According to TFA: " but the company has promised support will come this spring."
Also TFA says "the new E4200 router released just last month..."
It didn't say none of the Cisco routers, it just said the latest consumer routers.
Summary isn't false, you just lack reading comprehension.
"Hey I know, lets build a communication device that can't be shut off by a nuclear bomb. If part of it goes down, it will route the traffic around, so it will still work. There'll be no way to shut it down."
"Great, let's do it. Now how do we turn it off?"
So in other words, if the American people decide to do their duty and revolt against the government, the government will have the power to shut off the means of communication via the internet?
You got the for profit corporation part right. A for profit company exists...well "for profit."
But a government doesn't exist to increase its sphere and scope of its authority, power and influence. A politician might become a politician to increase his power and influence, but the government doesn't exist to do that. There is a difference.
While I realize the general consensus at slashdot is the copyrights are bad and everything should be free (because everyone is greedy and they don't want to pay for anything). But copyrights do exists. For something like this it is illegal to copy the data from facebook, and then publish it as your own data. Just because it is public doesn't mean you can copy it.
There is also the ethics of saying "we have a quarter million people looking for love in all the wrong places" when it reality it is a dozen people.
Then Twitter can be fined, and if it doesn't pay up, banned from doing business in the EU, and any European assets seized.
The EU is questioning whether US broke the law by subpoenaing Twitter... If the EU agrees the law is "breached" then Twitter is going to be fined?
The EU isn't questioning (so far) if Twitter is breaking the law, but if the US has the right to even subpoena the records. I don't see how Twitter can be fined, banned from doing business in the EU, or have their assets seized.
I'm offended they feel like they have to "rewrite" the book so it is readable.
But what is worse is the word they choose. Not all "injuns" and "niggers" were slaves.
As far as making the book more readable, stories are retold all the time. Set in different settings, etc. Its not how the original author intended, and yet the message they intended to portray is still there.
I ASSUME this is a "windows bashing" without mentioning windows post?
Windows can do the same thing you suggest. The problem is, when people get sent an e-card in the e-mail they want to see it. Doesn't matter if they are on a linux system, a Mac, or on Windows.
For those that don't bother to RTFA I'll distill it down for you:
From the summary we know that theyhave some long lost missing episodes that are in B&W and are converting them to color.
The article says "...they didn't filter off the colour carrier [encoded as a 'chroma dot' pattern in each frame]"
And continues with "...used the signal to reverse-engineer raw colour pictures that could be retouched frame by frame. 'It's very, very labour intensive -...' "
Uhmmm... So basically TFA says "we reversed engineered it, and it is hard." I guess its for them to know and for us to find out.
And here I thought TFA would maybe give me some INSIGHT on how they did it.
I see the problem here at slashdot where people put a pointer to a blog in the summary rather than to the original article.
But I always see it when I am looking up the answer to some random computer question. I will get a dozen hits to a forum post. One is the original, the others are screen scrapes of that post. Its frustrating because I don't know which is the original, but also because they tend to clump together. Which means I only see 2 or 3 unique answers per page (the other 6 or 7 are copies)
To me the biggest feature is 64 bit support. As applications become bigger memory hogs, more memory is important. 32 bit XP maxed out at 3G.
I am sure Win7 has many other fine features. But got 64 bit support, and the ability to use more the 3G of memory is a good reason to upgrade.
My BIGGEST gripe with Win 7 is the taskbar. It seems like every time Microsoft does something right, they do it wrong in the next version. The taskbar in Win 7 is horrible. I want my quick launch back. I want to know what will happen when I click a button. I hate that I have to right click to start a new instance.
About the only the Win7 did right is make it easier to hide tray icons.
Give me the XP task bar anyday. And get rid of the stupid aero look.
One thing you might want to look at is why are those bugs coming back? Did you miss something when you fixed it, or is it a regression (that is did another bug fix break it?)
Unit tests will help with the later. Even without permission you can write unit tests as you fix new bugs.
As far as the former goes, as long as your customers aren't complaining, your boss is probably right. You refix a bug every couple of months? If your users don't seem to mind, the cost of setting up a formal test suite is probably more than the cost of you fixing a bug every few months.
Actually, not only does American want to keep the commission, they ALSO want to sell you a rental car and a hotel room.
Of course what happens when Avis does the same thing to AA that AA is doing to Orbitz and Expedia?
Historically SW (for me) was general $25 or so cheaper. But I didn't really care for the boarding procedure (which is better than it used to be) So I didn't mind spending the extra $25 for another carrier.
But now with the stupid baggage fees SW is even cheaper. Coupled with no fees to change the fare and SW looks pretty good. It is now worth my while to ALSO check SW's website. It is more inconvenient to do so. BUT, even if SW was more expensive, I'd rather fly them not to pay a baggage fee.
They have a Linux-based entertainment system with free games and movies,
I'm not sure why a linux based entertainment system is any better than some other OS based entertainment system.
IF the system serves up some movies on demand, and some decent games, I don't care if it is TRS-80 based.
I've never seen anything other than a linux based system on a flight. Actually maybe I have, but only the linux based systems crashed and had to be rebooted.
Expedia is right. It is much easier to search a single website, than to go to each airline and do a search.
On the other hand, with all the stupid fees they are adding even a single search isn't good enough. Do they charge for one bag? for two? How much? Do they charge you to purchase a ticket? (Don't laugh, one European airline has a "ticket purchase fee")
It isn't the same money.
Some people will take a Credit Card but not a debit.
Some Rental cars companies will only rent if you have a Credit Card and not a debit card.
How is a business supposed to comply with something like this? Are you supposed to follow the laws published in every corner of the country?
[quote]Among other things, 201 CMR 17.00 requires organizations that store personal information on Massachusetts' residents to encrypt personal information at rest - in databases, servers, laptops, desktops, mobile devices. Data transmitted over wired or wireless networks also must be encrypted[/quote]
I'm not exactly sure what qualifies as "personal information" but I would assume that includes name and address. Which makes it illegal to use anything but https. I would guess a LOT of companies are not in compliance with this law.
There are a LOT of extremely low-probability events that can cause a large amount of damage. Unfortunately you can't prevent them all. For some strange reason someone decided to zero in on airports. So to prevent these extremely low-probability event's they decided to spend a ton of money, and waste a lot of people's time. And to do it unconstitutionally.
Its unconstitutional, a waste of time and money. The whole thing, not just these new scanners. And that is the problem I have with it. IF someone wants to blow up a plane, they will, pretty much no matter what sort of security you have.
The government does not have the right to scan me. They don't have the right to search me without cause, and wanting to travel on a plane isn't enough cause.
As far as hoping something doesn't happen, well that seems to work pretty much every where else.
Then you and everyone else should do with out it.
Why is it that YOU and others get to "profit" from watching the movie, just because you wouldn't have actually paid for it?
"Oh I wouldn't pay money for it, therefore I should get to watch it for free." It doesn't work that way.
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According to TFA: " but the company has promised support will come this spring." Also TFA says "the new E4200 router released just last month..." It didn't say none of the Cisco routers, it just said the latest consumer routers. Summary isn't false, you just lack reading comprehension.
"Hey I know, lets build a communication device that can't be shut off by a nuclear bomb. If part of it goes down, it will route the traffic around, so it will still work. There'll be no way to shut it down." "Great, let's do it. Now how do we turn it off?"
Did the supreme court forget about the Declaration of Independence?
So in other words, if the American people decide to do their duty and revolt against the government, the government will have the power to shut off the means of communication via the internet?
You got the for profit corporation part right. A for profit company exists...well "for profit." But a government doesn't exist to increase its sphere and scope of its authority, power and influence. A politician might become a politician to increase his power and influence, but the government doesn't exist to do that. There is a difference.
While I realize the general consensus at slashdot is the copyrights are bad and everything should be free (because everyone is greedy and they don't want to pay for anything). But copyrights do exists. For something like this it is illegal to copy the data from facebook, and then publish it as your own data. Just because it is public doesn't mean you can copy it. There is also the ethics of saying "we have a quarter million people looking for love in all the wrong places" when it reality it is a dozen people.
Then Twitter can be fined, and if it doesn't pay up, banned from doing business in the EU, and any European assets seized.
The EU is questioning whether US broke the law by subpoenaing Twitter... If the EU agrees the law is "breached" then Twitter is going to be fined? The EU isn't questioning (so far) if Twitter is breaking the law, but if the US has the right to even subpoena the records. I don't see how Twitter can be fined, banned from doing business in the EU, or have their assets seized.
I'm offended they feel like they have to "rewrite" the book so it is readable. But what is worse is the word they choose. Not all "injuns" and "niggers" were slaves. As far as making the book more readable, stories are retold all the time. Set in different settings, etc. Its not how the original author intended, and yet the message they intended to portray is still there.
Since your NASA when are your movie reviews coming out?
I ASSUME this is a "windows bashing" without mentioning windows post? Windows can do the same thing you suggest. The problem is, when people get sent an e-card in the e-mail they want to see it. Doesn't matter if they are on a linux system, a Mac, or on Windows.
For those that don't bother to RTFA I'll distill it down for you: From the summary we know that theyhave some long lost missing episodes that are in B&W and are converting them to color. The article says "...they didn't filter off the colour carrier [encoded as a 'chroma dot' pattern in each frame]" And continues with "...used the signal to reverse-engineer raw colour pictures that could be retouched frame by frame. 'It's very, very labour intensive -...' " Uhmmm... So basically TFA says "we reversed engineered it, and it is hard." I guess its for them to know and for us to find out. And here I thought TFA would maybe give me some INSIGHT on how they did it.
I see the problem here at slashdot where people put a pointer to a blog in the summary rather than to the original article. But I always see it when I am looking up the answer to some random computer question. I will get a dozen hits to a forum post. One is the original, the others are screen scrapes of that post. Its frustrating because I don't know which is the original, but also because they tend to clump together. Which means I only see 2 or 3 unique answers per page (the other 6 or 7 are copies)
To me the biggest feature is 64 bit support. As applications become bigger memory hogs, more memory is important. 32 bit XP maxed out at 3G. I am sure Win7 has many other fine features. But got 64 bit support, and the ability to use more the 3G of memory is a good reason to upgrade.
11. A decent taskbar, finally.
My BIGGEST gripe with Win 7 is the taskbar. It seems like every time Microsoft does something right, they do it wrong in the next version. The taskbar in Win 7 is horrible. I want my quick launch back. I want to know what will happen when I click a button. I hate that I have to right click to start a new instance. About the only the Win7 did right is make it easier to hide tray icons. Give me the XP task bar anyday. And get rid of the stupid aero look.
Give it a day or two.
One thing you might want to look at is why are those bugs coming back? Did you miss something when you fixed it, or is it a regression (that is did another bug fix break it?) Unit tests will help with the later. Even without permission you can write unit tests as you fix new bugs. As far as the former goes, as long as your customers aren't complaining, your boss is probably right. You refix a bug every couple of months? If your users don't seem to mind, the cost of setting up a formal test suite is probably more than the cost of you fixing a bug every few months.
Actually, not only does American want to keep the commission, they ALSO want to sell you a rental car and a hotel room. Of course what happens when Avis does the same thing to AA that AA is doing to Orbitz and Expedia?
Historically SW (for me) was general $25 or so cheaper. But I didn't really care for the boarding procedure (which is better than it used to be) So I didn't mind spending the extra $25 for another carrier. But now with the stupid baggage fees SW is even cheaper. Coupled with no fees to change the fare and SW looks pretty good. It is now worth my while to ALSO check SW's website. It is more inconvenient to do so. BUT, even if SW was more expensive, I'd rather fly them not to pay a baggage fee.
They have a Linux-based entertainment system with free games and movies,
I'm not sure why a linux based entertainment system is any better than some other OS based entertainment system. IF the system serves up some movies on demand, and some decent games, I don't care if it is TRS-80 based. I've never seen anything other than a linux based system on a flight. Actually maybe I have, but only the linux based systems crashed and had to be rebooted.
Expedia is right. It is much easier to search a single website, than to go to each airline and do a search. On the other hand, with all the stupid fees they are adding even a single search isn't good enough. Do they charge for one bag? for two? How much? Do they charge you to purchase a ticket? (Don't laugh, one European airline has a "ticket purchase fee")
It isn't the same money. Some people will take a Credit Card but not a debit. Some Rental cars companies will only rent if you have a Credit Card and not a debit card.
How is a business supposed to comply with something like this? Are you supposed to follow the laws published in every corner of the country? [quote]Among other things, 201 CMR 17.00 requires organizations that store personal information on Massachusetts' residents to encrypt personal information at rest - in databases, servers, laptops, desktops, mobile devices. Data transmitted over wired or wireless networks also must be encrypted[/quote] I'm not exactly sure what qualifies as "personal information" but I would assume that includes name and address. Which makes it illegal to use anything but https. I would guess a LOT of companies are not in compliance with this law.
There are a LOT of extremely low-probability events that can cause a large amount of damage. Unfortunately you can't prevent them all. For some strange reason someone decided to zero in on airports. So to prevent these extremely low-probability event's they decided to spend a ton of money, and waste a lot of people's time. And to do it unconstitutionally. Its unconstitutional, a waste of time and money. The whole thing, not just these new scanners. And that is the problem I have with it. IF someone wants to blow up a plane, they will, pretty much no matter what sort of security you have. The government does not have the right to scan me. They don't have the right to search me without cause, and wanting to travel on a plane isn't enough cause. As far as hoping something doesn't happen, well that seems to work pretty much every where else.
Then you and everyone else should do with out it. Why is it that YOU and others get to "profit" from watching the movie, just because you wouldn't have actually paid for it? "Oh I wouldn't pay money for it, therefore I should get to watch it for free." It doesn't work that way.