I understand your sentiment, but I reject it. People do things, they should live with the consequences. If you take drugs, you take drugs. Unless someone pinned you down and injected or whatever it into you, then you took the drug. It's a slippery slope, yes it is, so the best thing to do is not start down the path.
I am one of those lucky sufferers of sciatica. Used to be really awful. I went to the doctor. He gave me some Tylenol 3s. I took one. Made me feel just awful, so I figured there had to be something else to try. So I went to a Chiropractor, who got me to a point where I could walk normally and then i went to a massage therapist who finished the job. I go see the massage therapist once a month, exercise and have very little if any pain in my life now. Except stupid kids.
I have one ex-coworker, and one ex-friend who both destroyed their lives (or rather had their lives destroyed) by oxy-contin. The ex-co-worker used to grind it up and snort it. When he was terminated, he got a nice severance package, i hope he survived.
There's no need for access at home.
just like most people don't need SQL Server at home either.
Any type of database stuff that does need to be done, there is most likely already free canned or inexpensive canned software.
most anything that is needed for home is a spreadsheet, not a database.
Thanks for the sarcasm. You must have been top of your class. There is a difference between putting ads on a webpage and storing your information to sell to their real customers. If you're too thick witted to understand that, then that's not my problem, it's yours.
I fear a world run by google and apple. They are both companies with a shiny outer layer and a dark dark underneath that won't be clear until it's too late to do anything about it.People need to remember that (especially google) the people using their services are not their customers, and that google doesn't owe them one thing. They will use every method at their disposal to be able to charge more for whatever advertising/marketing/human sorting they are working on that day. Nothing is free, you pay one way or another. Wether you pay with money or with your personal information, it's just the same.
YOU must all bow down to the mighty apple and do what we say. We are the mighty overlords and our word is as law. We will use the courts to crush the small or inconvenient until we are the All and then we will rule the world. Ahem...We mean...Buy Apple, we are nice and ethical.
One of the things I really like about email, and it may at least be partially true unless your with gmail or hotmail, that you know no one is sniffing through your data. I know that I may dillusional, but at least I'm pretty sure that marketing guys won't be filtering my email looking for ways to sell me things they think i'll want. I don't understand all these people that are willing to give up all their information for coupons and discounts. I guess i'm just old.
Man you have to read between the lines. He wants a toy for his wrist. He doesn't seem to care about style too much. The geek stuff is just what he wants. I get that. It's fun. I could understand if you were saying this on the FHM website or the Gentlemen's Quarterly, but this is slashdot.
To the OP: My Watch is a citizen, it's called an Eco-Drive watch. The neat things it has are a slide rule around the outside for converting things, it runs on sunlight and it will connect to a radio broadcast to correct the time. It has lots of cool dials on the front. Stay true to your techie roots. Don't be one of these guys that calls themselves a hacker because they can open a dos prompt. Don't be that guy!!
If you did the coding during work hours, then what's the problem?
Presumably you did this to make your life better at work, right?
You knew they didn't have a budget. You have lots of free time. Good grief, maybe they should get rid of you.
I can imagine the apple store serving food. You can buy a muffin, but you can only eat it with one hand, and you have to take the wrapper off first. You can't eat it outside the store, and you can't drink it with any other companies coffee. It only comes in 3 varieties, and you will like all 3. You have to use 2 napkins and can't pick the nuts out. And if you don't like nuts too bad, you are just stupid then, and don't deserve to own the muffin.
It's hard tho, when you can't decide if you want to work for the TSA or for McDonalds. On the one hand you get to alienate people by doing whatever you want to them in the name of security and in the other you get to spit on their burgers. What to do? What to do?
I assume that any time some celebrity says they like something, they are doing it for money. Maybe not Sally Struthers, but everyone else. To assume otherwise, seems to me, is foolish. It's their job after all. We all use our skills and specialities at work right? Well, celebrities speciality is notoriety. It's no different really. We all depend on other people's expertise, but the trick is figuring out if the expertise is genuine or being paid for by somebody.
I know some thing for sure, I won't be signing up for google plus. You know damn well they aren't concerned with your privacy or protecting you, they just want to use the info you put on google plus to market to you. The more info, the better the marketing. never ever ever.
Realistically, letting corporations have your data is just a bad idea. Companies all around the world have proven they can't keep your data secure and private, so why in the world would you put your real information on a social networking site.
Sounds to me like someone at Sony is trying to make us forget how they screwed all their customers, with their lies about hackers getting customer data records. How could they possibly be gaining ground, unless maybe they are counting all the people they gave free months to that won't renew when it comes time to hand over their credit card number.
It sounds good but look at all the problems adobe has with PDF. People embedding viruses and trojans.
If this format were to be used, would it really be all that different?
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Yes it does. For him, that was the point.
I understand your sentiment, but I reject it. People do things, they should live with the consequences. If you take drugs, you take drugs. Unless someone pinned you down and injected or whatever it into you, then you took the drug. It's a slippery slope, yes it is, so the best thing to do is not start down the path.
I am one of those lucky sufferers of sciatica. Used to be really awful. I went to the doctor. He gave me some Tylenol 3s. I took one. Made me feel just awful, so I figured there had to be something else to try. So I went to a Chiropractor, who got me to a point where I could walk normally and then i went to a massage therapist who finished the job. I go see the massage therapist once a month, exercise and have very little if any pain in my life now. Except stupid kids.
I have one ex-coworker, and one ex-friend who both destroyed their lives (or rather had their lives destroyed) by oxy-contin. The ex-co-worker used to grind it up and snort it. When he was terminated, he got a nice severance package, i hope he survived.
There's no need for access at home. just like most people don't need SQL Server at home either. Any type of database stuff that does need to be done, there is most likely already free canned or inexpensive canned software. most anything that is needed for home is a spreadsheet, not a database.
We are using you for being mad at us for copying your product. Take that good company!
Thanks for the sarcasm. You must have been top of your class. There is a difference between putting ads on a webpage and storing your information to sell to their real customers. If you're too thick witted to understand that, then that's not my problem, it's yours.
I fear a world run by google and apple. They are both companies with a shiny outer layer and a dark dark underneath that won't be clear until it's too late to do anything about it.People need to remember that (especially google) the people using their services are not their customers, and that google doesn't owe them one thing. They will use every method at their disposal to be able to charge more for whatever advertising/marketing/human sorting they are working on that day. Nothing is free, you pay one way or another. Wether you pay with money or with your personal information, it's just the same.
YOU must all bow down to the mighty apple and do what we say. We are the mighty overlords and our word is as law. We will use the courts to crush the small or inconvenient until we are the All and then we will rule the world. Ahem...We mean...Buy Apple, we are nice and ethical.
I can't believe that more people aren't alarmed by this type of thing. People don't value their privacy any more, and I don't understand why.
When they can find my keys, then i'll be interested.
One of the things I really like about email, and it may at least be partially true unless your with gmail or hotmail, that you know no one is sniffing through your data. I know that I may dillusional, but at least I'm pretty sure that marketing guys won't be filtering my email looking for ways to sell me things they think i'll want. I don't understand all these people that are willing to give up all their information for coupons and discounts. I guess i'm just old.
Man you have to read between the lines. He wants a toy for his wrist. He doesn't seem to care about style too much. The geek stuff is just what he wants. I get that. It's fun. I could understand if you were saying this on the FHM website or the Gentlemen's Quarterly, but this is slashdot. To the OP: My Watch is a citizen, it's called an Eco-Drive watch. The neat things it has are a slide rule around the outside for converting things, it runs on sunlight and it will connect to a radio broadcast to correct the time. It has lots of cool dials on the front. Stay true to your techie roots. Don't be one of these guys that calls themselves a hacker because they can open a dos prompt. Don't be that guy!!
Interfering on a foreign country's soil smells of an act of war. Imagine if the roles were reversed? Or they had oil? Look out!!!!
If you did the coding during work hours, then what's the problem? Presumably you did this to make your life better at work, right? You knew they didn't have a budget. You have lots of free time. Good grief, maybe they should get rid of you.
So you make an agreement with somebody and then you use the law to back out of that agreement? And so you are better than the Corleones how?
I can imagine the apple store serving food. You can buy a muffin, but you can only eat it with one hand, and you have to take the wrapper off first. You can't eat it outside the store, and you can't drink it with any other companies coffee. It only comes in 3 varieties, and you will like all 3. You have to use 2 napkins and can't pick the nuts out. And if you don't like nuts too bad, you are just stupid then, and don't deserve to own the muffin.
It's hard tho, when you can't decide if you want to work for the TSA or for McDonalds. On the one hand you get to alienate people by doing whatever you want to them in the name of security and in the other you get to spit on their burgers. What to do? What to do?
I assume that any time some celebrity says they like something, they are doing it for money. Maybe not Sally Struthers, but everyone else. To assume otherwise, seems to me, is foolish. It's their job after all. We all use our skills and specialities at work right? Well, celebrities speciality is notoriety. It's no different really. We all depend on other people's expertise, but the trick is figuring out if the expertise is genuine or being paid for by somebody.
I know some thing for sure, I won't be signing up for google plus. You know damn well they aren't concerned with your privacy or protecting you, they just want to use the info you put on google plus to market to you. The more info, the better the marketing. never ever ever.
Realistically, letting corporations have your data is just a bad idea. Companies all around the world have proven they can't keep your data secure and private, so why in the world would you put your real information on a social networking site.
Sounds to me like someone at Sony is trying to make us forget how they screwed all their customers, with their lies about hackers getting customer data records. How could they possibly be gaining ground, unless maybe they are counting all the people they gave free months to that won't renew when it comes time to hand over their credit card number.
It sounds good but look at all the problems adobe has with PDF. People embedding viruses and trojans. If this format were to be used, would it really be all that different?
Well that is pretty cool but if it doesn't go as fast as a rocket then what's the point?
Sounds more like an advertisement than an article.