Mark, not sure if you have actually visited a 3rd world country or not.
You have only a little bit of validity in these points but its a much deeper situation than you may think.
Poverty just like wealth it has many different shades it too it (perhaps even more than wealth) and isn't as clean cut as Place A is poor and Place B isn't.
Cloud computing would be great in theory if all PCs in the world could be setup so you simply login anywhere anytime and there is your personal desktop, files, apps, etc.
The problem being, our economical growth of the internet. The why today's internet is designed stops this from being a reality for at least another 10 years.
Large companies, Google, Microsoft, etc all adopt the reality that one day it can be a possible but unless we are all running super fast (IP6 of course) networks it is just a mere pipe dream.
As for data and the localization of data, I tend to agree with you on this but I also see the counter to this argument. The General Population hates internet security, virus' etc and the Cloud concept could solve a lot of today's traditional security problems, yet simply open up the avenue of new concepts as it goes (Google and China's fiasco last week is an example of this). Its not we need to merely securify our PC's but now companies are left wondering... "is my website secure as well??"
Security brands will change their product to cater too it but for now its a great selling point. As people purchase Macs because of the security reputation behind them, people will chose Cloud for the same reason, PCI is a part of this marketing powerhouse that out for this at the moment and its more akin to paying protection money to the Mafia then it is an actual security methodology (I have my own rants for that for another time).
For today, measured Cloud computing works, NetSuite is a perfect example of this and a company which has no fear of failing tomorrow. I think Microsoft's abuse of the word "Cloud" computing is exactly whats wrong with Cloud today. The term is being used to sell everything they do. "Cloud this and cloud that". In reality its exactly what you say a "new words for old things".
Yes and No (re desktop). The corporate world is really buzzing with the word cloud. Almost every big brand has something out there and are continuing to develop rapidly to keep it going.
People want cheap, then they get upset that the Manufacturer finds a cheaper method of production? too bad because the Manufacturer knows that even though there are draw backs... Cheaper always wins the fight in the eyes of the masses.
I dont think its a shot in the foot but i understand the limits in innovation.
The good thing about the iPhone which i see is that you can't get a virus as opposed to an open development platform.
This will be the thing that Apple always prides themselves, that is their customers never really have to worry about anti-virus.
Opening dev, is opening a can of worms which Apple doesn't want. Google will do it not caring about this, and it took no more than a few days after its official release to have a virus out in the wild.
I really dont want to have to purchase Norton AV for my mobile... that would just suck.
Was it for black holes? or for closing temporal anomalies causing ruptures between time and anti-time being formed by 3 different inverse tachyon pulses being used in the same place in 3 seperate time periods?
Google maybe a good search tool but they are not a serious IT brand the Chinese Hacker incident is perfect example of this and why Google cloud services cant be a replacement over Office just yet (maybe one day but not today).
Security, Google dunces out on, Marketing, Google suffers, creating apps that work for business Google still has a long way to go. Sorry if I'm being a bit one eyed on my last point, i purchased Google Docs the other day and was less than impressed.
For me, unless Google employs Darth Vader as CEO and takes on board all these factors then Apple and MS will eat Google for breakfast and it goes without saying that it wont massively affect Google anyway (they wont go broke if this doesn't go through, just lost a stack of money).
Now Apple and MS survive on their iPhone sales and OS sales, if Google is showing that they are trying to take that away from them the battle will get thick. My money is on the fact that Google tries it, gets a bit of head way but inevitably fails, forgets all about it, goes back to buying more unprofitable companies and slapping their adwords into them and the world keeps spinning.
Apple and Microsoft will align in order to make this happen, time passes, other things happen and then Microsoft stabs Apple in the back (Microsoft is good at attacking at moments of weakness) and Apple will partner with Yahoo (or another brand, until they make their own one) and we can all go back to hating Microsoft again.
Tell me right this second what real world market place this system has that hasn't all ready been covered immensely? The only one i can think of is Porn lovers, who would only souly use the PC for looking at dirty websites and even then I can do that on my iPhone.
The reality is there is no real market (excuse the innuendo) penetration for this system and its a waste of Googles time just like you said.
Slashdot articles may give the impression that every piece of 2nd hand electronics contains nuclear silo passcodes or celebrity porno tapes but I don't think that's actually the case
One thing i do find worrying is the fact that you compare sex tapes and nuclear bomb activation codes as being as equally important as each other.
Though, consider obsolete company computers for example or take the Leehmans debacle as an even better one. 1.5 billion dallors worth of technology has to be sold off somehow. I wonder how strict the receivers will be with that data.
Considering that there are plenty of bankrupt companies out there I'd would be interested to know the privacy obligations and how many of them are tech savvy enough to invest energy in carrying out the format / recovery process for each computer they have to sell.
Lastly, consider that if its not a formatted properly obtaining data from a fat partition isn't exactly impossible.
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This is so true and common!
But i tell you as soon as the smart programmer is fired. The average programmers who received all the insight and help from the smart programmer disappears as well (usually hence why there is all this praise).
As for the incompetent programmer he totally loses access to his "sugar daddy" and "yoda master" work colleague and in a manner of months if they cant find another good programmer to fill his shoes then the whole ship starts to sink:)
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I actually do.
An IT manager doesn't need to be able to program but he does need to understand proper coding practices.
If not he cant see whats behind programming and the nature behind maintaining a strong and well groomed source base then he truly doesn't understand what he's managing.
How can an IT manager determine if the new person they are hiring can actually program up to the particular standard the company needs?
The manager could of just fired the best programmer and kept all the spaghettio's simply because the spegettio programmers get the job done quicker. (I see this happen more then i'd like to admit)
You don't need to know the language, and "hello world" isn't going to help them, but if an IT manager who cant fathom the "processes" i.e the application design and whats involved then he shouldn't be there.
I agree with the "vibe" of the article but i don't agree with the explanation. There are far too many IT managers out there with no idea, plenty of them will go and hire a bunch of indans to replace a dev team, and literally destroy the companies well kept code base simply to make him look good at the end of the day in the eyes of his directors, in the short term he fixes problem and moves on but the trail of destruction he leaves behind him is someone else's program.
"But these data show that consciousness is just the tip of the iceberg. This doesn't rule out free will, but it does make it implausible."
Why do some scientists simply insist that because they can prove one particular aspect that everything else surrounding the issue must domino into the same conclusion?
Saying "free will" doesn't exist based upon their studies is a kin to saying the earth is flat simply because we stand on it upright, lets not take into account any other factors which could remain simply because its presently out of our current ability to grasp and therefore couldn't possibly exist.
The word "implausible" is badly construed here maybe "cannot be determined" is more appropriate?
IMHO This has and always will be sciences one and only real undoing at answering life's real questions. Whats wrong with leaving the door open sometimes?
... euroscientist Richard Anderson and his colleagues explored how the effort to plan a movement forces cells throughout the brain to work together, organizing a choice below the threshold of awareness...
Another amazing discovery made by General O'Neill and his team.
The question on everyones mind is does this help us against the Ori?
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Mark, not sure if you have actually visited a 3rd world country or not.
You have only a little bit of validity in these points but its a much deeper situation than you may think.
Poverty just like wealth it has many different shades it too it (perhaps even more than wealth) and isn't as clean cut as Place A is poor and Place B isn't.
Modded Troll? I didnt Troll, i stated a fairly objective POV.
I think I must of hurt some Google Fan boys feelings ...
The problem is what could be vs what is.
Cloud computing would be great in theory if all PCs in the world could be setup so you simply login anywhere anytime and there is your personal desktop, files, apps, etc.
The problem being, our economical growth of the internet. The why today's internet is designed stops this from being a reality for at least another 10 years.
Large companies, Google, Microsoft, etc all adopt the reality that one day it can be a possible but unless we are all running super fast (IP6 of course) networks it is just a mere pipe dream.
As for data and the localization of data, I tend to agree with you on this but I also see the counter to this argument. The General Population hates internet security, virus' etc and the Cloud concept could solve a lot of today's traditional security problems, yet simply open up the avenue of new concepts as it goes (Google and China's fiasco last week is an example of this). Its not we need to merely securify our PC's but now companies are left wondering ... "is my website secure as well??"
Security brands will change their product to cater too it but for now its a great selling point. As people purchase Macs because of the security reputation behind them, people will chose Cloud for the same reason, PCI is a part of this marketing powerhouse that out for this at the moment and its more akin to paying protection money to the Mafia then it is an actual security methodology (I have my own rants for that for another time).
For today, measured Cloud computing works, NetSuite is a perfect example of this and a company which has no fear of failing tomorrow. I think Microsoft's abuse of the word "Cloud" computing is exactly whats wrong with Cloud today. The term is being used to sell everything they do. "Cloud this and cloud that". In reality its exactly what you say a "new words for old things".
Yes and No (re desktop). The corporate world is really buzzing with the word cloud. Almost every big brand has something out there and are continuing to develop rapidly to keep it going.
People want cheap, then they get upset that the Manufacturer finds a cheaper method of production? too bad because the Manufacturer knows that even though there are draw backs ... Cheaper always wins the fight in the eyes of the masses.
Its too soon for Cloud, but its hardly a failure.
dont you mean bing?
I dont think its a shot in the foot but i understand the limits in innovation.
The good thing about the iPhone which i see is that you can't get a virus as opposed to an open development platform.
This will be the thing that Apple always prides themselves, that is their customers never really have to worry about anti-virus.
Opening dev, is opening a can of worms which Apple doesn't want. Google will do it not caring about this, and it took no more than a few days after its official release to have a virus out in the wild.
I really dont want to have to purchase Norton AV for my mobile ... that would just suck.
Was it for black holes? or for closing temporal anomalies causing ruptures between time and anti-time being formed by 3 different inverse tachyon pulses being used in the same place in 3 seperate time periods?
Google maybe a good search tool but they are not a serious IT brand the Chinese Hacker incident is perfect example of this and why Google cloud services cant be a replacement over Office just yet (maybe one day but not today).
Security, Google dunces out on, Marketing, Google suffers, creating apps that work for business Google still has a long way to go. Sorry if I'm being a bit one eyed on my last point, i purchased Google Docs the other day and was less than impressed.
For me, unless Google employs Darth Vader as CEO and takes on board all these factors then Apple and MS will eat Google for breakfast and it goes without saying that it wont massively affect Google anyway (they wont go broke if this doesn't go through, just lost a stack of money).
Now Apple and MS survive on their iPhone sales and OS sales, if Google is showing that they are trying to take that away from them the battle will get thick. My money is on the fact that Google tries it, gets a bit of head way but inevitably fails, forgets all about it, goes back to buying more unprofitable companies and slapping their adwords into them and the world keeps spinning.
Apple and Microsoft will align in order to make this happen, time passes, other things happen and then Microsoft stabs Apple in the back (Microsoft is good at attacking at moments of weakness) and Apple will partner with Yahoo (or another brand, until they make their own one) and we can all go back to hating Microsoft again.
Right so he cant proxy you to a fake google login page, or perhaps another form of man in the middle attack.
So I'm supposed to install this Proxy add on, then put my google account details, that has my google docs and google checkout account?
Ummm .... no
Chrome Zero, your first sugar free OS.
Because Linux^H^H^H^H^H ChromeOS has fairly low "Hardware" requirements, It should work on just about any type of Wang.
And install them with ChromeOS!
Its much simpler then all that.
Tell me right this second what real world market place this system has that hasn't all ready been covered immensely? The only one i can think of is Porn lovers, who would only souly use the PC for looking at dirty websites and even then I can do that on my iPhone.
The reality is there is no real market (excuse the innuendo) penetration for this system and its a waste of Googles time just like you said.
You can view them from your user page, or you can see my list if you're curious what a REAL achiever looks like
CmdrTaco should recieve the "Most camped out" user page.
The GP must work for NASA. You dont expect them to understand the != between metric and imperial.
P = Purposely
I = Introduced
F = File
T = Thieving
S = System
George Costanza is going to be pissed!
So what your saying is that global domination doesn't pay as well as it did back in the 90's?
Wait wait wait ... You said most of your henchmen work at Microsoft now ... ;)
Slashdot articles may give the impression that every piece of 2nd hand electronics contains nuclear silo passcodes or celebrity porno tapes but I don't think that's actually the case
One thing i do find worrying is the fact that you compare sex tapes and nuclear bomb activation codes as being as equally important as each other.
Yeah true, it might bit of hit and miss affair.
Though, consider obsolete company computers for example or take the Leehmans debacle as an even better one. 1.5 billion dallors worth of technology has to be sold off somehow. I wonder how strict the receivers will be with that data.
Considering that there are plenty of bankrupt companies out there I'd would be interested to know the privacy obligations and how many of them are tech savvy enough to invest energy in carrying out the format / recovery process for each computer they have to sell.
Lastly, consider that if its not a formatted properly obtaining data from a fat partition isn't exactly impossible.
This is so true and common!
But i tell you as soon as the smart programmer is fired. The average programmers who received all the insight and help from the smart programmer disappears as well (usually hence why there is all this praise).
As for the incompetent programmer he totally loses access to his "sugar daddy" and "yoda master" work colleague and in a manner of months if they cant find another good programmer to fill his shoes then the whole ship starts to sink :)
I actually do.
An IT manager doesn't need to be able to program but he does need to understand proper coding practices.
If not he cant see whats behind programming and the nature behind maintaining a strong and well groomed source base then he truly doesn't understand what he's managing.
How can an IT manager determine if the new person they are hiring can actually program up to the particular standard the company needs?
The manager could of just fired the best programmer and kept all the spaghettio's simply because the spegettio programmers get the job done quicker. (I see this happen more then i'd like to admit)
You don't need to know the language, and "hello world" isn't going to help them, but if an IT manager who cant fathom the "processes" i.e the application design and whats involved then he shouldn't be there.
I agree with the "vibe" of the article but i don't agree with the explanation. There are far too many IT managers out there with no idea, plenty of them will go and hire a bunch of indans to replace a dev team, and literally destroy the companies well kept code base simply to make him look good at the end of the day in the eyes of his directors, in the short term he fixes problem and moves on but the trail of destruction he leaves behind him is someone else's program.
"But these data show that consciousness is just the tip of the iceberg. This doesn't rule out free will, but it does make it implausible."
Why do some scientists simply insist that because they can prove one particular aspect that everything else surrounding the issue must domino into the same conclusion?
Saying "free will" doesn't exist based upon their studies is a kin to saying the earth is flat simply because we stand on it upright, lets not take into account any other factors which could remain simply because its presently out of our current ability to grasp and therefore couldn't possibly exist.
The word "implausible" is badly construed here maybe "cannot be determined" is more appropriate?
IMHO This has and always will be sciences one and only real undoing at answering life's real questions. Whats wrong with leaving the door open sometimes?
Another amazing discovery made by General O'Neill and his team.
The question on everyones mind is does this help us against the Ori?