My theory on this is that when we moved away from keyboards and mice in the use of phones and tablets, we did away with the last remnants of manipulating three-dimensional solid objects while interacting with computing devices.
I have this vague feeling that our connection to, and assumption that we can leverage, our animal evolutionary history is becoming more and more tenuous as we spend more of our time and focus interacting with items lacking analogs in nature:
printed language, as in books
industrial equipment
display technology
keyboards and mice to control physical processes
and now, tablets and phones lacking tactile 'presence'
As we control and manipulate our external environment more and more while continuously decreasing our bodies' physical engagement, I have to suspect that more of these secondary effects will surface. Just a hunch, I'm not passing judgement.
Actually, the first thing that came to mind for me was: "Last year's zero-day exploit ignored for a while, then eventually fixed in an upcoming Patch Tuesday".
The argument that they provide for liquidity of the market, or whatever, would not change if everyone would be trading at second scale instead of microsecond scale.
Let's even say that high-frequency trading does provide liquidity. From my incomplete understanding of this, all you have are offers on a screen which are withdrawn before anyone can execute on them. It seems more like high-frequency "neener-too-slow" without any actual trades taking place.
RMS: So if I'm using the free program and I make a change in it, which I know how to do, then I could publish my modified version and then you. Perhaps you're not a programmer; you would still be able to get the benefit of the change I make. Not only that, you could pay somebody to change the program for you, or you could join an organisation whose goal is to change a certain program in a certain way, and all the members would put in their money, and that's how they would hire a programmer to change it.
I just realized that the shared definition of a 'fake' commercial is that it was produced by someone not hired by the product manufacturer. It no longer means one that involves special effects, and hasn't for some time.
There are certainly older programmers who can produce much better software at faster rates than their younger counterparts, but it is difficult to prove and requires the employer to take a greater risk in hiring you.
...
Nothing can beat knowledge/experience. Nothing!
You can see how the effect is amplified in the case of programming and a subset of other fields, due to the nature of the problem space and power of the available tools.
Until the day comes... we need the ability to go backwards with all software.
Portable apps offer this and related features for a large body of applications on the Windows desktop.
Disclaimer: I use apps in this format a lot. I met the founder a few years ago at OSCON -- I'm making the extra effort to plug the project here because he's a friendly, dedicated, focused guy.
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Can we please have more English majors writing documentation?
What training does it require to staff a call center?
Well, it requires a strong command of the English lan-- uh, never mind.
** Why was I there? My wife is really big into this sort of thing, and as any married man knows, you either go along with her or you're a dead man.
And apparently at that point, she'd still be coming after you.
My theory on this is that when we moved away from keyboards and mice in the use of phones and tablets, we did away with the last remnants of manipulating three-dimensional solid objects while interacting with computing devices.
I have this vague feeling that our connection to, and assumption that we can leverage, our animal evolutionary history is becoming more and more tenuous as we spend more of our time and focus interacting with items lacking analogs in nature:
As we control and manipulate our external environment more and more while continuously decreasing our bodies' physical engagement, I have to suspect that more of these secondary effects will surface. Just a hunch, I'm not passing judgement.
Actually, the first thing that came to mind for me was: "Last year's zero-day exploit ignored for a while, then eventually fixed in an upcoming Patch Tuesday".
They're still evil.
It's one Microsoft, so it's it's, not they're. Also, while this is promising:
The New 'One Microsoft' Is Finally Poised For the Future
of moving from many to one and hopefully beyond, this statement seems a little premature:
The stodgy old enterprise company whose former CEO once called open source Linux a 'cancer' is gone.
However, this a hopeful trend towards you eventually being able to use the plural "they're". At that point, though, "still" may no longer be valid.
Bloomberg has a valid point. It's also the reason most people can't be fashion models ("he's so hot right now")..
I think the real question here is whether or not you can teach a fashion model to mine coal.
hats off to the developer who admits a mistake.
It's laudable but insufficient; to genuinely move towards making the aggrieved parties whole, I think it demands nothing short of a full refund.
And if that isn't nerd news enough for you, you might prefer his RSA keynote instead.
But hey, why stop there? *** I *** am the center of the universe! All you people rotate around me! No need to bow down...
Congratulations! Please obey all traffic laws and posted signs, and enjoy your new GPS navigation system.
Maybe Google is malfunctioning. Don't worry, it happens about half the time.
You think either Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia would have been possible without people who would just follow orders and uphold the law?
Or, more recently and anecdotally, just being identified as the ones willing to follow orders
I do not think there is a single law on the books that makes it illegal not to know something.
I'm sorry, but ignorance of that law is not an excuse.
The argument that they provide for liquidity of the market, or whatever, would not change if everyone would be trading at second scale instead of microsecond scale.
Let's even say that high-frequency trading does provide liquidity. From my incomplete understanding of this, all you have are offers on a screen which are withdrawn before anyone can execute on them. It seems more like high-frequency "neener-too-slow" without any actual trades taking place.
From The Law of Success 2.0:
RMS: So if I'm using the free program and I make a change in it, which I know how to do, then I could publish my modified version and then you. Perhaps you're not a programmer; you would still be able to get the benefit of the change I make. Not only that, you could pay somebody to change the program for you, or you could join an organisation whose goal is to change a certain program in a certain way, and all the members would put in their money, and that's how they would hire a programmer to change it.
Or providing emergency medical services even when you haven't.
Thus confirrming that Elon Musk is actually Tony Stark.
I believe there's pretty much a single person who has the "right" to cast a stone in this whole situation.
File writes/updates are directed to a secluded area.
But what if the malware directly modifies disk sectors? Is there malware that can attack in this way?
... having a spinning flywheel is going to do gyroscopic things to the vehicle.
Isn't this usually addressed using counter-rotating flywheels? Or does that not apply to the issue here?
I just realized that the shared definition of a 'fake' commercial is that it was produced by someone not hired by the product manufacturer. It no longer means one that involves special effects, and hasn't for some time.
There are certainly older programmers who can produce much better software at faster rates than their younger counterparts, but it is difficult to prove and requires the employer to take a greater risk in hiring you.
...
Nothing can beat knowledge/experience. Nothing!
You can see how the effect is amplified in the case of programming and a subset of other fields, due to the nature of the problem space and power of the available tools.
Until the day comes ... we need the ability to go backwards with all software.
Portable apps offer this and related features for a large body of applications on the Windows desktop.
Disclaimer: I use apps in this format a lot. I met the founder a few years ago at OSCON -- I'm making the extra effort to plug the project here because he's a friendly, dedicated, focused guy.
Am I just too old and too set in my ways to learn something new?
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Someone broke Betteridge's Law.
Not necessarily :-)
That sure sounds like receiving a "digital version" of the film to me.
Correct. The studio just wasn't clear ahead of time which digit they planned to provide.