Not sure, but I think that was kind of the poster's point. That businesses shouldn't be able to be able to specify the consumer's after-market modifications to the system. Simply, that we should be able to install the software as we please without Apple overtly stopping us. Whether the bricking was intentional or not is where the argument of the case should lie. Imho, considering some "lesser" software programs were simply erased rather than the system being bricked, I would say Apple deliberatly targetted modified systems with this update and it was not just unintentional changes that interfered.
On tv...now that gives me an idea! What if we pipe all the survelliance video feeds into the local access tv channels, flipping every couple of minutes and setup a hotline for citizens who watch the channels to call in and report suspicious activity! No complicated AI computer development and it has citizen oversight!
(Note: The following post was written without reguards to whether the parent was serious or not.)
I wish it was that easy, but a lot that stuff isn't exactly in tip top launch shape. Launch veichles aren't exactly like a 50's era car you can just fire up in the 2000's (and, like any Slashdot car analogy, it's also an incredible simplification of the car mechanics.) Plus we gotta remember that this was quite a while ago, a lot of the people who worked on getting us there are retired or even gone. There's a lot of stuff we have to redevelop and relearn. But that's what happens when you don't keep up with something; America's gotta get it's lunar legs back.
We can still claim a victory, even if our government gets beaten getting back to the moon. All we have to do is be the first nation with a private space industry to land on the moon, that's way cooler than having a government land there. We may need a 'permit to land on the moon,' but can you imagine what sort of permits a private company in China would need to land on the moon?
Dear Sirs of this fine periodical, I wish to inform you of a social blight that has crept up upon our society! Our investigations reveal that the majority of Americans do not think they could withstand a single week without their radioelectronical talking box! Once of thrice interviews with willing persons revealed that they had neglected good social manners with there friends and even avoided full filling their marital duty in favor of box-communique! What hath God wrought, indeed,Samuel Morse, and what hath God wrought now?
All benefits of handwritten note plus ultimate storeage, organization, and the ability to copy/paste large swaths of repeated information and to resize/reshape/duplicate graphs and tables. Built-in microphone is starting to get use, too. Its nice to be able to hear a lecture over again encase I missed important info during note taking.
I could easily imagine this could quickly become a useful method of self mediation. A sort of artificial gland of sorts that doesn't administer based on time, but rather based on biofeedback sensors. The alcoholic choose to overcome his problem by customizing an artificial gland which stimulates a release of pain or possibly general uneasiness once his blood alcohol level begins to rise. A person or criminal with anger management problems the recieves a release of calming chemicals when blood pressure rises to high. Of course, medicine is the perfect place to start, it could work not unlike a pacemaker and administer insulin when a diabetic's levels get low. The possibilities beyond simple timing are immense, give that they can accomplish easy replenishing and ofcourse that (as I assume) the microneedles do not actually hurt.
Imagine the phrase "Slap a band-aid on it and call it a day" becoming common in the medical community.
IANAE, but maybe you should think about having the microwave replaced, or atleast inspected for faults. I can't fathom what sort of problem would cause it to interfere with wireless, but I can almost certainly say you should have that checked out...
They're not saying it caused it, they're just looking for an excuse not to pay to repair it. I make it clear to my retailers when I send my stuff in for repair, I'm not sending the hard drive in with it. Whenever I send it with the hard drive in, something bad happens like they wipe the thing.
Statement: "A statement of fact can be irrelevant in determining a mod to a post; It is often based on relevance to the topic as well as apparent tone."
Thoughtful Speculation: "I suspect his post seemed only marginally applicable to the current discussion and mods saw a high-falutin' tone, resulting in a flamebait mod."
Sardonic Proposition: "Misplaced Tone is a serious problem on the internet. From now on, I suggest all meatbags be required to place stage direction before any change in tone, until there soft, squishy brains can come up with a better means of communicating a full range of tone and emotion."
I'm not sure they beat their price, the article lists the 2.0Ghz model at US$389; I got my Core 2 Quad at $300, and they're cheaper than that too now. Unless your thinking of some bulk sale to retailer's price I don't know of.
I'd rather have the link to Purdue since they're the ones conducting the research, rather than some tech news blog. Just because something came first, doesn't make it the better choice. A better summary or a better link should always win out over earlier submission in my book.
Technically, 1955 would be cold war era. But, they are just a good reliable design. They haul stuff alright, like carpet bombs for the Afganistan mountains and later in Iraq with percision guided munitions among other things. These old workhorses still make great warhorses, with proper modification. The Airforce expects to keep them inservice to about 2040, the longest design lifespan for any plane ever. And as a taxpay, I for one (continue to) welcome our superbly designed BUFF overlords.
I read the title and though Thompson had decided to go the Uwe Boll route and challenge his 2K critics to a boxing match. Watchout for 'is right, Rocky!
You know a demon's going to teleport into the closet when you do! Video games just provide a better environment for horror. Yes, the whole forth wall thing, but also the environment you play in. You often play them alone, in a dark room. You choose how long the suspense lasts before you pickup that gun. In the end, however, you do pickup the gun... and when nothing happens; it gets worse because the environment didn't react the way you expected. Until you turn around of course.
Hmm, not if that link is correct. These appear to be two different user's journal entries. One of which has now been mainstreamed, the other which is still just somebody's journal entry.
That's not a bad idea. They should give it an animation, mood sensing technology, and make it say "What would Jesus do?" everytime you scream at the other cars.
Slashdot Mirror
Not sure, but I think that was kind of the poster's point. That businesses shouldn't be able to be able to specify the consumer's after-market modifications to the system. Simply, that we should be able to install the software as we please without Apple overtly stopping us. Whether the bricking was intentional or not is where the argument of the case should lie. Imho, considering some "lesser" software programs were simply erased rather than the system being bricked, I would say Apple deliberatly targetted modified systems with this update and it was not just unintentional changes that interfered.
Well, if it's a war you want, then Universe at War is still promising cross-platform capability. It maybe an RTS, not an FPS but war's war.
On tv...now that gives me an idea! What if we pipe all the survelliance video feeds into the local access tv channels, flipping every couple of minutes and setup a hotline for citizens who watch the channels to call in and report suspicious activity! No complicated AI computer development and it has citizen oversight!
Maybe it's just that the article a has already taken all the fun out of it by referring to it in it's video.
(Note: The following post was written without reguards to whether the parent was serious or not.)
I wish it was that easy, but a lot that stuff isn't exactly in tip top launch shape. Launch veichles aren't exactly like a 50's era car you can just fire up in the 2000's (and, like any Slashdot car analogy, it's also an incredible simplification of the car mechanics.) Plus we gotta remember that this was quite a while ago, a lot of the people who worked on getting us there are retired or even gone. There's a lot of stuff we have to redevelop and relearn. But that's what happens when you don't keep up with something; America's gotta get it's lunar legs back.
We can still claim a victory, even if our government gets beaten getting back to the moon. All we have to do is be the first nation with a private space industry to land on the moon, that's way cooler than having a government land there. We may need a 'permit to land on the moon,' but can you imagine what sort of permits a private company in China would need to land on the moon?
Dear Sirs of this fine periodical, I wish to inform you of a social blight that has crept up upon our society! Our investigations reveal that the majority of Americans do not think they could withstand a single week without their radioelectronical talking box! Once of thrice interviews with willing persons revealed that they had neglected good social manners with there friends and even avoided full filling their marital duty in favor of box-communique! What hath God wrought, indeed,Samuel Morse, and what hath God wrought now?
I use a Tablet PC/Notebook hybrid =D
All benefits of handwritten note plus ultimate storeage, organization, and the ability to copy/paste large swaths of repeated information and to resize/reshape/duplicate graphs and tables. Built-in microphone is starting to get use, too. Its nice to be able to hear a lecture over again encase I missed important info during note taking.
I could easily imagine this could quickly become a useful method of self mediation. A sort of artificial gland of sorts that doesn't administer based on time, but rather based on biofeedback sensors. The alcoholic choose to overcome his problem by customizing an artificial gland which stimulates a release of pain or possibly general uneasiness once his blood alcohol level begins to rise. A person or criminal with anger management problems the recieves a release of calming chemicals when blood pressure rises to high. Of course, medicine is the perfect place to start, it could work not unlike a pacemaker and administer insulin when a diabetic's levels get low. The possibilities beyond simple timing are immense, give that they can accomplish easy replenishing and ofcourse that (as I assume) the microneedles do not actually hurt.
Imagine the phrase "Slap a band-aid on it and call it a day" becoming common in the medical community.
IANAE, but maybe you should think about having the microwave replaced, or atleast inspected for faults. I can't fathom what sort of problem would cause it to interfere with wireless, but I can almost certainly say you should have that checked out...
They're not saying it caused it, they're just looking for an excuse not to pay to repair it. I make it clear to my retailers when I send my stuff in for repair, I'm not sending the hard drive in with it. Whenever I send it with the hard drive in, something bad happens like they wipe the thing.
Statement: "A statement of fact can be irrelevant in determining a mod to a post; It is often based on relevance to the topic as well as apparent tone."
Thoughtful Speculation: "I suspect his post seemed only marginally applicable to the current discussion and mods saw a high-falutin' tone, resulting in a flamebait mod."
Sardonic Proposition: "Misplaced Tone is a serious problem on the internet. From now on, I suggest all meatbags be required to place stage direction before any change in tone, until there soft, squishy brains can come up with a better means of communicating a full range of tone and emotion."
Wow, that's odd. I guess CVG (the website I found it posted on today) made the same mistake.
I don't know about that... (shameless plug)
I'm not sure they beat their price, the article lists the 2.0Ghz model at US$389; I got my Core 2 Quad at $300, and they're cheaper than that too now. Unless your thinking of some bulk sale to retailer's price I don't know of.
I'd rather have the link to Purdue since they're the ones conducting the research, rather than some tech news blog. Just because something came first, doesn't make it the better choice. A better summary or a better link should always win out over earlier submission in my book.
Maybe try:
"In Soviet Russia, ASCII encode you!"
Technically, 1955 would be cold war era. But, they are just a good reliable design. They haul stuff alright, like carpet bombs for the Afganistan mountains and later in Iraq with percision guided munitions among other things. These old workhorses still make great warhorses, with proper modification. The Airforce expects to keep them inservice to about 2040, the longest design lifespan for any plane ever. And as a taxpay, I for one (continue to) welcome our superbly designed BUFF overlords.
It's was six, but one of them was released from the bombbay, ridden by a crazed cowboy Major.
I read the title and though Thompson had decided to go the Uwe Boll route and challenge his 2K critics to a boxing match. Watchout for 'is right, Rocky!
You know a demon's going to teleport into the closet when you do! Video games just provide a better environment for horror. Yes, the whole forth wall thing, but also the environment you play in. You often play them alone, in a dark room. You choose how long the suspense lasts before you pickup that gun. In the end, however, you do pickup the gun... and when nothing happens; it gets worse because the environment didn't react the way you expected. Until you turn around of course.
Ah, I see. I had misattributed 'you' in the gp to indicate Slashdot, rather than the journalist and concluded the gp thought it was a dupe.
Hmm, not if that link is correct. These appear to be two different user's journal entries. One of which has now been mainstreamed, the other which is still just somebody's journal entry.
That's not a bad idea. They should give it an animation, mood sensing technology, and make it say "What would Jesus do?" everytime you scream at the other cars.
Nah, vertical sync. just was broken, better wait till Nvidia releases new drivers before trying again.