Geez, the Magenta Mafia downmodding is harsh... But I stand by it, because as we know, Real Men (TM) use Sprint, just to prove they can suffer like Sisyphus and by God take it like men.
Motorola brick, not a flip phone. And you ignored the boring part where I lazily restated the obvious 'content is king'. SO much to criticize. I mean, you had one job...
Seriously, STOP trying to make everybody a programmer. It's not going to happen, and it shouldn't happen.
Why not make everyone a plumber or a mechanic or an insurance agent? BECAUSE IT'S STUPID, just like trying to make everyone a programmer.
You make a good point. On that topic, schools (rather than trying to make all kids into programmers) should give kids enough programming literacy so that they can interact thoughtfully with real programmers. Additionally, teaching kids to think like programmers (logic, process, systems, etc) would be a benefit generally for many future professions.
Content / Experience. Go back to the early flip phone days and ask if anyone could ever see paying $700 for a mobile phone (!). They would have you committed (or give you millions in VC money, because, insanity). "Surely not more than a few thousand die-hard fanboys will shell out that kind of money for a phone"
The content / experience has helped drive mobile phones to be valued so highly, and VR will likewise be dependent. If it becomes the Must See TV of 2017 then all projections are out the window. And there are a lot of content creators anxious to get in early. Many app developers, meet many VR experience developers.
I think the issue is that if the private key was exploited, then every password could be decrypted and subsequently exploited. Security best practice is to store passwords using a hash (actually, salt+hash*10000 times) because decrypting passwords should never be necessary.
Private keys. Salt. Hash. Yep, that's...that's exactly what I thought.
Actually, thank you. I... my friend should study up on these topics to be less igcryptorant.
Can you splain that LI5? Is it because you could sign up some dummy accounts, using various well-chosen passwords, then hack the whole thing and figure out the encryption from those?
Some of us, maybe just one of us, are somewhat encryption illiterate. I'm, uh, asking for a friend who's dumb like that.
What's more, every nifty gadget we have these days began life as a product only affordable by "rich douchebags", as the GP puts it. GPS, cell phones, TVs, probably every single car feature that is now standard was once a high-priced optional.
Things, especially electronics, have never popped into existence as affordable by the middle class. It's only after economy of scale kicks in and R&D is somewhat recovered that the prices drop. So these "rich douchebags" are not only shifting money towards those various US things, but they are also beta-testing the product for a premium price before it reaches us proletariat.
Well said. Someone else pointed out the original 50" flat screen TVs were initially around $20,000. Now I can get one from NewEgg for about $500-ish. Thanks rich douche-class, you are the on-ramp to economies-of-scale; you're the reason I can watch WWF in the big screen glory of 4k, for way less than $4k.
Actually, I would-be shocked if 1 worker pays all of that subsidy. And the fact is, that they don't. But that is OK. In 10 years, Tesla's taxes will have covered the subsidy. In addition, Tesla has forced all car companies to go pure EVs. By 2025, America will likely not import any more oil. That will be huge.
1. I was referring to the retail buyer tax credit rebate, I did not make that clear, but indeed when you take in the economic activity of one Tesla hire, the taxes to the Federal Government cover it.
2. US has already been a net oil exporter, as recently as 2011. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/...
But I am with you generally on the oil dependency regardless.
Apple and Google demand a cut of revenues for purchases made via their devices, Amazon refuses, customers roll their eyes.
I had never heard that angle, thanks. So it sounds like, in a way, Apple (and Google) shot first? Not that Bezos and Co are the good guys, there are none in this bunch.... but there's more to this than just Amazon deciding to drop some SKUs to be noncompetitive. And your point about the customers is a really good one.
Is Amazon not on Apple TV because Apple refuses to allow it, or because Amazon won't develop the channel? I'm too tired to trust Google for answers, plus you guys are smart.
"Most" Chinese don't consider their human rights violated by their government.
Perhaps people from countries that have only existed for less than 500 years don't have a damned clue when compared to Civilizations that have been around for at least 5000.
Most Americans were not enslaved in 1860. Ergo, most Americans did not consider their human rights violated at that time. Yet, for those whose rights were violated -- the enslaved -- and the enlightened masses, saw it for what it was: It was a moral outrage.
You have pointed out the embarrassing fact that a 5000 year old civilization still has not evolved to the point of acknowledging basic human rights and the moral imperative of liberty. China should learn a lesson from any culture -- regardless of age -- that demonstrates a higher view of human rights. None are perfect, but most are far better. Any kindergartener is old enough to say China's current record is shameful and appalling.
At violating "Western-like" civil rights you mean. "Most" Chinese don't consider their human rights violated by their government.
Perhaps people from countries that have only existed for less than 500 years don't have a damned clue when compared to Civilizations that have been around for at least 5000.
That covers a time when human slavery, sexual and otherwise, was not uncommon.
We have evolved, well, most of us, in our view of acceptable treatment of humans.
"Amnesty International has documented widespread human rights violations in China. An estimated 500,000 people are currently enduring punitive detention without charge or trial, and millions are unable to access the legal system to seek redress for their grievances.
[Source: http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-...
I can see why some would prefer to focus on the quantity of years the Chinese have been around, rather than the quality of the current reality.
Called Peeple Pleaser We all get together, say a few hundred thousand of us download the app, and it will automatically upvote each other into the stratosphere.
You just summarised why I will never buy a Tesla. I don't want my money to go to the US.
Ok, but your ambivalent attitude is just killing Tesla's share price. If Elon asks you nicely, would you at least buy a Tesla tote bag? It's guaranteed to fit in your sedan built in WhoCaresistan.
Off my game, I was going for funny, thinking of the line from Risky Business about the Tom Cruise driving his Porsche 928 underwater: "Who's the U-Boat commander?"
Slashdot Mirror
"We really, truly Volkswagen-Promise!"
http://xkcd.com/927/
Geez, the Magenta Mafia downmodding is harsh... But I stand by it, because as we know, Real Men (TM) use Sprint, just to prove they can suffer like Sisyphus and by God take it like men.
Motorola brick, not a flip phone. And you ignored the boring part where I lazily restated the obvious 'content is king'. SO much to criticize. I mean, you had one job...
Seriously, STOP trying to make everybody a programmer. It's not going to happen, and it shouldn't happen.
Why not make everyone a plumber or a mechanic or an insurance agent? BECAUSE IT'S STUPID, just like trying to make everyone a programmer.
You make a good point. On that topic, schools (rather than trying to make all kids into programmers) should give kids enough programming literacy so that they can interact thoughtfully with real programmers. Additionally, teaching kids to think like programmers (logic, process, systems, etc) would be a benefit generally for many future professions.
I sense a disturbance in the Magenta Force, as though millions of teenage girls cried out at once and then, nothing.
Content / Experience. Go back to the early flip phone days and ask if anyone could ever see paying $700 for a mobile phone (!). They would have you committed (or give you millions in VC money, because, insanity). "Surely not more than a few thousand die-hard fanboys will shell out that kind of money for a phone"
The content / experience has helped drive mobile phones to be valued so highly, and VR will likewise be dependent. If it becomes the Must See TV of 2017 then all projections are out the window. And there are a lot of content creators anxious to get in early. Many app developers, meet many VR experience developers.
Virtual ModUp: Informative. Thanks.
I think the issue is that if the private key was exploited, then every password could be decrypted and subsequently exploited. Security best practice is to store passwords using a hash (actually, salt+hash*10000 times) because decrypting passwords should never be necessary.
Private keys. Salt. Hash. Yep, that's ...that's exactly what I thought.
... my friend should study up on these topics to be less igcryptorant.
Actually, thank you. I
Sam Yam deserves to be hacked
Please, finish your Dr Suess thought ... you know you wanna.
Erm,
Passwords should never be encrypted. .
Can you splain that LI5? Is it because you could sign up some dummy accounts, using various well-chosen passwords, then hack the whole thing and figure out the encryption from those?
Some of us, maybe just one of us, are somewhat encryption illiterate. I'm, uh, asking for a friend who's dumb like that.
What's more, every nifty gadget we have these days began life as a product only affordable by "rich douchebags", as the GP puts it. GPS, cell phones, TVs, probably every single car feature that is now standard was once a high-priced optional.
Things, especially electronics, have never popped into existence as affordable by the middle class. It's only after economy of scale kicks in and R&D is somewhat recovered that the prices drop. So these "rich douchebags" are not only shifting money towards those various US things, but they are also beta-testing the product for a premium price before it reaches us proletariat.
Well said. Someone else pointed out the original 50" flat screen TVs were initially around $20,000. Now I can get one from NewEgg for about $500-ish.
Thanks rich douche-class, you are the on-ramp to economies-of-scale; you're the reason I can watch WWF in the big screen glory of 4k, for way less than $4k.
Actually, I would-be shocked if 1 worker pays all of that subsidy. And the fact is, that they don't. But that is OK. In 10 years, Tesla's taxes will have covered the subsidy. In addition, Tesla has forced all car companies to go pure EVs. By 2025, America will likely not import any more oil. That will be huge.
1. I was referring to the retail buyer tax credit rebate, I did not make that clear, but indeed when you take in the economic activity of one Tesla hire, the taxes to the Federal Government cover it.
2. US has already been a net oil exporter, as recently as 2011. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/...
But I am with you generally on the oil dependency regardless.
Apple and Google demand a cut of revenues for purchases made via their devices, Amazon refuses, customers roll their eyes.
I had never heard that angle, thanks. So it sounds like, in a way, Apple (and Google) shot first? Not that Bezos and Co are the good guys, there are none in this bunch.... but there's more to this than just Amazon deciding to drop some SKUs to be noncompetitive. And your point about the customers is a really good one.
Is Amazon not on Apple TV because Apple refuses to allow it, or because Amazon won't develop the channel? I'm too tired to trust Google for answers, plus you guys are smart.
"Most" Chinese don't consider their human rights violated by their government. Perhaps people from countries that have only existed for less than 500 years don't have a damned clue when compared to Civilizations that have been around for at least 5000.
Most Americans were not enslaved in 1860. Ergo, most Americans did not consider their human rights violated at that time. Yet, for those whose rights were violated -- the enslaved -- and the enlightened masses, saw it for what it was: It was a moral outrage.
You have pointed out the embarrassing fact that a 5000 year old civilization still has not evolved to the point of acknowledging basic human rights and the moral imperative of liberty. China should learn a lesson from any culture -- regardless of age -- that demonstrates a higher view of human rights. None are perfect, but most are far better. Any kindergartener is old enough to say China's current record is shameful and appalling.
At violating "Western-like" civil rights you mean. "Most" Chinese don't consider their human rights violated by their government. Perhaps people from countries that have only existed for less than 500 years don't have a damned clue when compared to Civilizations that have been around for at least 5000.
That covers a time when human slavery, sexual and otherwise, was not uncommon.
We have evolved, well, most of us, in our view of acceptable treatment of humans.
"Amnesty International has documented widespread human rights violations in China. An estimated 500,000 people are currently enduring punitive detention without charge or trial, and millions are unable to access the legal system to seek redress for their grievances. [Source: http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-...
I can see why some would prefer to focus on the quantity of years the Chinese have been around, rather than the quality of the current reality.
"Those features were't exactly promised, think of them more as 'Volkswagen-Promised.'"
# IVWP ("I VW-Promise" The corollary to 'fingers-crossed promises' for the 21st century. )
" The law against suprelatives doesn't seem to apply to communications ... about the government."
So you can say, "The Chinese government is the absolute best at violating human rights!" ?
I think I just crashed the Peeple server with my submission about Bobby Tables.
"Festival"? WTF Spellchecker... you changed the Holy calendar's "Festivus" to "festival"? That's racist!
[grumble, grumble...adds to grievance list]
Called Peeple Pleaser We all get together, say a few hundred thousand of us download the app, and it will automatically upvote each other into the stratosphere.
"says Mike Morrison. "I'm really looking forward to being able to air all of my personal grievances, all from the safety of my phone."
Let the airing of grievances begin! It's a Festivus miracle!
You just summarised why I will never buy a Tesla. I don't want my money to go to the US.
Ok, but your ambivalent attitude is just killing Tesla's share price. If Elon asks you nicely, would you at least buy a Tesla tote bag?
It's guaranteed to fit in your sedan built in WhoCaresistan.
Off my game, I was going for funny, thinking of the line from Risky Business about the Tom Cruise driving his Porsche 928 underwater: "Who's the U-Boat commander?"