This really just feels like kids growing up.
They're having an 'oh crap' moment when they realize they need to own up to the mess they've made, deal with it, and get on with life. I'd say the difference in these cases if you try and compare with 20+ years ago is that in these cases the trouble they're able to cause is magnified by the wide reach and inter-connectivity of our current software systems.
Do they need to be held accountable for what they've done? Yes!
Should they be given the opportunity to atone by trying to make things better? Likely.
Like most things this I'm guessing this comes down to money (not that that's always a bad thing).
In many market segments (think government, healthcare) data residency requirements are build into any contracts. Having a European data center likely allows them to big and win business in these markets.
Having the filter in a piece of paper seems less practical and more prone to error i.e. water spilling over the side. You also require multiple containers. A dirty container from which to pour the water, and a clean container for storage.
Note: I am in no way affiliated with LifeStraw and have never used the product.
This was one of the reasons I started using a password manager. No need to remember passwords to sites I rarely use and much easier to avoid using the same or similar passwords in general.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that law enforcement authorities need a probable-cause warrant from a judge to affix a GPS device to a vehicle and monitor its every move.
Depends on your definition of broken. The last couple of elections voter turnout has averaged in the low 60s. If such a system could boost voter participation by 10+% then I'd say it is definitely worth investigating. Part of the analysis should be which groups in society are underrepresented at the polls (who turns out the least) and ensure that it is these groups who are more likely to make use of online voting.
This brings up some interesting points: if you have a property interest in a domain, then what do you pay the yearly fee for?
Is it not similar for patents and/or trademarks? Don't you have to pay a fee to maintain your status?
I was just discussing this with a (Canadian) IP lawyer and his take on it was he would consider a domain (intangible) property similar to patents, trade-marks and copyrights.
I don't mind ads on a page, I just wish they behaved more like prints ads and stayed still. As soon as anything on a webpage moves, unless I want it to be there (i.e. the moving item is the purpose of the page and what I am looking at), I get ride of it.
The way I view items on a page that moves, is the equivalent of someone beside me jumping up and down yelling 'Look at me!!!'. I don't know many people who would stand for this. Webpages that behave like this I either modify with FF add-ons, or don't visit.
That would be pretty impressive...considering so far they have seven tusks and a skull that show the impact marks. If it was one animal that would be one hell of a large skull. Maybe something like this but even bigger: http://www.geekroar.com/film/archives/rotk_war_elephants.jpg
It is important news because we are the people who will have to help family and friends after they upgrade if things go wrong. Now at least we know that if mom calls tomorrow what it will be about...
Many other people have mentioned the lower cost of living in Canada. A couple of other points which you should remember, yes we are taxed more, but we have FREE HEALTH CARE. That alone can make up a very large part of the difference. Also, depending on where you live, most parts of Canada are considered much safer then comparable sized cities in the US. The level of crime (violent crimes ie that use guns) is much much lower. There is much more to look at then the simple fast that you get paid less. You have to look at what you are getting for your money.
Nice idea. But you would only want it to happen when there is a large section of text that goes off the bottom the screen. Part of the learning for this feature would have to be to recognize when this is the case. ie you would not want to to happen is you are scrolling down to look at a picture or if you are already at the bottom of the text.
There is a reason many high schools in my area start people out with Turing. It starts out fairly easy, yet introduces you to all of the concepts you will need. From there, moving into VB or Java (or many others) is just learning syntax.
However, I would only go with this if she is actually interested. Otherwise, HTML is probably best.
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That is one of the applications which they have looked at. I had this guy as a prof. (while the area he is in is very interesting he can be a real ass). There are applications in computing such are being able to use your eyes instead of a mouse.
I think one of the best applications (which combines some other parts of his work) is something that can tell if you are busy or not and then take / not take action. For example, if you are connected to the internet and you receive an e-mail, but at that point you are giving a presentation, you don't want your computer to make a noise to notify you. Applications like this could be very usefull, think of your cellphone not ringing if it knows you are doing something which can not be interupted.
If a new CD costs about $15 and has 10-15 tracks on it then that's $1-$1.50 a track. If you buy the same tracks if bought online would cost $1 each (99 cents). That's not much of a savings. That's still about $1 a track and there is a huge savings to them, they don't have to buy, produce or distribute the CDs. That takes time, and time is money. By doing it online they are saving piles of money and not passing the savings along to us. I will not be using the online music stores until they actually start charging proper prices.
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This really just feels like kids growing up.
They're having an 'oh crap' moment when they realize they need to own up to the mess they've made, deal with it, and get on with life. I'd say the difference in these cases if you try and compare with 20+ years ago is that in these cases the trouble they're able to cause is magnified by the wide reach and inter-connectivity of our current software systems.
Do they need to be held accountable for what they've done? Yes!
Should they be given the opportunity to atone by trying to make things better? Likely.
Like most things this I'm guessing this comes down to money (not that that's always a bad thing).
In many market segments (think government, healthcare) data residency requirements are build into any contracts. Having a European data center likely allows them to big and win business in these markets.
How is this any different from the LifeStraw?
Having the filter in a piece of paper seems less practical and more prone to error i.e. water spilling over the side. You also require multiple containers. A dirty container from which to pour the water, and a clean container for storage.
Note: I am in no way affiliated with LifeStraw and have never used the product.
This was one of the reasons I started using a password manager. No need to remember passwords to sites I rarely use and much easier to avoid using the same or similar passwords in general.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that law enforcement authorities need a probable-cause warrant from a judge to affix a GPS device to a vehicle and monitor its every move.
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Depends on your definition of broken. The last couple of elections voter turnout has averaged in the low 60s. If such a system could boost voter participation by 10+% then I'd say it is definitely worth investigating. Part of the analysis should be which groups in society are underrepresented at the polls (who turns out the least) and ensure that it is these groups who are more likely to make use of online voting.
This brings up some interesting points: if you have a property interest in a domain, then what do you pay the yearly fee for?
Is it not similar for patents and/or trademarks? Don't you have to pay a fee to maintain your status?
I was just discussing this with a (Canadian) IP lawyer and his take on it was he would consider a domain (intangible) property similar to patents, trade-marks and copyrights.
...move.
I don't mind ads on a page, I just wish they behaved more like prints ads and stayed still. As soon as anything on a webpage moves, unless I want it to be there (i.e. the moving item is the purpose of the page and what I am looking at), I get ride of it.
The way I view items on a page that moves, is the equivalent of someone beside me jumping up and down yelling 'Look at me!!!'. I don't know many people who would stand for this. Webpages that behave like this I either modify with FF add-ons, or don't visit.
That would be pretty impressive...considering so far they have seven tusks and a skull that show the impact marks. If it was one animal that would be one hell of a large skull. Maybe something like this but even bigger: http://www.geekroar.com/film/archives/rotk_war_elephants.jpg
He needed the extra cash so that he could afford to upgrade all of his personal computers to Vista...
It is important news because we are the people who will have to help family and friends after they upgrade if things go wrong. Now at least we know that if mom calls tomorrow what it will be about...
You can go to Dell.com (or Dell.ca in my case) and get some of the systems without an OS. Mainly servers. What's the difference?
I just meant to say that it is no "wonderland", they do have their own issues.
Yes it is:P
Many other people have mentioned the lower cost of living in Canada. A couple of other points which you should remember, yes we are taxed more, but we have FREE HEALTH CARE. That alone can make up a very large part of the difference. Also, depending on where you live, most parts of Canada are considered much safer then comparable sized cities in the US. The level of crime (violent crimes ie that use guns) is much much lower. There is much more to look at then the simple fast that you get paid less. You have to look at what you are getting for your money.
Nice idea. But you would only want it to happen when there is a large section of text that goes off the bottom the screen. Part of the learning for this feature would have to be to recognize when this is the case. ie you would not want to to happen is you are scrolling down to look at a picture or if you are already at the bottom of the text.
There is a reason many high schools in my area start people out with Turing. It starts out fairly easy, yet introduces you to all of the concepts you will need. From there, moving into VB or Java (or many others) is just learning syntax.
However, I would only go with this if she is actually interested. Otherwise, HTML is probably best.
That is one of the applications which they have looked at. I had this guy as a prof. (while the area he is in is very interesting he can be a real ass). There are applications in computing such are being able to use your eyes instead of a mouse.
I think one of the best applications (which combines some other parts of his work) is something that can tell if you are busy or not and then take / not take action. For example, if you are connected to the internet and you receive an e-mail, but at that point you are giving a presentation, you don't want your computer to make a noise to notify you. Applications like this could be very usefull, think of your cellphone not ringing if it knows you are doing something which can not be interupted.
If a new CD costs about $15 and has 10-15 tracks on it then that's $1-$1.50 a track. If you buy the same tracks if bought online would cost $1 each (99 cents). That's not much of a savings. That's still about $1 a track and there is a huge savings to them, they don't have to buy, produce or distribute the CDs. That takes time, and time is money. By doing it online they are saving piles of money and not passing the savings along to us. I will not be using the online music stores until they actually start charging proper prices.
TD bank (in Canada) has started to do this. They are installing a partial shield over the keypad.