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Five PC Innovations the Industry Should Get To
An anonymous reader writes "Flexbeta.net has an article which describes 5 great technological advancements in computing that just about every PC user wants." From the article: "Why has there been such a sudden lack in innovation as of late? Are we in a technological drought? I like to stick to my own diagnosis of the industry as being too concerned with keeping a steady cash flow over social experimentation with new products but then again that's just an opinion from a little guy."
Slashdotted before I could get to the second page. Crap.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Ya, no kidding. Let's try for something a little deeper and farther-reaching than fans and cases...
How about an operating system that never needs to be rebooted to check/repair disks, or to add/remove software or drivers.
Also an OS that takes a snapshot of it's "completely loaded" environment (kind of like a laptop hibernation) and store that to HD, so the next time it boots, it just loads the image to a default state, then updates the clock and other housekeeping tasks.
N.
"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence." - Charles de Gaulle
Police, laws, and courts I'll go with. These are some of the necessary evils of government, because the alternative is an even greater evil: anarchy.
Hospitals? We don't have universal healthcare in in the states. Obviously government-run hospitals aren't necessary.
Social assistance? I don't think so. If you choose to volunteer your time and/or money to help those in need, then good on you. I do this as well, and welcome you to the ranks of charity supporters across the land. However, I am completely and utterly opposed to folks being forced at gunpoint to pay for social assistance they do not believe in and do not wish to support.
Employment insurance? I'm assuming you mean unemployment insurance here. Nope, don't agree with this either. This 'need' can be fulfilled like any other form of insurance; purchase a policy if you like, forego it if you don't. No need for the government to get involved.
Old age benefits? Again, no. If Social Security had stuck to the original plan of increasing the age of benefits with the longevity of the population you'd have to be *83* in order to qualify for it in the year 2005. But now I'm supposed to pay so that people over 65 get a free ride for the next 20 years? Why? Most of these folks are perfectly capable of working and I don't see why they shouldn't support themselves.
Schools? Adamantly no, for more reasons than I care to list here. Suffice to say I'm a homeschooler, convinced to take that path due to several years of personal experience as a middle school teacher. The school system is an abomination, solely designed to produce compliant, unthinking drones.
Roads? Perhaps. As a libertarian I recognize that governments are more appropriate for some tasks than businesses are. A good argument can be made for government being the primary player in infrastructure development (or at least the planner, contracting out to businesses for the actual construction). I'm not entirely sure if public roads would be better maintained than private ones, but I suspect they're a far sight more *convenient* for the average person.
Etc. etc. etc.? Have to take a pass here.
Max
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?