If there is anything I have learned, it is that most humans have a desire to throw out the old and accept the new without any sort of hesitation.
In what alternate universe did you encounter alleged humans behaving like this? I don't think that your problem is a fear of technological change,I think your problem is that you're smoking too much dope.
What are you going to do? Turn the inside of a car into a sterile wasteland and ban every possible thing that might decrease someone's ability to drive by event the smallest amount? Hey, no radio, phone, GPS, and definitely no talking to the driver. No driving hungry, or after taking cold medication, or after a Red Bull. All of those things could impact your driving in some minor way.
It's a question of proportionality. There is a point of diminishing returns beyond which the effort required to prevent people from driving after drinking becomes absurd. We can't even successfully prevent all idiots from driving at.08, despite millions in enforcement and PR campaigns. Imagine the pointlessness of spending an order of magnitude more to also fail to stop people from having a beer with dinner.
There is a point at which alchol impairs your ability to drive a car to the extent that you are an unacceptable danger. That point may be.08 or it may be.05, but it's definitely not "anything above 0".
Um, no. The adobe application updater works just like most updaters - it tells you there is an update and asks if you want to install it. You're quite free to say no, as I do all the time because I'm busy. On the other hand, they push out lots of of updates now that otherwise might have had to wait 2 years for the next version of the software. I'm quite happy with it, I don't mind the cost which is considerably less than I spend on coffee every month, but ymmv.
Modern war - that is, every war the US has fought in the last decade, has been fought largely by infantrymen, light armor and close air support. All of which function just fine without a networked environment.
Maybe you learn the difference between sci fi and reality.
Right, because no other country in the world has it's security forces hacking computers, and if they do, they're immediately arrested and extradited under international law...
Lately? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Every government in human history has enjoyed powers that were denied to individual citizens. That's pretty much the point of the institution we call a government. We don't want individuals making and enforcing their own laws or drafting people into private armies...
Since smartphones became ubiquitous, yes, you can sit down at a restaurant with someone and ignore them, instead fiddling with your phone. We call such people boors, and do not invite them to dinner again.
Hey Mom, I didn't know you used Slashdot. Good to see you.
But hey, as I've explained before, people using smartphones at the table are often actually engaged in conversation about the content they are looking at and actively sharing it. I know you yearn for the good old days when everyone sat around and engaged in deep, meaningful conversations about important topics, but I have to remind you that's just your dementia kicking in, because that's not what most dinners were like. Usually we just ended up listening to you bitch about how much you hated your job. But hey, don't let any of that get in the way of you judging people with smartphones at the table.
When people hear the words "performance art", they imagine a filthy, flea-infested guy with an MFA, fellating an chimp in the middle of times square while his acolytes hand people burning dollar bills and chant about hegemonic paternalism. You don't ever want to compare yourself to that.
She's an eye doctor... and she wants us to believe she can't afford a basic business expense? Really?
$10,000 is a fairly minor expense for a medical practice, especially one that, as you say, could easily have been planned for over the past 5 years or so.
So your theory is that people should be allowed to bypass security as long as they claim to have a reason to do so? Or that the minimum wage people working these devices should have a complete understanding of their interaction with every other piece of technology on earth?
Clearly a near-tragic mistake was made, but your over-the-top rage is ridiculous.
How about this - if you depend upon a piece of technology to keep you alive, YOU should never subject it to anything that YOU don't know is safe. That's at least as reasonable as your attack on the "retard".
Yes, god forbid anyone should want to watch those "moving pictures" that kids today are so fond of. We all know that it's impossible to enjoy a story in more than one artistic format, that's why I only consume my stories via wandering minstrels who pass them along as part of our oral tradition.
"They aren't trying do help at all" - no, clearly Microsoft has done nothing to improve the security of their OSes in the last decade. At least in the bizarro world you live in. Wouldn't it be great if they released a great, free product like Microsoft Security Essentials? That would be awesome. If only that happened.
The fact that you believe vulnerability to viruses is "a loophole" means you don't even know what the words you're using mean.
Ya, well, maybe he could prove in front of a judge that Elves from a different dimension didn't shit him into existence and them alter reality to hide the fact.
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If there is anything I have learned, it is that most humans have a desire to throw out the old and accept the new without any sort of hesitation.
In what alternate universe did you encounter alleged humans behaving like this? I don't think that your problem is a fear of technological change,I think your problem is that you're smoking too much dope.
My guaranteed payday based on my patented use of the letter 'x' in equations suddenly appears in doubt.
Curses, my new Esperanto dating service, granda_boobs.com, will be totally upstaged!
What are you going to do? Turn the inside of a car into a sterile wasteland and ban every possible thing that might decrease someone's ability to drive by event the smallest amount? Hey, no radio, phone, GPS, and definitely no talking to the driver. No driving hungry, or after taking cold medication, or after a Red Bull. All of those things could impact your driving in some minor way.
It's a question of proportionality. There is a point of diminishing returns beyond which the effort required to prevent people from driving after drinking becomes absurd. We can't even successfully prevent all idiots from driving at .08, despite millions in enforcement and PR campaigns. Imagine the pointlessness of spending an order of magnitude more to also fail to stop people from having a beer with dinner.
There is a point at which alchol impairs your ability to drive a car to the extent that you are an unacceptable danger. That point may be .08 or it may be .05, but it's definitely not "anything above 0".
I was going to say this. Show me a professional photographer who doesn't do at least basic post-production work on his/her pictures.
Um, no. The adobe application updater works just like most updaters - it tells you there is an update and asks if you want to install it. You're quite free to say no, as I do all the time because I'm busy. On the other hand, they push out lots of of updates now that otherwise might have had to wait 2 years for the next version of the software. I'm quite happy with it, I don't mind the cost which is considerably less than I spend on coffee every month, but ymmv.
And apologies for being a doofus and not actually reading what you wrote. Doh.
Actually, in French it means - Coup (blow) de (of) grace (mercy).
Modern war - that is, every war the US has fought in the last decade, has been fought largely by infantrymen, light armor and close air support. All of which function just fine without a networked environment.
Maybe you learn the difference between sci fi and reality.
Right, because no other country in the world has it's security forces hacking computers, and if they do, they're immediately arrested and extradited under international law...
Oh wait... no.
Congrats on being outstandingly naive.
Lately? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Every government in human history has enjoyed powers that were denied to individual citizens. That's pretty much the point of the institution we call a government. We don't want individuals making and enforcing their own laws or drafting people into private armies...
Since smartphones became ubiquitous, yes, you can sit down at a restaurant with someone and ignore them, instead fiddling with your phone. We call such people boors, and do not invite them to dinner again.
Hey Mom, I didn't know you used Slashdot. Good to see you.
But hey, as I've explained before, people using smartphones at the table are often actually engaged in conversation about the content they are looking at and actively sharing it. I know you yearn for the good old days when everyone sat around and engaged in deep, meaningful conversations about important topics, but I have to remind you that's just your dementia kicking in, because that's not what most dinners were like. Usually we just ended up listening to you bitch about how much you hated your job. But hey, don't let any of that get in the way of you judging people with smartphones at the table.
When people hear the words "performance art", they imagine a filthy, flea-infested guy with an MFA, fellating an chimp in the middle of times square while his acolytes hand people burning dollar bills and chant about hegemonic paternalism. You don't ever want to compare yourself to that.
My 32 GB of RAM, absolutely essential for my work, laughs at your "memory management" bullshit.
She's an eye doctor... and she wants us to believe she can't afford a basic business expense? Really?
$10,000 is a fairly minor expense for a medical practice, especially one that, as you say, could easily have been planned for over the past 5 years or so.
And why would any site accept submissions from ACs anyway? Comments? Fine. Submissions? Not so much.
I are unintelligible and I are endorse this message.
So your theory is that people should be allowed to bypass security as long as they claim to have a reason to do so? Or that the minimum wage people working these devices should have a complete understanding of their interaction with every other piece of technology on earth?
Clearly a near-tragic mistake was made, but your over-the-top rage is ridiculous.
How about this - if you depend upon a piece of technology to keep you alive, YOU should never subject it to anything that YOU don't know is safe. That's at least as reasonable as your attack on the "retard".
In today's life lesson, you learn the difference between two separate types of bogus health care - homeopathy and chiropractic care.
Yes, god forbid anyone should want to watch those "moving pictures" that kids today are so fond of. We all know that it's impossible to enjoy a story in more than one artistic format, that's why I only consume my stories via wandering minstrels who pass them along as part of our oral tradition.
This just in... obvious fanboi is obvious.
"They aren't trying do help at all" - no, clearly Microsoft has done nothing to improve the security of their OSes in the last decade. At least in the bizarro world you live in. Wouldn't it be great if they released a great, free product like Microsoft Security Essentials? That would be awesome. If only that happened.
The fact that you believe vulnerability to viruses is "a loophole" means you don't even know what the words you're using mean.
Ya, well, maybe he could prove in front of a judge that Elves from a different dimension didn't shit him into existence and them alter reality to hide the fact.
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I haven't been paying attention. Can someone explain what this escaped mental patient has been doing here the last couple of days?
Way to miss both the sarcasm and the point.