I am quite sure there are detractor groups, or "people who dislike....". If 100000 people adhere to that group, that should mean something. Now the way you do it may result in legal action, but that is no different from other kinds of publications.
How I'd love to see this guy's clutterfree text editor, especially if it's running in a window surrounded by blinking reminders to upgrade Skype, update Java, download the new version of Nokia PC Suite, check whether there are new updates for all Apple applications installed; then the antivirus requires immediate attention because the subscription is due, there's 20 unread Twitter status updates, and everytime a new friend comes online MSN Messenger throws a big party on its side of the screen... Oh yeah, that would be worth writing a big story about productivity.
In the long term, self-updating software like Java, Flash, Skype, etc. will end up qualifying as ultra high end work. Flash is particularly keen on telling me that I absolutely need the latest version to see the lolcats on youtube.
a responsibility to take a leadership role in securing the Internet against both internal and external attackers,
When the man says "external attackers" does he mean people who are not current users and should be forcibly kept out of the internet, or does he mean *reaaaally external* attackers, such as the Borg?
[...]should you really be obligated to spend the first 20 minutes trying to dissolve away the sticker goop with WD40?[...]
Wait a moment there... what if you open your computer box, first things first you start cleaning away like crazy and then the computer is a DOA? Are you going to the shop to swap it while the thing is still moist and smelling of WD40? Your "big bucks" might not come back as soon as you want them...
my objection is more about replacing simple solutions with complicated solutions that are harder to keep under control.
If someone goes to prison and stays there, the objective of stopping them from committing more offences is met for the duration of the imprisonment. The objective of punishing the person is also met. The objective of getting them back to a useful role in society is up to the offender.
If someone gets a portable GPS+torture bracelet as punishment, I don't see how the rest of the community is spared from the risk of immediate reprisals or further offences.
On top of that, it actually opens the door to vigilante-type initiatives. The neighbourhood watch (or the opposing gang) finds that someone is carrying the bracelet, take him on a van and just watch as he gets zapped by remote control. Not fun.
I heard something similar on QI (http://www.qi.com/tv/). They said that before gloves were introduced, most punches were to the body, not to the head. As soon as people started punching heads, fatalities increased.
Do you really expect app developers to target all these obscure, unsupported, docs-written-in-mandarin slabs of fail
No, I expect to use the web browser that comes with my "FailPad" to go to any website I like, thus getting for free the things I'm used to getting for free, instead of having to go to specific "marketplaces" to pay for shareware versions of stuff I've always had as part of the OS or as freeware.
All this silly talk about iOs, about Android and Windows 7... useless in my opinion. I don't know what OS runs my fridge and what programming is behind the knob in my dishwasher. I'll do the computing on a computer, and for a portable dumb terminal I don't want to care about what OS is there. All I want on my portable touchscreen thingy is a calendar and to-do list application, permanent storage on a SD card and Firefox for everything else. Build it like the Siemens ME45 mobile phone and I'm all set.
I'm from Portugal and mostly agree with this The changes in energy production in my country could be a useful case study for individual states in the USA, most likely not for the whole country. Most population and industries in Portugal are close to the Atlantic and the wind/solar farms if they are at the opposite end of the territory will be less than 250 miles away.
The main company in that energy/electricity market there sates on their website with a very clear chart that their capacity is about 9675MW per year. In 2009, some 4500MW of this total were generated by river dams and 5400MW by thermal sources. These are plants that burn natural gas imported from Algeria and oil from wherever it's sourced. The total capacity available to harvest from wind farms is 595MW per year, which indeed doubled since 2006.
I would be quite surprised if recent developments since 2009 allowed for what the summary says, that Portugal "used to be a heavy energy importer, but now it exports it". In any case, with the climate we have in South Europe, harvesting sun power for electricity should be a no-brainer.
It's not about the race. It's about the relevant stakeholders, or at least it has been like that in the past.
Some 500 years ago in my country there was sufficient motivation to find a way to sail around Africa in order to trade with India without paying the middlemen who lived between Portugal and India. There was political resistance to this crazy seafaring idea but the fact was, sailing in the Atlantic was a process that went on for many years, with incremental success that was rewarded by colonies along the way: the Azores Isles, the Madeira Isles, then settlements along the west coast of Africa, and ultimately a tried and (sort of) safe route from Portugal and Spain to India. By the year 1489 the techniques and routes were reliable enough to allow 2 year trips to get supplies that would get to Portugal and then to northern european markets at a lower price than what was charged by the land-based merchants. Big bonuses for this development were that the catholic sponsorship was renewed as long as new lands and peoples were found, and small variations of the same techniques allowed to find Brazil (by accident). This exploration and colonization was never about improving the humankind, it was always about specific stakeholders in Portugal and Spain.
Fast forward a few centuries to the middle of the 20th century and it looked clear that if anyone was to explore space, it would have to be the USA or the USSR. In the present day there are other candidates and there are possible international alliances that could lead the space exploration. None of them is likely to involve many african and south american countries. Actually, the number of candidate countries is still very limited. While the exploration and scientific development can rely on participation from people from all over the world, in practice the actual mission to the moon, to Mars, the asteroid belt or whatever is very much likely to be a USA mission or a China mission. If a colony ship is set up it will be with representatives from the leading countries, not with a sample of the world's population. Not trying to be funny, if you were to pick the crew and the first 10000 colonists, would you aim to take the Israel-Palestine conflict to the "New Earth"?
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Why wave failed: Because it didn't do anything. It was a glorified chat box.
and... would not a glorified chat box be a GREAT thing in this day and age?
Have you never hesitated in posting a blog comment because it would be extra hassle to follow up on yet another conversation, with specific login details? More simply, have you never felt that your blog comment would be much better if you could easily link it to a different discussion, or to a photo of something?
The way I see it, not having Wave as an add on to blogspot is a big deal. At the very least it would tidy up the search results that Google grabs from blogs.
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I would give some consideration to your opinion but I don't see the required evidence of 100% impartiality.
I am quite sure there are detractor groups, or "people who dislike ....". If 100000 people adhere to that group, that should mean something. Now the way you do it may result in legal action, but that is no different from other kinds of publications.
How I'd love to see this guy's clutterfree text editor, especially if it's running in a window surrounded by blinking reminders to upgrade Skype, update Java, download the new version of Nokia PC Suite, check whether there are new updates for all Apple applications installed; then the antivirus requires immediate attention because the subscription is due, there's 20 unread Twitter status updates, and everytime a new friend comes online MSN Messenger throws a big party on its side of the screen... Oh yeah, that would be worth writing a big story about productivity.
In the long term, self-updating software like Java, Flash, Skype, etc. will end up qualifying as ultra high end work. Flash is particularly keen on telling me that I absolutely need the latest version to see the lolcats on youtube.
Chrome finish for the wheels = FAIL.
I kind of expected that 640 fart apps should be enough for everyone.
I'm sorry that you haven't bought (or upgraded) a computer* in 4 years
* laptop owners need not apply? :(
The part where he says "[...]I personally could give a flying crap[...]" may have changed the opinion of some voters...
a responsibility to take a leadership role in securing the Internet against both internal and external attackers,
When the man says "external attackers" does he mean people who are not current users and should be forcibly kept out of the internet, or does he mean *reaaaally external* attackers, such as the Borg?
[...]should you really be obligated to spend the first 20 minutes trying to dissolve away the sticker goop with WD40?[...]
Wait a moment there... what if you open your computer box, first things first you start cleaning away like crazy and then the computer is a DOA? Are you going to the shop to swap it while the thing is still moist and smelling of WD40? Your "big bucks" might not come back as soon as you want them...
Coincidentally, the QOTD that I get from Slashdot along with this article is: The person who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
or we can just worship gravity, gravdammit!
If someone goes to prison and stays there, the objective of stopping them from committing more offences is met for the duration of the imprisonment. The objective of punishing the person is also met. The objective of getting them back to a useful role in society is up to the offender.
If someone gets a portable GPS+torture bracelet as punishment, I don't see how the rest of the community is spared from the risk of immediate reprisals or further offences.
On top of that, it actually opens the door to vigilante-type initiatives. The neighbourhood watch (or the opposing gang) finds that someone is carrying the bracelet, take him on a van and just watch as he gets zapped by remote control. Not fun.
imagine something that would deal an extremely painful, incapacitating electric shock whenever one steps out of his allowed boundary.
I can imagine that abducting people with such devices would become a popular sport.
aye
Lame name. How about " 'roid rage"?
I heard something similar on QI (http://www.qi.com/tv/). They said that before gloves were introduced, most punches were to the body, not to the head. As soon as people started punching heads, fatalities increased.
Pay them what they're actually worth as manual labor
can you please expand this part of your post? Not the "how much" but the "who pays" and "what money" will be used for this payment?
Do you really expect app developers to target all these obscure, unsupported, docs-written-in-mandarin slabs of fail
No, I expect to use the web browser that comes with my "FailPad" to go to any website I like, thus getting for free the things I'm used to getting for free, instead of having to go to specific "marketplaces" to pay for shareware versions of stuff I've always had as part of the OS or as freeware.
All this silly talk about iOs, about Android and Windows 7... useless in my opinion. I don't know what OS runs my fridge and what programming is behind the knob in my dishwasher. I'll do the computing on a computer, and for a portable dumb terminal I don't want to care about what OS is there. All I want on my portable touchscreen thingy is a calendar and to-do list application, permanent storage on a SD card and Firefox for everything else. Build it like the Siemens ME45 mobile phone and I'm all set.
I thought you were going to say: The other day I was sitting in a release planning meeting and all I could think about was butchering carcasses.
The main company in that energy/electricity market there sates on their website with a very clear chart that their capacity is about 9675MW per year. In 2009, some 4500MW of this total were generated by river dams and 5400MW by thermal sources. These are plants that burn natural gas imported from Algeria and oil from wherever it's sourced. The total capacity available to harvest from wind farms is 595MW per year, which indeed doubled since 2006.
I would be quite surprised if recent developments since 2009 allowed for what the summary says, that Portugal "used to be a heavy energy importer, but now it exports it". In any case, with the climate we have in South Europe, harvesting sun power for electricity should be a no-brainer.
Some 500 years ago in my country there was sufficient motivation to find a way to sail around Africa in order to trade with India without paying the middlemen who lived between Portugal and India. There was political resistance to this crazy seafaring idea but the fact was, sailing in the Atlantic was a process that went on for many years, with incremental success that was rewarded by colonies along the way: the Azores Isles, the Madeira Isles, then settlements along the west coast of Africa, and ultimately a tried and (sort of) safe route from Portugal and Spain to India. By the year 1489 the techniques and routes were reliable enough to allow 2 year trips to get supplies that would get to Portugal and then to northern european markets at a lower price than what was charged by the land-based merchants. Big bonuses for this development were that the catholic sponsorship was renewed as long as new lands and peoples were found, and small variations of the same techniques allowed to find Brazil (by accident). This exploration and colonization was never about improving the humankind, it was always about specific stakeholders in Portugal and Spain.
Fast forward a few centuries to the middle of the 20th century and it looked clear that if anyone was to explore space, it would have to be the USA or the USSR. In the present day there are other candidates and there are possible international alliances that could lead the space exploration. None of them is likely to involve many african and south american countries. Actually, the number of candidate countries is still very limited. While the exploration and scientific development can rely on participation from people from all over the world, in practice the actual mission to the moon, to Mars, the asteroid belt or whatever is very much likely to be a USA mission or a China mission. If a colony ship is set up it will be with representatives from the leading countries, not with a sample of the world's population. Not trying to be funny, if you were to pick the crew and the first 10000 colonists, would you aim to take the Israel-Palestine conflict to the "New Earth"?
shines down upon us giving me women in miniskirts
which in turn result in devastating earthquakes.
Why wave failed: Because it didn't do anything. It was a glorified chat box.
and... would not a glorified chat box be a GREAT thing in this day and age?
Have you never hesitated in posting a blog comment because it would be extra hassle to follow up on yet another conversation, with specific login details? More simply, have you never felt that your blog comment would be much better if you could easily link it to a different discussion, or to a photo of something?
The way I see it, not having Wave as an add on to blogspot is a big deal. At the very least it would tidy up the search results that Google grabs from blogs.