benkant

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RISC?

Computers don't make mistakes, people do.

That was my first thought.

It looks very interesting though. If it's for windows only I won't hesitate to use a VM.

Yep, probably. Moving in Melbourne in January though.

The comments in response to that article are a microcosm of the problems we've seen with this debate.

When this issue entered the public consciousness it was as if everyone had made their minds up before there was any evidence for or against AGW.

There's evidence for and against, and instead of doing analysis we seem to just be slamming the table, condescendingly dismissing dissent and calling each other names. Of course there are probably people out there doing real science, but from what I can see (ok, from the media) it's people making up their minds and then finding the data to back it up. That's not science.

I thought Lomborg's initial stance was refreshing.

Hopefully it's just the media making drama out of it and real work is being done to get to the bottom of it. Here's to hope.

$needle, $haystack

or

$haystack, $needle

Agreed. In some ways the browser actually lowered people's expectations of what "computers" can do.

Perhaps the focus shifted.

When I first saw Wolf3D as a kid I was amazed that the computer could do that. Same when I first used a GIS.

These days when people get "excited" about something like Facebook, it's not because it's a technical achievement. It's something more human. Which perhaps is why I don't get it.

Maybe browser technology is "good enough". Perhaps the point is to be able to get apps out to people as simply as possible. It's just a URL.

Due to the fact I don't feel a point coming on any time soon I'll end here.

Now all it needs is a text editor and it's done.

Common sense for anyone who's had a few ideas. Which is everyone.

RISC or CISC? Perhaps they'll borrow from each other enough that the distinction won't exist.

IBM isn't going anywhere. For a start their consulting arms (Global Business|Technology Services) make up the bulk of their revenue. And that business is booming.

IBM has always been at the forefront of research. IIRC they have more patents than anyone.

Trust me, they're not going anywhere soon. In fact, I'd wager we'll see the end of Microsoft before we see the end of IBM.

I prefer brunettes and Plan9.

How is this even remotely 'hacker news'?

Perhaps you're looking for /r/politics.

I haven't had a Facebook account for years. My leaving had nothing to do with privacy.

No offence to the OF project intended, but if nothing else the Cinder code appears to be a lot cleaner. I don't like the way OF wraps GL functions for a start.

At a first gander it looks like Cinder lets doesn't baby you as much, and really provides a "consistent way to do this kind of C++" as much as the library functions themselves.

That's my first impression anyway.

The cloud is not an awful lot different in principle to when we used to lease managed IBM mainframes.

I find it hilarious how quickly the IT industry forgets the past. The thick/thin client rotation has been going on since before Unix epoch.

It's all just a little bit of history repeating...

I wouldn't doubt it. Microsoft has fought the hackers in a seriously lengthy and costly campaign.

Apple on the other hand hasn't been nearly as big a target.

It stands to reason that Microsoft would have developed better processes to deal with the problem, even if it was by mistake. It's been 30 years and they've taken many casualties.

But you wait- hackers go where the users go.

BTW, I'm using _hacker_ in its popular usage. As TFA is.

Vaguely. It was around in about '99 or 2000? If I remember correctly it was the IE COM (Webview was it?) object embedded in an app?

Also I remember it being pretty useless outside of looking nice. In retrospect it probably didn't even look that nice, I can't recall.

As if I need another reason to like McDonald's. That stuff has so many amazing properties.

I'm sick of this "oh my" thing. Commence down votes. Nice article though.

Perth repping.

Skeptic != Denier.

Using the word denier with its obvious connotations with Holocaust denial... classic fundamentalist lefty tactic.

Surprised you didn't know.

>> perhaps because they have their own pre-conceived notions of what success is

There is no absolute definition of success.

Boring, navel gazing semantics.

I find agnostics to be more intelligent, on average.

They have a point, but it's more Mozilla (and Microsoft's) fault than anyone else's.

Drones are fine for taking pictures from the sky and sending missiles into specific locations, but to get those locations you often need troops on the group to provide that intel- the enemy knows the drones are out there, so they don't stand in the open unless they can help it. Satellite imagery is the same deal.

Sure, we'll see an increased use of UAVs, both airborne and otherwise in the years to come, but I think you'll find we're a long way off replacing troops with drones.

On a similar note- despite the increased used of signals intelligence, we're a long way from doing away with human intelligence gathering.

Warfare is changing but kenetic warfare involving boots on the ground isn't going anywhere. In fact the modern war zone makes using UAVs harder. It's dudes in caves and villages wearing civilian clothes, walking amongst innocents. War on the scale of the World Wars was probably better suited to UAV versus UAV. These days it's different.

I would have thought this was obvious.

I'm going to have to go ahead and disagree with you there. Aside from not really being news, it's hardly unbiased. Perhaps the real issue is that there is no such thing as unbiased.

Personally I read The Economist and subscribe to a bunch of sections on news.google.com. In the end you have to make up your own mind.