No I think he was using a stupid analogy to point out the stupidity of the point he was commenting about.

An HBO subscription isn't the only legal way to watch it. It's on iTunes and Amazon instant video, and probably others.

The question is: will doing the DB in hardware even help with anything?

Oracle is quick to mention the benefit of hardware encryption they've implemented that's transparent to the applications accessing the data. This is pretty huge because just about every SaaS I've ever worked on has been cobbled together without encryption in the original design and then later on when it was determined to be a valuable feature, the challenge of implementing it in the existing code base was gargantuan. Transparent encryption / decryption is a wonderful solution, and having it accelerated by the hardware would be tits.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/options/advanced-security/index-099011.html

seth

To cut a long story short, the reason you hate Windows it seems is because you know absolutely nothing about it.

I think that's the point I'm making here. Without 'knowing' windows is to hate it. Your assertion is that once I would have learned all of Redmond's idiosyncrasies embedded in their UI decisions, then my 'hate' will melt away. An enlightened UI design does not require such a trial by fire.

Seth

What exactly is so bad about Windows? To describe using it as torture, you must have some rational well considered reasons, which I am sure everyone would benefit from hearing.

Here are my top 3 nits to pick on Windows. They sound very random, but that's because they have existed for many releases and would be VERY EASY for Redmond developers to address if usability was at all a priority.

• Command Console doesn't have simple highlight / copy / paste functionality.
• When the default application isn't set for a document type, the first choice that's provided in the resulting pop-up is "Do you want to wander around on the web to find an application that can open this document?" rather than the option of selecting an application from the list of installed applications.
• In SQL Server Management Studio, when you have multiple sessions open, they are tabbed. Even when you only have two or three tabs, the tabs are scrunched horizontally such that you can't read the labels, which usually start with the server name, then the database name. So, if you have six sessions all connecting to different databases on 'foo' server, all six tabs are labelled 'foo...'. Sure, that's not the OS, but that is an example of Redmond not giving a shit to produce quality usability in ways that would be trivially simple.

-- Seth Johnson

Keep saying "democrat" in reference to slavery. I'm sure no one here knows what happened in the 60s. Just pretend none of that happened.

Sounds like a trip to the electronics recycler. For all the time you're going to invest into getting some very limited use out of that device, you could just get a decent $300 tablet that will be suited for many uses. Since you're a dad, you know that your time is valuable. More valuable than making this thing marginally more useful so you can save $212.

Put some edutainment apps on their and hand it over to your kids. No need to ruggedize it.

...and they haven't upgraded since.

If I pay $600 for an unlocked phone, then pay for 24 months of service, that's more money than spending $199 then paying for 24 months of service. It's not like they give you a cheaper monthly rate if you bring your own phone. Maybe I'm missing something.

Stop using FUD incorrectly.

See that's the problem. You like your phone, I like my iPhone (I would probably also like the Nexus 4). In no way do I care if you like your phone, and you won't hear me criticizing you for liking it. Too bad that rule doesn't got the other way for people who feel so insecure they have to go out complaining about all of us unhappy iPhone users and how we shouldn't like our sad little phones and how we are making the world a worse place to live.

Good for you and your phone. Hopefully you couldn't care less about my iPhone too.

Walled gardens, DRM, Flash exploits...don't you know the world is going to end if you don't switch to open source everything RIGHT THIS MINUTE!? You must be new here.

Um, you do know Uncle Steve is dead, right? Of course you do, but why let a logical fallacy get in the way of a lazy argument?

My iPhone 5 was $199, just as was every other top of the line smart phone. Speaking of only 1 or 2% of people doing something as nerdy as rooting their device, I bet that percentage is even smaller for people who buy unlocked phones when a cheap, subsidized option is available.