Lies! Intel's ability to have good yields is down to anti-competitive practices, not foresight and investment. I hope the EU gets billions out of them.
It does seem to require you have a registered business name though, I like the micropayment potential and all but it looks like government is still getting in the way of truly seamless, open payments out of fear of money laundering etc. "As a developer" I think this goes a bit OTT, and they could probably afford to take the time to see where money is coming from and going to if/when a significant amount gets made rather than require you prove that you're not a criminal via a huge number of checks and then find out if it's worth it etc.
But independent tests were run and found no problems with it. Unless you believe in gremlins that's pretty conclusive. (And I expect 90+% of people here earn their paychecks based on some understanding of computers, please don't flatter yourself into thinking you're an expert.)
Hush! We here in Slashdot don't like these damned wires and chips in our good old autos gosh dernit! This tech site likes things pneumatic and analogue thank you very much.
Did you know in South Korea they believe in "Fan Death", caused by electric fans being left on overnight? There is no documented evidence leading to this, no-one knows where it comes from, only South Korea seems to be aware of it let alone believe it, yet fan companies have to report that their fans have been tested and absolutely will not cause "Fan Death", and everyone takes it seriously.
The point of all this is people can build up irrational fears of what they don't understand.
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- Captain Obvious
So... why not exactly? You didn't say, just gave an anecdote about extra failsafes in the new system and revealed a prejudice towards simplicity (in a modern automobile, one of the pinnacles of engineering).
On what OS can you run viruses written for that OS, which will not run? RTFA; they ran virus.exe on Windows 7 and were gobsmacked that they ran. This is FUD and/or a slashvertisement for Sophos..
They're probably counting the free release candidate many were using.
Btw I am very dubious about an anti-virus company telling me I need to install anti-virus software. I'm guessing they actually ran the viruses on a Win7 machine and are reporting "Holy shit, 8/10 of the viruses we ran.. ran." In the same way someone might report "Oh my gosh, on OS X when I rm -rf'ed my machine it actually let me do it. You better buy iDumbassProtector 2010"
Also if you want to run an anti-virus use Microsoft Security Essentials, no need to pay for Sophos or Norton or McAffee, they're all trash and it's a predatory industry which desperately needs to die.
I didn't mention how grocers and window washers wouldn't benefit either. I want to know how they would benefit, I'm not going to prove how each establishment in Australia won't benefit from this.
We're in the process of making the mistakes right now. Our new broadband plan is like a beautiful locomotive gliding through the air in super-slow motion, but if you have some foresight you can see you're watching a train wreck in slow motion
This is from the same guy who threw millions at stopping internet bullying with a mandatory nationwide blacklist of disgusting sites, then leaked the list of disgusting sites. Just the other day he released confidential figures revealing the confidential value of our main telecom company's assets, this is our telecommunications minister and I really doubt the US counterpart has anything to learn from him or his plans
We don't need an NBN to deliver telephone (at a whopping ~30kbit/s), or internet or video calls, "remote diagnosis by doctors" is a bit of a creepy thought even if it really did need far more bandwidth. And the little TV I watch I get via satellite or radio, why waste money delivering broadcast content packet by packet to each individual?
Huge benefits for schools/libraries/research institutions like what? Do people go to libraries to use the net? Would they after they've had super-expensive broadband shoved down their throat?
I think some reform is needed on Telstra, but the private sector seems all too ready to develop our broadband for us when it gets a chance, without the huge sums of taxpayer money and having to put up with Steven Conroy's incompetence.
I suppose when they're handing money out to everyone they might as well spend some on infrastructure, but it really seems like it's destined to failure. You say it'll last for decades etc, but with technology advancing at the rate it is is it really a good idea to buy the most lavish system possible today and hope you won't be kicking yourself in a decade when NZ are rolling out their equivalent network for a fraction of the cost?
If you have some comms industry wisdom to lay on me I'm interested to hear it, but I hope it's more than fantasy about how great things will be.
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Microsoft software is good but their software isn't a dream, strictly speaking..
I know what a bloom filter is, that's why I asked what they use it for.
A marketing company which subcontracts out its marketing and makes billions from software sales. That's a pretty weird marketing company.
They use bloom filters for messaging? What for?
durrrrrr
Yeah backwards compatibility is a sad state of affairs.
Of course I was being sarcastic, pretty sad state that people think I was serious.
Lies! Intel's ability to have good yields is down to anti-competitive practices, not foresight and investment. I hope the EU gets billions out of them.
".. , of course, .."
It does seem to require you have a registered business name though, I like the micropayment potential and all but it looks like government is still getting in the way of truly seamless, open payments out of fear of money laundering etc. "As a developer" I think this goes a bit OTT, and they could probably afford to take the time to see where money is coming from and going to if/when a significant amount gets made rather than require you prove that you're not a criminal via a huge number of checks and then find out if it's worth it etc.
I think you might be over-thinking this whole "plug" thing..
It's funny that there are people in the world that can actually take some sort of pride in their electrical plug sockets.
So you're surprised and shocked that viruses written for Vista run on Windows 7?
But independent tests were run and found no problems with it. Unless you believe in gremlins that's pretty conclusive. (And I expect 90+% of people here earn their paychecks based on some understanding of computers, please don't flatter yourself into thinking you're an expert.)
I guess so..
Hush! We here in Slashdot don't like these damned wires and chips in our good old autos gosh dernit! This tech site likes things pneumatic and analogue thank you very much.
Did you know in South Korea they believe in "Fan Death" , caused by electric fans being left on overnight? There is no documented evidence leading to this, no-one knows where it comes from, only South Korea seems to be aware of it let alone believe it, yet fan companies have to report that their fans have been tested and absolutely will not cause "Fan Death", and everyone takes it seriously.
The point of all this is people can build up irrational fears of what they don't understand.
--
- Captain Obvious
I'd think not.
So ... why not exactly? You didn't say, just gave an anecdote about extra failsafes in the new system and revealed a prejudice towards simplicity (in a modern automobile, one of the pinnacles of engineering).
I think God just takes the piss out of artists and software developers when it comes to work vs reward.
Confused? The summary could not have been clearer: Go and buy our product now or you are in grave danger. Who needs more details than that?
*Pulls computer plug out of the socket and races to Best-buy to get Sophos Anti-virus.*
On what OS can you run viruses written for that OS, which will not run? RTFA; they ran virus.exe on Windows 7 and were gobsmacked that they ran. This is FUD and/or a slashvertisement for Sophos..
They're probably counting the free release candidate many were using.
Btw I am very dubious about an anti-virus company telling me I need to install anti-virus software. I'm guessing they actually ran the viruses on a Win7 machine and are reporting "Holy shit, 8/10 of the viruses we ran.. ran." In the same way someone might report "Oh my gosh, on OS X when I rm -rf'ed my machine it actually let me do it. You better buy iDumbassProtector 2010"
Also if you want to run an anti-virus use Microsoft Security Essentials, no need to pay for Sophos or Norton or McAffee, they're all trash and it's a predatory industry which desperately needs to die.
I didn't mention how grocers and window washers wouldn't benefit either. I want to know how they would benefit, I'm not going to prove how each establishment in Australia won't benefit from this.
Same here, so what?
We're in the process of making the mistakes right now. Our new broadband plan is like a beautiful locomotive gliding through the air in super-slow motion, but if you have some foresight you can see you're watching a train wreck in slow motion
This is from the same guy who threw millions at stopping internet bullying with a mandatory nationwide blacklist of disgusting sites, then leaked the list of disgusting sites. Just the other day he released confidential figures revealing the confidential value of our main telecom company's assets, this is our telecommunications minister and I really doubt the US counterpart has anything to learn from him or his plans
We don't need an NBN to deliver telephone (at a whopping ~30kbit/s), or internet or video calls, "remote diagnosis by doctors" is a bit of a creepy thought even if it really did need far more bandwidth. And the little TV I watch I get via satellite or radio, why waste money delivering broadcast content packet by packet to each individual?
Huge benefits for schools/libraries/research institutions like what? Do people go to libraries to use the net? Would they after they've had super-expensive broadband shoved down their throat?
I think some reform is needed on Telstra, but the private sector seems all too ready to develop our broadband for us when it gets a chance, without the huge sums of taxpayer money and having to put up with Steven Conroy's incompetence.
I suppose when they're handing money out to everyone they might as well spend some on infrastructure, but it really seems like it's destined to failure. You say it'll last for decades etc, but with technology advancing at the rate it is is it really a good idea to buy the most lavish system possible today and hope you won't be kicking yourself in a decade when NZ are rolling out their equivalent network for a fraction of the cost?
If you have some comms industry wisdom to lay on me I'm interested to hear it, but I hope it's more than fantasy about how great things will be.