Maybe it's just me but when I was a young teen I was amazed at fractal exploration software. In those days it took ages to draw, might have been part of the fun, but they were just so cool. I don't have mathematical prowess but I'd think anyone who did would be at the very least intrigued by fractals.
Perhaps some fractal software and a copy of Mandelbrot's Book would be a good gift?
I don't want to speak for Matthew but when I read his post I see someone who simply didn't like the toxicity level that can or often does occur. Then he saw someone important, a maintainer, leave because of that same toxicity. He's right that he doesn't have to put up with that, it's free software. If forking the kernel is what he needs to keep his hands in the game he loves while being able to feel good about the environment then more power too him. I hope he succeeds. At the very least I can see some like-minded devs coming on board even if the project doesn't see wide-stream adoption.
Did Target and Home Depot lose lots of customers? Yeah, didn't think so.
Completely different situation. AVG is saying they will include your browser history and searches, so on. For your analogy to be comparable it would have to be Target and Home Depot following people around who leave the store to see where else they shop, what they buy, and what they look for in catalogues/flyers. And then sell that to 3rd parties.
Haven't used any of their products but it sounds to me that in this age of data breaches and privacy dwindling that people are not going to take kindly to this move. I think they'll see a huge drop-off in the use of their services.
Although not scientifically documented as such I can personally confirm this appears to be the case.
After I damaged my spinal cord I had to take a series of tests to verify my nerve conductivity and signal strength was okay. I took these tests over a year and my last series showed, without a doubt, that my nerves had created new connections to essentially get around the damaged areas. I had regained signal strength.
I didn't have stimulation, just the testing so I think in my case it was just regular healing, but if there is a way to stimulate and increase the effects then awesome, I wish I had that opportunity! Anyone with a back injury will probably agree, we'd do just about anything to get our health on track again.
I'm off to find Millenium films at the store. I'm going to physically steal 6 movies and then ask for my educational pamphlet. What a deal... thanks ISTF!
I fall into the old fart 'get off my lawn!' camp. I'm in my 40s and have been doing dev since I started 6502 Assembler on my C-64 way way back in the day.
To be honest I find the opposite of this article to be true... this old dog has no problem learning new tricks. I'm writing my best code now, and every day I get better. I can draw on decades of experience and use that to quickly assimilate new languages, data formats, communication protocols... bring it on! I feel quite confident in my ability to learn most new languages in relatively short time because I've seen the same functionality done so many times in other languages I know how the code should flow. That to me is a tremendous asset.
The real problem is normal users that do not really know what is happening on their computers and really do not care.
It always brings me back to images of windows users with 20 different toolbars loaded in to IE.
Maybe they were just toolbar collectors? There must be some reason for their psychosis.
The original COD and UT99 games worked wonderfully right out of the box. Can't say the same for other games, the Battlefield series for example. BF2 was 8 months before it was reliable. BF3... well let's just not even go there.
EA pushes product out long before it is actually ready to go out. Some releases I wouldn't even qualify as alpha let alone beta or release versions yet the fanboys still spend their $59.95 with each new title popped out of the EA uterus. Then spend the next 6 months trolling the forums bitching about patches.
The current Conservative government is already bowing (hugely) to corporate interests. And they are actively crushing anything or anyone who gets in their way.
This is a government who:
- Closed down science research projects in pristine waterways where big oil wants to run pipelines.
- Told scientists that they can't say anything to the media unless it is cleared by their 'handlers'.
- Refuses to provide adequate care for wounded vets.
- Refuses to let the budget officer look at the whole budget!!
- Railed against omnibus bills for years then put forth a massive budget omnibus bill that included hundreds of changes to non-budgetary items
- When other MPs tried to have a vote on those changes they stone walled and with their majority voted down ever single discussion. Didn't even try to look at anything on its merits and many Conservative MPs admitted they didn't even read the bill!
- Campaigned on making government smaller but now have the largest cabinet in history.
- Said they'd never run a deficit, now we have the largest deficit ever.
- Voter fraud!
- 50 Million siphoned from the G20 security budget to one MPs riding to buy gazebos and repave some of the streets. Not a single person involved with the G20 ever stepped into the riding.
- Spent 2 million to make a fake lake for a SINGLE G20 photo op when one the most beautiful lake regions in the world was not far away.
In short, this is the most fascist, opaque, anti-democratic, spend happy, bunch of pathological liars for a government in Canadian history. I mean, when Canadians are talking about revolution you know something is seriously f'd up.
Terrorists only win when we let them win. The over-reaction of the world governments has made terrorism a viable way to affect change. When in reality the damage and death toll they usually cause is far less than the number of deaths caused by enjoying our freedoms, ie. driving your car.
I grew up overseas on a military base and bomb scares were somewhat regular. I learned very early on that these people are cowards, and cowards are not to be pandered too, they are not to be validated by changing our way of life. As soon as we do that they have won.
How about how they treat their base? PC gamers made IW what is and they turn around and stab us in the back. Over 1 billion in sales... could have been 2 billion easy if they had of done the PC side correctly. They are so short sighted. Now it's the most pirated game in history and their con was that IWnet will lessen piracy and cheating... laughable. Fuck IW and Activision, I'll never buy another product from either of them.
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Maybe it's just me but when I was a young teen I was amazed at fractal exploration software. In those days it took ages to draw, might have been part of the fun, but they were just so cool. I don't have mathematical prowess but I'd think anyone who did would be at the very least intrigued by fractals.
Perhaps some fractal software and a copy of Mandelbrot's Book would be a good gift?
I don't want to speak for Matthew but when I read his post I see someone who simply didn't like the toxicity level that can or often does occur. Then he saw someone important, a maintainer, leave because of that same toxicity. He's right that he doesn't have to put up with that, it's free software. If forking the kernel is what he needs to keep his hands in the game he loves while being able to feel good about the environment then more power too him. I hope he succeeds. At the very least I can see some like-minded devs coming on board even if the project doesn't see wide-stream adoption.
Did Target and Home Depot lose lots of customers? Yeah, didn't think so.
Completely different situation. AVG is saying they will include your browser history and searches, so on. For your analogy to be comparable it would have to be Target and Home Depot following people around who leave the store to see where else they shop, what they buy, and what they look for in catalogues/flyers. And then sell that to 3rd parties.
Haven't used any of their products but it sounds to me that in this age of data breaches and privacy dwindling that people are not going to take kindly to this move. I think they'll see a huge drop-off in the use of their services.
Trump will, he's happy to make shit up.
I stay away from that data mining, privacy exploiting piece of shit.
Although not scientifically documented as such I can personally confirm this appears to be the case.
After I damaged my spinal cord I had to take a series of tests to verify my nerve conductivity and signal strength was okay. I took these tests over a year and my last series showed, without a doubt, that my nerves had created new connections to essentially get around the damaged areas. I had regained signal strength.
I didn't have stimulation, just the testing so I think in my case it was just regular healing, but if there is a way to stimulate and increase the effects then awesome, I wish I had that opportunity! Anyone with a back injury will probably agree, we'd do just about anything to get our health on track again.
>> Peak at the future
Sounds kinky. Mind if I take a peek?
You can peek, please don't poke.
I'm off to find Millenium films at the store. I'm going to physically steal 6 movies and then ask for my educational pamphlet. What a deal... thanks ISTF!
I rock MAILBOX.
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I work in animal health care and I don't see devices like this... nothing even freaking close. Truly stunning security was this lax.
Why does it have to be legislated then?
"You can't have everything in the world... where would you put it?"
Steven Wright.
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I fall into the old fart 'get off my lawn!' camp. I'm in my 40s and have been doing dev since I started 6502 Assembler on my C-64 way way back in the day.
To be honest I find the opposite of this article to be true... this old dog has no problem learning new tricks. I'm writing my best code now, and every day I get better. I can draw on decades of experience and use that to quickly assimilate new languages, data formats, communication protocols... bring it on! I feel quite confident in my ability to learn most new languages in relatively short time because I've seen the same functionality done so many times in other languages I know how the code should flow. That to me is a tremendous asset.
The real problem is normal users that do not really know what is happening on their computers and really do not care. It always brings me back to images of windows users with 20 different toolbars loaded in to IE.
Maybe they were just toolbar collectors? There must be some reason for their psychosis.
Dead on, EA really doesn't care... they've said and done as much time and time again when this stuff happens.
So I say, FUCK EA! Stop buying their garbage lemmings!
The original COD and UT99 games worked wonderfully right out of the box. Can't say the same for other games, the Battlefield series for example. BF2 was 8 months before it was reliable. BF3... well let's just not even go there.
EA pushes product out long before it is actually ready to go out. Some releases I wouldn't even qualify as alpha let alone beta or release versions yet the fanboys still spend their $59.95 with each new title popped out of the EA uterus. Then spend the next 6 months trolling the forums bitching about patches.
$5000 max for all infringement prior to the filing date of the lawsuit. You can not be sued for the same infringement twice.
However, $5000 is also unlikely as the range is from $100 to $5000 with emphasis implied towards the low end of that scale.
The current Conservative government is already bowing (hugely) to corporate interests. And they are actively crushing anything or anyone who gets in their way.
This is a government who:
In short, this is the most fascist, opaque, anti-democratic, spend happy, bunch of pathological liars for a government in Canadian history. I mean, when Canadians are talking about revolution you know something is seriously f'd up.
Terrorists only win when we let them win. The over-reaction of the world governments has made terrorism a viable way to affect change. When in reality the damage and death toll they usually cause is far less than the number of deaths caused by enjoying our freedoms, ie. driving your car.
I grew up overseas on a military base and bomb scares were somewhat regular. I learned very early on that these people are cowards, and cowards are not to be pandered too, they are not to be validated by changing our way of life. As soon as we do that they have won.
I was wondering this myself. At the very least, violating PCI standards is gonna add huge weight to the class action lawsuit that is sure to come.
Umm... how about running that good newsreader on the i7?
How about how they treat their base? PC gamers made IW what is and they turn around and stab us in the back. Over 1 billion in sales... could have been 2 billion easy if they had of done the PC side correctly. They are so short sighted. Now it's the most pirated game in history and their con was that IWnet will lessen piracy and cheating... laughable. Fuck IW and Activision, I'll never buy another product from either of them.