If I order the new nexus phone with no contracts, can I activate and use it as a wifi phone without it being associated with a carrier via Google voice? I would gladly pay $300 for that.
A lot of the nerd arrogance that I've seen comes from two categories: 1) Nerds tend to figure out/understand how things work and get easily frustrated by those who don't. 2) Nerds who act like that because that's how their nerd friends act.
Much of the time #1 can be rectified by people getting older, learning patience, understanding people better, etc. That takes time, practice, patience, and a willingness to explain things a few different ways when you're speaking to someone who doesn't understand you. Also, understanding that people don't all think the same is a big revelation to a lot of nerds (and most of the time comes in their late twenties)
Most of the time #2 is solved by hanging out with different people, growing up, and having a little more self confidence.
What if nVidia challenged this with exactly the same arguments that Google used with Dalvik.
It won't happen because it's not worth their effort. If I can get 95% of the market with 50% of the effort, that sounds like a good business decision to me.
I would say that "Sack of lying shit" is a little overboard. Great job being melodramatic. I read TFA, posted a reaction, and whether the paywall has been removed had no bearing on my posting, merely that a paywall existed at all.
So calm down, don't jump to conclusions, and stick to a productive discussion rather than being an armchair quarterback.
I have to wonder who at Wikileaks thought that this would be a good idea.
I suspect that the reason they're not getting as many donations as they used to is because if wikileaks got labeled an enemy of the state then people who had donated would be targets. Putting up a paywall isn't going to motivate people to take that risk.
Part of the point of wikileaks is to get maximum exposure for the information, and adding a barrier to entry is going to go against their cause.
Thanks for playing the pedant game, you win the championship! What has he won, Johnny? "Why, he's won lifetime of I'M RIGHT AND YOU'RE NOT pride on the internet! Congratulations!"
You can use things like SugarCRM and OpenFire with it. Share documents with MSOffice and a Subversion repository (you can probably even install SVN on the phone server). That's really all you should need to start a small company -- you don't have to think big yet, and when you do you should pay someone else to worry about it so that you can do the important stuff that goes with running a company.
Yes, it would be nice if it was all the truth. However, I disagree that we're going to have to enforce truth -- what we *should* do is to teach critical thinking and scientific process. It seems to me that most of America's problems stem from the fact that a large portion of its population can't think for themselves. I consider this entire debate to be an educational problem, not a political one.
I don't have an issue with partisan news, everyone with an opinion is going to have a slant on things. What I take issue with is the propagation of half truths and blatant lies. Obama is a muslim? Really? Come on. Romney endorsed sweatshop conditions in China? Really? Come on. Both sides (of the dipole) are guilty. Aside from spending 15-20 minutes on each statement researching, why can't we just have a little bit of integrity and not report things that are simply untrue?
I suspect that nearly everyone except the lawyers and leadership wish we could get along. When the patent system was envisioned a long time ago, progress didn't happen nearly as quickly, consumerism wasn't so rampant (you didn't buy a new ANYTHING every two years except maybe a toothbrush), and the manufacturing cycle was MUCH longer than it is today.
I consider the lawyers of these tech companies (Apple, Samsung, Oracle, etc) to be exploiting 'bugs' in the patent system, and I suspect that most others do as well. The patent system needs a hotfix, and there's no political pressure to do so.
What you're suggesting is two classes of airlines, two sets of airport infrastructure, two sets of bureaucratic security policies, and the 90% being ok with the other class of airline flying over their country/buildings. I'm sure the ticket price for the unsecured airlines would be much more expensive because it would need to subsidize all of that additional infrastructure.
"Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner."
While I agree with your premise, that's unfortunately not the way that modern US politics works. Most people get elected just like they did for junior high school class president -- "Let's have a soda machine in the cafeteria!!"
What good is public comment when 90% of the country disagrees with you and thinks that the TSA is legitimate protection?
Does our collective five-year-old psyche want its' security blanket? Yes. Unfortunate? Yes. Can we educate people that the TSA is an ineffective waste of money? No. We haven't even succeeded in teaching Kansas that Gorillas and Humans share a similar genealogical lineage.
I did choose another profession. Do I still burn for physics research and progress? Yes. Did I consider myself above the petty politics that are involved with getting funding? Yes. Did ANY of my classmates that originally set out to do research in Physics end up doing that? No. A couple of patent lawyers, a couple of quantitative analysts, a few went engineering, and some went in to IT, but with the politicking at the labs and the sensationalized self-promotion that you have to do, it feels like being a used car salesman to justify your job.
We wonder why America is starting to fall behind other countries in the Sciences, and it's not just that we can't get younger kids interested, it's that it SUCKS when you get there, so we have nobody out there promoting how awesome it is.
That's the best part about volunteering. If you find someone who is abusive then bail, and bail quickly. Bailing because of a belligerent manager is also good real-world experience. At least when you're volunteering you can say [paraphrased]: "Look Dickbag, I'm volunteering rather than hanging out with Jane. With your attitude I'd rather hang out with Jane so make it easy on me or else I will." There are plenty of other nfps that would gladly take the help.
To add to this: there are always small, local nonprofits that can use a hand with IT/Programming stuff. At first it will start out with getting their printer to work and helping them build a spreadsheet template, but if you're savvy you can suggest bringing information into a database and building a php page around it, and build out projects from there. Nonprofits will not only give you experience working with some frustrating end users who don't communicate their requirements well, but also they look great on your resume AND college applications. They also tend to provide endearing and enthusiastic references if you establish early on that's what you're working for -- and I guarantee that will be worth more than the $15/hour you'd get for your time at this point. The added bonus is that they'll be happy for any hours you work, rather than expecting you to keep a certain schedule -- so you'll have all the flexibility you want.
TL;DR: Volunteer IT services for 2-3 nonprofits in your area and establish that you only want to work for letters of reference and experience.
I was thinking that too, or (from the poster above) the dog analogy is another good one. But if it's that sensitive it can find the weight of the person based on the pressure profile and it should be able to tell when a specific individual is lying on the carpet, right? I don't have all the answers, I just think it would have practical applications for assisted living communities so that they can tell if a person takes a fall.
What if it detected a weight profile that was larger than an average step for a period of time longer than a minute, could it call 911 and request 'Elderly Person Down' assistance? Or at least ask if it should call 911 and if no voice response was given then dial it?
Yeah I'm from Rochester NY. I'll drive on your ice with proper equipment. The fact is, there's no proper equipment down there. We have cambered roads, a shitload of salt, and (for the most part) roll with studded snow tires. Those guys were morons to think they could just hop in a van with half-bald tires and take on an ice storm.
Managing hysteresis is part of playing the game. It's what turns it from statistics to statistics + psychology. "Too big to fail" is crap. If you wouldn't give someone your money to go to Vegas and play poker for you, then don't give them your money to go to wall street and play day trader for you. Everyone needs to remember that.
Maybe it should serve as a warning to executives to not release buggy software. I know a lot of shops that push things out the door before they're fully baked.
In terms of the stock market, I don't see a problem. The long-term market wasn't affected, no value was created or destroyed, and those who played the game improperly lost out big time. Short term trades on the exchange are gambling. Anyone who tells you otherwise just wants your money. Don't forget, there's always a buyer *and* a seller. Just because Knight lost $450m doesn't mean other people didn't gain $450m.
What happens in the areas where the car can't get good reception? If it's anything like Google's android services, it will intermittently perform the desired functionality while infuriating everyone. Or maybe we can just write that off as the Google Car getting road rage.
Also, being from the snow belt, I'm wondering how safe it is for winter driving -- there are some hard lessons to be learned about driving in your first five winters.
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If I order the new nexus phone with no contracts, can I activate and use it as a wifi phone without it being associated with a carrier via Google voice?
I would gladly pay $300 for that.
A lot of the nerd arrogance that I've seen comes from two categories:
1) Nerds tend to figure out/understand how things work and get easily frustrated by those who don't.
2) Nerds who act like that because that's how their nerd friends act.
Much of the time #1 can be rectified by people getting older, learning patience, understanding people better, etc. That takes time, practice, patience, and a willingness to explain things a few different ways when you're speaking to someone who doesn't understand you. Also, understanding that people don't all think the same is a big revelation to a lot of nerds (and most of the time comes in their late twenties)
Most of the time #2 is solved by hanging out with different people, growing up, and having a little more self confidence.
What if nVidia challenged this with exactly the same arguments that Google used with Dalvik.
It won't happen because it's not worth their effort. If I can get 95% of the market with 50% of the effort, that sounds like a good business decision to me.
+1 to that.
For Linux the religion, this is a triumph. For Linux the operating system, it is a major setback.
I would say that "Sack of lying shit" is a little overboard. Great job being melodramatic.
I read TFA, posted a reaction, and whether the paywall has been removed had no bearing on my posting, merely that a paywall existed at all.
So calm down, don't jump to conclusions, and stick to a productive discussion rather than being an armchair quarterback.
I have to wonder who at Wikileaks thought that this would be a good idea.
I suspect that the reason they're not getting as many donations as they used to is because if wikileaks got labeled an enemy of the state then people who had donated would be targets. Putting up a paywall isn't going to motivate people to take that risk.
Part of the point of wikileaks is to get maximum exposure for the information, and adding a barrier to entry is going to go against their cause.
Thanks for playing the pedant game, you win the championship! What has he won, Johnny?
"Why, he's won lifetime of I'M RIGHT AND YOU'RE NOT pride on the internet! Congratulations!"
I've had good luck with PBX in a flash. You can run it on a small atom server for small numbers of people: http://pbxinaflash.net/
It works well with the Cisco SPA series phones: http://www.cedarpc.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=24600
You can use things like SugarCRM and OpenFire with it. Share documents with MSOffice and a Subversion repository (you can probably even install SVN on the phone server). That's really all you should need to start a small company -- you don't have to think big yet, and when you do you should pay someone else to worry about it so that you can do the important stuff that goes with running a company.
Yes, it would be nice if it was all the truth. However, I disagree that we're going to have to enforce truth -- what we *should* do is to teach critical thinking and scientific process. It seems to me that most of America's problems stem from the fact that a large portion of its population can't think for themselves. I consider this entire debate to be an educational problem, not a political one.
I don't have an issue with partisan news, everyone with an opinion is going to have a slant on things. What I take issue with is the propagation of half truths and blatant lies. Obama is a muslim? Really? Come on. Romney endorsed sweatshop conditions in China? Really? Come on. Both sides (of the dipole) are guilty. Aside from spending 15-20 minutes on each statement researching, why can't we just have a little bit of integrity and not report things that are simply untrue?
Good to see Apple getting patent trolled. Sorry to all of the Apple fans out there but I hate today's Apple more than I hated '90s Microsoft.
I suspect that nearly everyone except the lawyers and leadership wish we could get along. When the patent system was envisioned a long time ago, progress didn't happen nearly as quickly, consumerism wasn't so rampant (you didn't buy a new ANYTHING every two years except maybe a toothbrush), and the manufacturing cycle was MUCH longer than it is today.
I consider the lawyers of these tech companies (Apple, Samsung, Oracle, etc) to be exploiting 'bugs' in the patent system, and I suspect that most others do as well. The patent system needs a hotfix, and there's no political pressure to do so.
What you're suggesting is two classes of airlines, two sets of airport infrastructure, two sets of bureaucratic security policies, and the 90% being ok with the other class of airline flying over their country/buildings. I'm sure the ticket price for the unsecured airlines would be much more expensive because it would need to subsidize all of that additional infrastructure.
"Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner."
While I agree with your premise, that's unfortunately not the way that modern US politics works.
Most people get elected just like they did for junior high school class president -- "Let's have a soda machine in the cafeteria!!"
What good is public comment when 90% of the country disagrees with you and thinks that the TSA is legitimate protection?
Does our collective five-year-old psyche want its' security blanket? Yes.
Unfortunate? Yes.
Can we educate people that the TSA is an ineffective waste of money? No.
We haven't even succeeded in teaching Kansas that Gorillas and Humans share a similar genealogical lineage.
I did choose another profession. Do I still burn for physics research and progress? Yes. Did I consider myself above the petty politics that are involved with getting funding? Yes. Did ANY of my classmates that originally set out to do research in Physics end up doing that? No. A couple of patent lawyers, a couple of quantitative analysts, a few went engineering, and some went in to IT, but with the politicking at the labs and the sensationalized self-promotion that you have to do, it feels like being a used car salesman to justify your job.
We wonder why America is starting to fall behind other countries in the Sciences, and it's not just that we can't get younger kids interested, it's that it SUCKS when you get there, so we have nobody out there promoting how awesome it is.
That's the best part about volunteering. If you find someone who is abusive then bail, and bail quickly. Bailing because of a belligerent manager is also good real-world experience. At least when you're volunteering you can say [paraphrased]: "Look Dickbag, I'm volunteering rather than hanging out with Jane. With your attitude I'd rather hang out with Jane so make it easy on me or else I will." There are plenty of other nfps that would gladly take the help.
To add to this: there are always small, local nonprofits that can use a hand with IT/Programming stuff. At first it will start out with getting their printer to work and helping them build a spreadsheet template, but if you're savvy you can suggest bringing information into a database and building a php page around it, and build out projects from there. Nonprofits will not only give you experience working with some frustrating end users who don't communicate their requirements well, but also they look great on your resume AND college applications. They also tend to provide endearing and enthusiastic references if you establish early on that's what you're working for -- and I guarantee that will be worth more than the $15/hour you'd get for your time at this point. The added bonus is that they'll be happy for any hours you work, rather than expecting you to keep a certain schedule -- so you'll have all the flexibility you want.
TL;DR: Volunteer IT services for 2-3 nonprofits in your area and establish that you only want to work for letters of reference and experience.
I was thinking that too, or (from the poster above) the dog analogy is another good one. But if it's that sensitive it can find the weight of the person based on the pressure profile and it should be able to tell when a specific individual is lying on the carpet, right? I don't have all the answers, I just think it would have practical applications for assisted living communities so that they can tell if a person takes a fall.
What if it detected a weight profile that was larger than an average step for a period of time longer than a minute, could it call 911 and request 'Elderly Person Down' assistance? Or at least ask if it should call 911 and if no voice response was given then dial it?
Yeah I'm from Rochester NY. I'll drive on your ice with proper equipment. The fact is, there's no proper equipment down there. We have cambered roads, a shitload of salt, and (for the most part) roll with studded snow tires. Those guys were morons to think they could just hop in a van with half-bald tires and take on an ice storm.
Managing hysteresis is part of playing the game. It's what turns it from statistics to statistics + psychology. "Too big to fail" is crap. If you wouldn't give someone your money to go to Vegas and play poker for you, then don't give them your money to go to wall street and play day trader for you. Everyone needs to remember that.
Maybe it should serve as a warning to executives to not release buggy software. I know a lot of shops that push things out the door before they're fully baked.
In terms of the stock market, I don't see a problem. The long-term market wasn't affected, no value was created or destroyed, and those who played the game improperly lost out big time. Short term trades on the exchange are gambling. Anyone who tells you otherwise just wants your money. Don't forget, there's always a buyer *and* a seller. Just because Knight lost $450m doesn't mean other people didn't gain $450m.
What happens in the areas where the car can't get good reception? If it's anything like Google's android services, it will intermittently perform the desired functionality while infuriating everyone. Or maybe we can just write that off as the Google Car getting road rage.
Also, being from the snow belt, I'm wondering how safe it is for winter driving -- there are some hard lessons to be learned about driving in your first five winters.
... a claymore for horses ...
Claymores don't kill horses! People with claymores kill horses!