"As soon as I can" is - quite frankly - bullshit. If you're like most people, you can do it now. You may not feel like it, but you can.*
I just auto-renewed my domains with them last month, but I took the hit and transferred away.
If you have the money to do it, do it. If you wait until it's convenient, it'll fade like yesterday's news always does, and you won't be as motivated to actually do something about it.
* the only exception I can think of - other than those who legitimately can't afford it or have a huge number of domains - are folks whose domains are about to expire, and are thus blocked from transferring.
Especially when it's being used by politicians to manipulate people who don't actually have a broader understandimg of the issues at hand. Yep, great to see.
Arguable, indeed. I think there's a pretty clear difference between a potentially enabling technology and one which has direct and immediate usage as a weapon. Arguing otherwise - whether you agree with GP or not - is disingenuous at best.
It wasn't. MK has just been an ass to so many people, on so many occasions, that slashdot itself assumes he is only capable of spewing forth bile -- and so it mods him accordingly.
On the other hand you can turn this off in your preferences - if you register.
*I hang around with a group of behavioral psychologists. When we go out to a bar, its funny to sit and watch them observe and classify social interactions around themselves as if they were watching a cage with a bunch of chimpanzees in an experiment.
That would be the ideal solution, but considering that it was a relatively new approach with no critical mass of support, it seems unlikely to me that they would have gotten any large-ish publisher to sign on without it.
Because surely nobody knew what ggp was talking about without the link.
Here's another spin: Out of hundreds of thosuands of titles sold, they only had to pull on and it was over two years ago. Based pn past performance I would say that it"s pretty unlikely indeed. I just can't say it's impossible, because clearly it is. (Also worth noting: purchasers got their money back. Without even having to fight or ask.)
And news flash: they hated as much as the purchasers did if not more - really bad pr when they're trying to build a business around how safe and reliable it is to make electronic manuscript purchases. You think there wasn't some serious internal policy changes to ensure that chances of it happenin g again areas close to zero as possible?
It would be nice to live in a world where amazons didn't have to protect the interests of publishers as well as customers. But it's a long road from here to there.
I own Bastion already on Steam. It works perfectly fine. I thought I'd give the Chrome demo a shot. Nothing but a black screen in-game. Don't waste your time for now.
I do not think this word means what you think it means.
Le's not forget that now we can also pay to get through "express" security lanes at the airport. If there's one thing that epitomizes just how much "theater" is in security theater, there you have it. (not to mention how well it reflects much of society these days...)
... Pidgin as the best IM cli ent (with Skype as runner up) ... Pidgin as the bet IRC client (wtf...) ...GIMP as the best graphic design tool, but also voted Inkscape as runner (these never should have been the same category... should blame this more on the editors than the readers I reckon...) ... Dropbox (privacy issues and all) as the best cloud storage ... VirtualBox as the best virtualization solution - do none of the LJ readers work at scale? ... rsync as the best backup solution and tar as runner up - see prior question about working at scale. ... Puppet as the best CM tool ... LibreOffice as the best office suite, while voting google docs as best collaborative editor. (If you're in for a penny you're in for a pound folks....) ... And Python as best programming and scripting language.
All of which goes to say - with a voting track record like that, I'm not putting too much stock in their choice for Product of the Year;)
So the question is - why are you printing? What do you need in hard copy?
It's nearly 2012. Haven't we moved past this for day-to-day? (Unless, of course, you're in a career that requires a lot of paperwork to be physically signed on a regular basis - given the content of your post and the fact that you're posting it here, I think that's unlikely.)
Personally I've found that one of the great things about tablets is that they've eliminated the final few reasons I had for printing documetns.
I realize that everyone has their own use cases for printed documents, I'm just wondering if yours is an actual need -- or just so used to it that doing without it hasn't occurred to you yet.
You have to weigh any potential "loss" against the cost of supporting an entirely new platform. That means developing the software stack, dealing with legal licensing issues, and even end-user support. (Ubuntu is making sure that the traditional view of linux people as those who generally take care of their own systems no longer holds true.)
Sure, they may be "losing" potential customers -- but probably not enough to cover the additional expense associated with supporting the needs of those customers.
Sure, if you're doing some kind of gritty cop-drama or something, realism is pretty nice. But what if you're doing a fantasy or science fiction movie? Do you really want realism? Once you introduce magic or dragons or FTL travel or something, realism pretty much goes out the window.
I've heard various forms of this argument for a while now (usually applied to game graphics and fictional world backgrounds), and I don't buy it. There is a vat difference between "real and factual" and "realistic". Objects of fantasy can be completely realistic, and yet by their very nature are neither real nor factual as pertains to the outside world.
However "as pertains to the outside world" is a very significant qualifier. If an object is a part of the *fictional* world you are producing, it is by definition real within the context of that world. Saying it does not need a "realistic" rendering because it doesn't exist outside of the story you're telling is misleading. The buildings portrayed in many movies don't exist anywhere except in the world of the movie - should we then be satisfied with cardboard cutouts?
Realistic rendering is not defined by the objective reality of the the subject matter; it's a subjective detail that's left up to the producers of the material. Sometimes the cardboard dragon cutout will be fine. Other times we want scales, ridiculously high resolution texturing, and bodies that look like they're moving naturally -- even if 'naturally' only exists within the context of the story being told.
I'm 36, and have no problem finding work - but I also don't want to work for other people forever. It's reassuring to hear that I don't have to do this *now* to be successful - I'm not in a position to take that kind of risk now, but in 10 or 15 years I plan to be. In the tech industry we only hear about the 20-somethings who start their own massively successful business out of college -- which often seems to be a matter of the right time/place as much as of skill.
All of which goes to say that I enjoy reading/hearing from people like you who have taken a path similar to the one I plan to -- and found success in doing so.
I don't know. I'm entering the second half of my thirties; I just changed jobs. From the time I went "on the market" I applied for four places, got four interviews, and received three offers. Over a period of about one month. I took an offer with a startup and didn't need to relocate - and I'm not the oldest hire they've made. So much for that half-life, reduced options, or inability to get hired because of being "too old" for development. (Yes, it's a development position and not management).
Most companies really do value experience and proven ability over youth. Most of them appreciate that the experience and (sorry to use an HR-approved word) diversity of background and knowledge that experience brings.
Keep your skills up to date. Keep networking. Like any other skilled profession, you'll find work if you're demonstrably good at what you do -- and I think in an economy like this one, us old dogs have an advantage with our experience. Companies are looking for folks to hit the ground running after they're hired, and 15-20 years of experience makes it a lot easier to do that.
Personally, I never even considered applying to a company like google, because I know that they want you to dedicate a significant portion of your life to their company -- something that typically only younger folks [with fewer commitments] are willing or able to do. I'm not going to decide I have an absurd "half-life" -- I just won't apply to places that I know aren't a cultural match for me.
It seems that RIM has found the sweet spot in pricing. WIll they price the next PB there? If not, I would expect another sale.
They did - if they'd priced it in the 200-300 range to start, it would have fared much better.
Of course, RIM gives up 'non-entierprise' data (so far as we know) when governments demand it [mobileburn.com].
Of course they do - as does every other carrier out there - a fact that nobody sees fit to mention when they point out how RIM shares non-enterprise data. It's the cost of doing business in a country.
BES is the target of many nations, and RIM may find itself forced to either give it up via some back door added in, or disclaim the data and let themselves be forced out of those nations - though I suspect a comprmise will be reached.
Speculation and more speculation. So far, they haven't been forced to do so - and governments have been trying for years. There's no evidence to suggest that this will be changing.
On the Android front, RIM is apparently developing tools to manage other platforms. I expect BES services to be delivered on those platforms in time, sooner rather than later, and BBX (is that it?) may become a bit player. Even a small share of the phone market is good money, and RIM may yet compete.
I agree. I do not expect to see RIM in the number one spot again any time soon... but certainly a strong grip on number 3 and edging into number two is well within their grasp over the next 4-5 years (that long because of carrier contract cycles).
And any 'new Android player' isn't at all doomed to minimal share. RIM knows how to design devices people like to use. They do need to learn how to build those devices with the performance in demand now, and they may yet. But there are indeed a lot of players in the phone manufacturing business now. Room still.
Sure, but part of what people like to use is the BB usability of the OS. Say what you will about the legacy BB OS -- it's usable in a way that I haven't seen Android (I have two android devices) or iPhone match. In spite of the fact that it's missing some competitive features and (until recently) has been rather slow, this remains true. I hope this isn't something they lose int he transition to the new platform.
There's a lot of denying the concep.... snip speculation...
We can go back and forth here all day. What I *know* is that they have a new OS release coming for the tablet; and in spite of its "age" it's got the most fluid and lag-free UI out there so for the folks who aren't obsessing over specs, it'll continue to work just fine. And what I don't know - but have heard from RIM soures - is that they're looking into a next generation of tablets, possibly in different sizes.
The market is on a fast cycle. Not much survives a whole year in the market - iPhones mostly, a 'special case'. My Sensation 4G I got in April, I think, and it's due to be replaced though HTC hasn't shown anything new to TMO so far as we can tell. Samsung is chewing through models pretty well.
The media has you thinking the market is on a fast cycle, and the flood Android devices helps to give the same impression. In fact, it moves on a 2-3 year cycle (contracts), plus the constant influx of folks getting smartphones for the first time. Many of us (including me for a while) make the mistake of thinking that because we're always looking out for a better/newer device, that everyone is. Actually looking into this and doing a bit of researching has shown that it's just not true. Enthusiasts and early adopters (which do drive later purchases from non-enthusiasts) are the only ones who do that.
Only about $99 too high for me. Sorry, almost worth it, but I'm not springing $200 for what is a short-lived product. The hardware will not be supported much beyond warranty, I fear.
Actually RIM announced in their earnings call this past September that they would be running these discounts in order to move inventory; and recently there has been talk from RIM about a next generation of PB tablets.
Your statement (I can't call it reasoning, because there is no reasoning present) makes no sense considering that they're moving their entire future platform to "BBX" as they call it and have a major new platform release scheduled for February, specifically for the tablet.
And privacy isn't much of a problem for RIM any more. They are no more or less secure than Facebook, and their corporate clients are losing any hope of being safe from the prying eyes of sovreign states. Welcome to the party, security is an illusion.
You're referring to the fact that the enterprise BES data is encrpyted, and RIM literally can't give anyone access because RIM does not own the user's private keys?
Still, RIM is on track to convert to Android. So long as their mail client is better on Androidt than it is on iOS, they have a chance. Even Google is stumbling out of the iOS gate. There is still time for RIM to maintain some relevance.
[citation required] See above comment about missing reasoning - why would RIM convert to Android? Any new Android player is doomed to minimal market share at best, at this point -- there are already too many on the market, and they're sure to be whittled down in the coming years.
IF you have the physical device, and IF you have developer access to it, and IF you explicitly sideload this... then some additional access has been obtained to the OS.
Unlike the iPhone/Android "jailbreak" concept, this lets you muck about in the OS but doesn't give any way to overwrite the bootloader.
It's an interesting proof of concept, and certainly something RIM should be looking into... but it also isn't the fatal flaw in RIM security that much of the popular tech press is reporting.
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"As soon as I can" is - quite frankly - bullshit. If you're like most people, you can do it now. You may not feel like it, but you can.*
I just auto-renewed my domains with them last month, but I took the hit and transferred away.
If you have the money to do it, do it. If you wait until it's convenient, it'll fade like yesterday's news always does, and you won't be as motivated to actually do something about it.
* the only exception I can think of - other than those who legitimately can't afford it or have a huge number of domains - are folks whose domains are about to expire, and are thus blocked from transferring.
Because clearly nobody has produced anything for Android?
Especially when it's being used by politicians to manipulate people who don't actually have a broader understandimg of the issues at hand. Yep, great to see.
Arguable, indeed. I think there's a pretty clear difference between a potentially enabling technology and one which has direct and immediate usage as a weapon. Arguing otherwise - whether you agree with GP or not - is disingenuous at best.
We've been hearing about the fabled granny user for years, but well played adding bikers in a bar!
Oh, I see. You meant bicyclists in a latte bar. Carry onthen.
It wasn't. MK has just been an ass to so many people, on so many occasions, that slashdot itself assumes he is only capable of spewing forth bile -- and so it mods him accordingly.
On the other hand you can turn this off in your preferences - if you register.
Whoosh. Also does semi-insulting random strangers on the Internet make you feel better about yourself?
*I hang around with a group of behavioral psychologists. When we go out to a bar, its funny to sit and watch them observe and classify social interactions around themselves as if they were watching a cage with a bunch of chimpanzees in an experiment.
Whoah dude. That's seriously meta, right there.
How perceptive of you! My good sir, I often make myself dizzy in mere contemplation of the vastness of it!
That would be the ideal solution, but considering that it was a relatively new approach with no critical mass of support, it seems unlikely to me that they would have gotten any large-ish publisher to sign on without it.
Because surely nobody knew what ggp was talking about without the link.
Here's another spin: Out of hundreds of thosuands of titles sold, they only had to pull on and it was over two years ago. Based pn past performance I would say that it"s pretty unlikely indeed. I just can't say it's impossible, because clearly it is. (Also worth noting: purchasers got their money back. Without even having to fight or ask.)
And news flash: they hated as much as the purchasers did if not more - really bad pr when they're trying to build a business around how safe and reliable it is to make electronic manuscript purchases. You think there wasn't some serious internal policy changes to ensure that chances of it happenin g again areas close to zero as possible?
It would be nice to live in a world where amazons didn't have to protect the interests of publishers as well as customers. But it's a long road from here to there.
I own Bastion already on Steam. It works perfectly fine. I thought I'd give the Chrome demo a shot. Nothing but a black screen in-game. Don't waste your time for now.
I do not think this word means what you think it means.
Le's not forget that now we can also pay to get through "express" security lanes at the airport. If there's one thing that epitomizes just how much "theater" is in security theater, there you have it. (not to mention how well it reflects much of society these days...)
These are the same people who voted ...
All of which goes to say - with a voting track record like that, I'm not putting too much stock in their choice for Product of the Year ;)
So the question is - why are you printing? What do you need in hard copy?
It's nearly 2012. Haven't we moved past this for day-to-day? (Unless, of course, you're in a career that requires a lot of paperwork to be physically signed on a regular basis - given the content of your post and the fact that you're posting it here, I think that's unlikely.)
Personally I've found that one of the great things about tablets is that they've eliminated the final few reasons I had for printing documetns.
I realize that everyone has their own use cases for printed documents, I'm just wondering if yours is an actual need -- or just so used to it that doing without it hasn't occurred to you yet.
You have to weigh any potential "loss" against the cost of supporting an entirely new platform. That means developing the software stack, dealing with legal licensing issues, and even end-user support. (Ubuntu is making sure that the traditional view of linux people as those who generally take care of their own systems no longer holds true.)
Sure, they may be "losing" potential customers -- but probably not enough to cover the additional expense associated with supporting the needs of those customers.
Sure, if you're doing some kind of gritty cop-drama or something, realism is pretty nice. But what if you're doing a fantasy or science fiction movie? Do you really want realism? Once you introduce magic or dragons or FTL travel or something, realism pretty much goes out the window.
I've heard various forms of this argument for a while now (usually applied to game graphics and fictional world backgrounds), and I don't buy it. There is a vat difference between "real and factual" and "realistic". Objects of fantasy can be completely realistic, and yet by their very nature are neither real nor factual as pertains to the outside world.
However "as pertains to the outside world" is a very significant qualifier. If an object is a part of the *fictional* world you are producing, it is by definition real within the context of that world. Saying it does not need a "realistic" rendering because it doesn't exist outside of the story you're telling is misleading. The buildings portrayed in many movies don't exist anywhere except in the world of the movie - should we then be satisfied with cardboard cutouts?
Realistic rendering is not defined by the objective reality of the the subject matter; it's a subjective detail that's left up to the producers of the material. Sometimes the cardboard dragon cutout will be fine. Other times we want scales, ridiculously high resolution texturing, and bodies that look like they're moving naturally -- even if 'naturally' only exists within the context of the story being told.
I'm 36, and have no problem finding work - but I also don't want to work for other people forever. It's reassuring to hear that I don't have to do this *now* to be successful - I'm not in a position to take that kind of risk now, but in 10 or 15 years I plan to be. In the tech industry we only hear about the 20-somethings who start their own massively successful business out of college -- which often seems to be a matter of the right time/place as much as of skill.
All of which goes to say that I enjoy reading/hearing from people like you who have taken a path similar to the one I plan to -- and found success in doing so.
I don't know. I'm entering the second half of my thirties; I just changed jobs. From the time I went "on the market" I applied for four places, got four interviews, and received three offers. Over a period of about one month. I took an offer with a startup and didn't need to relocate - and I'm not the oldest hire they've made. So much for that half-life, reduced options, or inability to get hired because of being "too old" for development. (Yes, it's a development position and not management).
Most companies really do value experience and proven ability over youth. Most of them appreciate that the experience and (sorry to use an HR-approved word) diversity of background and knowledge that experience brings.
Keep your skills up to date. Keep networking. Like any other skilled profession, you'll find work if you're demonstrably good at what you do -- and I think in an economy like this one, us old dogs have an advantage with our experience. Companies are looking for folks to hit the ground running after they're hired, and 15-20 years of experience makes it a lot easier to do that.
Personally, I never even considered applying to a company like google, because I know that they want you to dedicate a significant portion of your life to their company -- something that typically only younger folks [with fewer commitments] are willing or able to do. I'm not going to decide I have an absurd "half-life" -- I just won't apply to places that I know aren't a cultural match for me.
It seems that RIM has found the sweet spot in pricing. WIll they price the next PB there? If not, I would expect another sale.
They did - if they'd priced it in the 200-300 range to start, it would have fared much better.
Of course, RIM gives up 'non-entierprise' data (so far as we know) when governments demand it [mobileburn.com].
Of course they do - as does every other carrier out there - a fact that nobody sees fit to mention when they point out how RIM shares non-enterprise data. It's the cost of doing business in a country.
BES is the target of many nations, and RIM may find itself forced to either give it up via some back door added in, or disclaim the data and let themselves be forced out of those nations - though I suspect a comprmise will be reached.
Speculation and more speculation. So far, they haven't been forced to do so - and governments have been trying for years. There's no evidence to suggest that this will be changing.
On the Android front, RIM is apparently developing tools to manage other platforms. I expect BES services to be delivered on those platforms in time, sooner rather than later, and BBX (is that it?) may become a bit player. Even a small share of the phone market is good money, and RIM may yet compete.
I agree. I do not expect to see RIM in the number one spot again any time soon... but certainly a strong grip on number 3 and edging into number two is well within their grasp over the next 4-5 years (that long because of carrier contract cycles).
And any 'new Android player' isn't at all doomed to minimal share. RIM knows how to design devices people like to use. They do need to learn how to build those devices with the performance in demand now, and they may yet. But there are indeed a lot of players in the phone manufacturing business now. Room still.
Sure, but part of what people like to use is the BB usability of the OS. Say what you will about the legacy BB OS -- it's usable in a way that I haven't seen Android (I have two android devices) or iPhone match. In spite of the fact that it's missing some competitive features and (until recently) has been rather slow, this remains true. I hope this isn't something they lose int he transition to the new platform.
There's a lot of denying the concep.... snip speculation ...
We can go back and forth here all day. What I *know* is that they have a new OS release coming for the tablet; and in spite of its "age" it's got the most fluid and lag-free UI out there so for the folks who aren't obsessing over specs, it'll continue to work just fine. And what I don't know - but have heard from RIM soures - is that they're looking into a next generation of tablets, possibly in different sizes.
The market is on a fast cycle. Not much survives a whole year in the market - iPhones mostly, a 'special case'. My Sensation 4G I got in April, I think, and it's due to be replaced though HTC hasn't shown anything new to TMO so far as we can tell. Samsung is chewing through models pretty well.
The media has you thinking the market is on a fast cycle, and the flood Android devices helps to give the same impression. In fact, it moves on a 2-3 year cycle (contracts), plus the constant influx of folks getting smartphones for the first time. Many of us (including me for a while) make the mistake of thinking that because we're always looking out for a better/newer device, that everyone is. Actually looking into this and doing a bit of researching has shown that it's just not true. Enthusiasts and early adopters (which do drive later purchases from non-enthusiasts) are the only ones who do that.
Best Buy is trying to dump these for $199.
Only about $99 too high for me. Sorry, almost worth it, but I'm not springing $200 for what is a short-lived product. The hardware will not be supported much beyond warranty, I fear.
Actually RIM announced in their earnings call this past September that they would be running these discounts in order to move inventory; and recently there has been talk from RIM about a next generation of PB tablets.
Your statement (I can't call it reasoning, because there is no reasoning present) makes no sense considering that they're moving their entire future platform to "BBX" as they call it and have a major new platform release scheduled for February, specifically for the tablet.
And privacy isn't much of a problem for RIM any more. They are no more or less secure than Facebook, and their corporate clients are losing any hope of being safe from the prying eyes of sovreign states. Welcome to the party, security is an illusion.
You're referring to the fact that the enterprise BES data is encrpyted, and RIM literally can't give anyone access because RIM does not own the user's private keys?
Still, RIM is on track to convert to Android. So long as their mail client is better on Androidt than it is on iOS, they have a chance. Even Google is stumbling out of the iOS gate. There is still time for RIM to maintain some relevance.
[citation required] See above comment about missing reasoning - why would RIM convert to Android? Any new Android player is doomed to minimal market share at best, at this point -- there are already too many on the market, and they're sure to be whittled down in the coming years.
Except that on PlayBook and Android, you can also install unofficial apps without rooting. Nothing to see here.
IF you have the physical device, and IF you have developer access to it, and IF you explicitly sideload this... then some additional access has been obtained to the OS.
Unlike the iPhone/Android "jailbreak" concept, this lets you muck about in the OS but doesn't give any way to overwrite the bootloader.
It's an interesting proof of concept, and certainly something RIM should be looking into ... but it also isn't the fatal flaw in RIM security that much of the popular tech press is reporting.
I sure wish somebody would hinder people from getting a quarter of the way there and thinking they are us...
What's that proverb about a little knowledge, please remind me?
I sure wish somebody would hinder people like us from getting all the way there and thinking we are no longer them.
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Then I could use it to populate my IV values safely and randomly.