going to Arizona any time soon.
Isn't this exactly what Extended Validation Certificates are supposed to resolve? Only certain validated certificate authorities are allowed to issue them.
..They seem to be selling well, so my guess is that it's games or porn. Does anyone have experiences with these fingery tablets?
I think you just answered your own question.
It is WAY to early to make this kind of a judgement. There is absolutely no reason why Android couldn't take over tablets as well as smartphones. Judging by the success or failure of a first gen product like the Xoom is definitely not an adequate representation.
Agreed, and the £500 Motorola zoom is not going to prove one way or other whether anyone will buy a £600 iPad 2 ot £400 iPad. Wait until something decent hits the £200 mark
I'm a consultant in telecom. I see this every day. I'm convinced that any project, no matter how big can be done by 6 people.
There are probably a few exception, but add two or three good testers (who should not be the implementers) and I think that would cover 99% of projects
> All it requires is for them to snag the Beatles, AC/DC, Led Zep, Metallica, Pink Floyd,
Seriously does anyone actually miss those dinosaurs? The people who enjoy their music already have the LP / CD / DAT / DVD-Audio / Directors Cut / UnCut / Life in Wembley / Re-Union / Retirement editions. And they produce nothing new...
You didn't mention my 8-track you insensitive clod.
Its fun to look for one slightly plausible "april fool" among genuine articles. A whole stream of them just gets boring.
Consider: x does y with the assistance of z using revolutionary technique u.
I must ask you to cease and desist. I have a patent on revolutionary technique u.
No, it was George Flint, a young man from Wales. The lore is that he was banging rocks around 842BCE, and sparks flew, catching his little pile of pine needles on fire. George ran to Uck, who said, "do it again". Bang, George went. Uck killed George, then claimed to invent fire and got 72 virgins. Uck's decendants include Edison and Sarnoff.
Obvious nonsense. It's never dry enough to light anything with a flint in Wales. Besides which if a welshman invented fire it would be much more likely to involve friction and wool than flint and pine needles.
Didn't they say the same thing about the internet, and are still playing catchup because of the shortsightedness?
( tho to be honest, i missed that boat too, never thought the average person would ever care... )
Yes they did say it. I am not sure if they are "still playing catchup" though - with Bing powering Yahoo, hotmail, etc. they are probably at the level a large inflexible company would be if they had gone in at the beginning.
This App's rubbish. I put in Uncle Osama and the places it came up with are nowhere near where he is.