Unfortunately I can't get to twitter during the day to confirm what you said, but I've no reason to doubt that it's true.
All I said was that he did post during hours of trial, which you confirmed. I didn't say anything else except that the question is now whether the post(s) are relevant. (As you saw, probably not...)
My dispute with the GGP's comment was that he called previous poster an idiot for implying that the guy 'tweeted' during the trial itself - when the fact is he/did/ do so.
What part of "He insists he didn't say anything until after the verdict" don't you understand?
And this is explicitly mentioned in the summary, you don't even have to RTFA to see it.
Let's see:
Powell insists (and the evidence appears to back him up) that he did not make any pertinent updates until after the verdict was given;
Someone doing something wrong and claiming they didn't... THAT"s new;)
Thing is, if you did RTFAs and 'tweets' you'd know that in spite of what he [and the summary]/said/ he did, he did make posts during breaks before the verdict was rendered. Seems to me that the question is not whether or not he did it (in spite of his denials), but how relevant the posts actually were.
I've made many websites, far more complex than that pile of trash. Feel free to look at the one in my sig.
And they scale effectively up to millions of users while maintaining 98.7% uptime or better?
I agree twitter is baffling in its popularity, and probably overvalued - but in my own experience when someone says "I can code X in 20 minutes" it usually indicates a serious lack of understanding of the requirements;) *
Have you looked at the pics? THey look like car stereo speakers mounted on a headset... once you get to the point where your headphones are approximately 1/3rd the size of your head, why bother with them at all?
What good is posting this here going to do? You're preaching to the choir. We all know that this is stupid; we also know that JT is a jackass. That doesn't stop the rest of the world from listening to and believing him; and it doesn't stop legislators from being clueless. (Along with the vast majority of people who find such notions credible)
If you want to do something about it, set about educating your elected representatives (assuming you're in the US...). That's the only thing that can make a difference.
Now, both MySQL and PostgreSQL have come a long way in the nearly-a-decade since then. MySQL has added transactions (for some table types not installed by default), foreign keys (for some table types not installed by default)
Just a point of clarification - InnoDB supports transactions, FKs, etc and is installed by default (at least in the windwos version, and in the most popular linux distros.
I can understand the hassles of using the public airplane, but driving for ~11 hours is madness. There is no way one can convince me that you arrived in better shape then your coworkers, and at least driving for that much time is frankly extremely boring (can't sleep/surf/whatever at the time) and dangerous (fatigue etc).
.. for you. Everyone's limits are different. I do the same thing, and arrive much less stressed than my colleagues even if more tired.
And that's one of the key reasons I don't fly (unless I'm going a long distance). It's too damned inconvenient. I'd rather just drive my own car, which gives me lots of legroom, lots of space for luggage, and my own personal stereo system for music or books-on-ipod listening.
I'm so glad I"m not the only one who does this - co-workers look at me like I'm crazy when I say I'm driving instead of flying (up to 12-14 hours is my 'reasonable limit').
Between the hassle of "security", the cramped seats designed for people 6 inches shorter than me, the noise, being treated like cattle and the hundred other little things that make flying absolutely detestable... it's worth an extra couple-few hours of my time to enjoy my travel in comfort. I do take a mid- to high-end rental though, instead of my car - that lets me justify it to the company as being cheaper than a plane ticket anyway.
If they want odour, let them have it, full throttle. Eat chilli beans with garlic and cream cheese (or whatever supercharges your afterburner) a few hours before boarding a flight.
I have a picture of a middle-aged man, sitting in a cramped airliner and giggling uncontrollably every few minutes whilst his seatmates grow more green by the second...
Not really. You don't have any privacy when browsing the web - if you believe otherwise, you're deluding yourself.
Thankfully we at Slashdot are most likely gifted with the technological acumen to block these cookies...many others, however, won't.
Talk to a few of those folks. You'll find that the vast majority of those people who don't have the technical acumen don't actually care.
If it in any way gets into the wrong hands (or Google decides to switch their business strategy/privacy policy) then I could be seriously screwed if I decide to run for public office.
How is this any different than if the info from your ISP gets into the wrong hands?
As I said, privacy is an illusion to begin with - especially on the Internet.
Um, yes? Hence "without content providers, they don't exist".
No. Directly owned.
Um, yes? Hence "without content providers, they don't exist". Why is this hard? Company A owns Company B. Company A says "Do this or we have no reason to continue your existence." Company B refuses. Company B ceases to exist.
You did in fact - as an afterthought for one specific aspect. Might've been better served to mention this to begin with as the end-all solution if it does allow all of these things to be configured and maintained on an ongoing basis, as it directly answers the question posed in the article.
Instead of spending $$$ on bondage and discipline, how about treating your users like adult human beings?
Why not propose an absurd solution that has nothing to do with the question asked?
Until you've worked in a place with thousands or more systems deployed, I think this is something that is very hard to understand. Security, audit and other needs (sometimes ridiculous, sometimes valid) dictate that the people using machines like this be/extremely/ limited in what they can do.
Proclaiming loudly that they should be treated liked adults does not make the problem go away; and that kind of response is a large part of the attitude that can discourage people from using FOSS solutions.
This is the Crux. Hulu said , "no more boxee" because some really really REALLY stupid executive at some content provider that Hulu does nto have the balls to name said they did not like it.
You do realize that without content providers, Hulu ceases to exist, right? Having the proverbial balls to stand up to them could only backfire, as the content provider will happily stop providing. This is the nature of the beast when someone is providing content that has perceived value. (If it did not have perceived value, people would not watch it.)
Only the incredibly low IQ people think that boxee was stealing anything. These same people think that Best buy employees are highly educated and know what they are talking about.
Insulting people is always a fine way to make your point, but frankly stealing (or not) is irrelevant to the discussion. Hulu has not accused anybody of stealing, they're just saying "you can't do this anymore", and taking steps to prevent it.
UAC just enforces the coding guidelines that have been in place since Windows NT3. The only difference between XP and Vista is that, by default, XP will let programs break those guidelines at will and Vista don't. But these guidelines aren't new! They're as old as the OS itself!
Are you sure about that? The "local settings" region was introduced in Windows 2000 and Window ME. My Documents was introduced in Windows 95-2 . And as I recall, early versions of windows encouraged use of INI files that were stored in the application installation directory itself.
m pretty sure there isn't a single person who didn't read the books at 13, who wasn't bored to tears by the movies.
Wait, what? Triple negative for the win! Near as I can see, you're saying at least one person who read the book was bored? Or maybe anybody who didn't read the book was bored? Or everybody who did read it was not bored?
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GP misused the word "literally",
Actually... "literally" can be used to mean almost the opposite "(intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration;" Ironic isn't it?
Or did I just misuse "ironic"... hmmm...
Unfortunately I can't get to twitter during the day to confirm what you said, but I've no reason to doubt that it's true .
All I said was that he did post during hours of trial, which you confirmed. I didn't say anything else except that the question is now whether the post(s) are relevant. (As you saw, probably not...)
My dispute with the GGP's comment was that he called previous poster an idiot for implying that the guy 'tweeted' during the trial itself - when the fact is he /did/ do so.
What part of "He insists he didn't say anything until after the verdict" don't you understand?
And this is explicitly mentioned in the summary, you don't even have to RTFA to see it.
Let's see:
Powell insists (and the evidence appears to back him up) that he did not make any pertinent updates until after the verdict was given;
Someone doing something wrong and claiming they didn't... THAT"s new ;)
Thing is, if you did RTFAs and 'tweets' you'd know that in spite of what he [and the summary] /said/ he did, he did make posts during breaks before the verdict was rendered. Seems to me that the question is not whether or not he did it (in spite of his denials), but how relevant the posts actually were .
Now who is the idiot?
Heh.
I've made many websites, far more complex than that pile of trash. Feel free to look at the one in my sig.
And they scale effectively up to millions of users while maintaining 98.7% uptime or better?
I agree twitter is baffling in its popularity, and probably overvalued - but in my own experience when someone says "I can code X in 20 minutes" it usually indicates a serious lack of understanding of the requirements ;) *
* "Hello World" excepted from this.
Have you looked at the pics? THey look like car stereo speakers mounted on a headset... once you get to the point where your headphones are approximately 1/3rd the size of your head, why bother with them at all?
What good is posting this here going to do? You're preaching to the choir. We all know that this is stupid; we also know that JT is a jackass. That doesn't stop the rest of the world from listening to and believing him; and it doesn't stop legislators from being clueless. (Along with the vast majority of people who find such notions credible)
If you want to do something about it, set about educating your elected representatives (assuming you're in the US...). That's the only thing that can make a difference.
Now, both MySQL and PostgreSQL have come a long way in the nearly-a-decade since then. MySQL has added transactions (for some table types not installed by default), foreign keys (for some table types not installed by default)
Just a point of clarification - InnoDB supports transactions, FKs, etc and is installed by default (at least in the windwos version, and in the most popular linux distros.
Not true. If they accept Visa or Mastercard, they are explicitly prohibited from setting a minimum charge.
This is why Madoff will never see a day in jail.
Considering that he just pled guilty and had his bail revoked, that will be interesting to see ;)
I can understand the hassles of using the public airplane, but driving for ~11 hours is madness. There is no way one can convince me that you arrived in better shape then your coworkers, and at least driving for that much time is frankly extremely boring (can't sleep/surf/whatever at the time) and dangerous (fatigue etc).
.. for you. Everyone's limits are different. I do the same thing, and arrive much less stressed than my colleagues even if more tired.
And that's one of the key reasons I don't fly (unless I'm going a long distance). It's too damned inconvenient. I'd rather just drive my own car, which gives me lots of legroom, lots of space for luggage, and my own personal stereo system for music or books-on-ipod listening.
I'm so glad I"m not the only one who does this - co-workers look at me like I'm crazy when I say I'm driving instead of flying (up to 12-14 hours is my 'reasonable limit').
Between the hassle of "security", the cramped seats designed for people 6 inches shorter than me, the noise, being treated like cattle and the hundred other little things that make flying absolutely detestable... it's worth an extra couple-few hours of my time to enjoy my travel in comfort. I do take a mid- to high-end rental though, instead of my car - that lets me justify it to the company as being cheaper than a plane ticket anyway.
If they want odour, let them have it, full throttle. Eat chilli beans with garlic and cream cheese (or whatever supercharges your afterburner) a few hours before boarding a flight.
I have a picture of a middle-aged man, sitting in a cramped airliner and giggling uncontrollably every few minutes whilst his seatmates grow more green by the second...
I see your point. The end result is the same though - Hulu doesn't have the option to say "no", which is what I was pointing out to the OP.
It's evil because it violates your privacy
Not really. You don't have any privacy when browsing the web - if you believe otherwise, you're deluding yourself.
Thankfully we at Slashdot are most likely gifted with the technological acumen to block these cookies...many others, however, won't.
Talk to a few of those folks. You'll find that the vast majority of those people who don't have the technical acumen don't actually care.
If it in any way gets into the wrong hands (or Google decides to switch their business strategy/privacy policy) then I could be seriously screwed if I decide to run for public office.
How is this any different than if the info from your ISP gets into the wrong hands?
As I said, privacy is an illusion to begin with - especially on the Internet.
Um, yes? Hence "without content providers, they don't exist".
No. Directly owned.
Um, yes? Hence "without content providers, they don't exist". Why is this hard? Company A owns Company B. Company A says "Do this or we have no reason to continue your existence." Company B refuses. Company B ceases to exist.
You did in fact - as an afterthought for one specific aspect. Might've been better served to mention this to begin with as the end-all solution if it does allow all of these things to be configured and maintained on an ongoing basis, as it directly answers the question posed in the article.
Instead of spending $$$ on bondage and discipline, how about treating your users like adult human beings?
Why not propose an absurd solution that has nothing to do with the question asked?
Until you've worked in a place with thousands or more systems deployed, I think this is something that is very hard to understand. Security, audit and other needs (sometimes ridiculous, sometimes valid) dictate that the people using machines like this be /extremely/ limited in what they can do.
Proclaiming loudly that they should be treated liked adults does not make the problem go away; and that kind of response is a large part of the attitude that can discourage people from using FOSS solutions.
Um, yes? Hence "without content providers, they don't exist".
This is the Crux. Hulu said , "no more boxee" because some really really REALLY stupid executive at some content provider that Hulu does nto have the balls to name said they did not like it.
You do realize that without content providers, Hulu ceases to exist, right? Having the proverbial balls to stand up to them could only backfire, as the content provider will happily stop providing. This is the nature of the beast when someone is providing content that has perceived value. (If it did not have perceived value, people would not watch it.)
Only the incredibly low IQ people think that boxee was stealing anything. These same people think that Best buy employees are highly educated and know what they are talking about.
Insulting people is always a fine way to make your point, but frankly stealing (or not) is irrelevant to the discussion. Hulu has not accused anybody of stealing, they're just saying "you can't do this anymore", and taking steps to prevent it.
If they did not give an option to disable it, then they would not have to find a balance, and it would not be unrealistic.
People would complain, but they're going to do that anyway.
UAC just enforces the coding guidelines that have been in place since Windows NT3. The only difference between XP and Vista is that, by default, XP will let programs break those guidelines at will and Vista don't. But these guidelines aren't new! They're as old as the OS itself!
Are you sure about that? The "local settings" region was introduced in Windows 2000 and Window ME. My Documents was introduced in Windows 95-2 . And as I recall, early versions of windows encouraged use of INI files that were stored in the application installation directory itself.
Reference: Special Folders
m pretty sure there isn't a single person who didn't read the books at 13, who wasn't bored to tears by the movies.
Wait, what? Triple negative for the win! Near as I can see, you're saying at least one person who read the book was bored? Or maybe anybody who didn't read the book was bored? Or everybody who did read it was not bored?
Pardon me, I gotta take some migraine meds.
Fictitious in the sense that it has no significance at all in the real world.
Architects no longer needed due to rise in demand for modular homes.
Ridiculous, right? My point exactly.
It also coincided with the introduction of threaded comments on Digg, where the same thing has become common practice.