Closed source test suites cannot be trusted, shouldn't even be considered by potential purchasers, and have been misleading the public for years and years. This is mute evidence to the fact.
It was a government project turned public and offered as a paid for service to the general populace, internet access is a product not a right.
So, our taxes paid for it, but you don't think we should have any say in its use? It's a tax-funded entity. Many *businesses* would like the internet to be a "product", but it's not, IMHO.
Is there really any need to choose between operating systems at boot time on a single box any more?
Let me rephrase that question:
If there wasn't a need for multi-boot systems, why do so many of us have that arrangement? My answer might be special hardware not supported by virtualization, like TV capture cards... In addition, there IS a performance hit using virtualization; loading each OS on their lonesome allows for maximum resource availability.
They have information in bucketloads about you... they know everyone you've ever written a check to, everyone you've ever paid electronically, and how much money you make and spend.
Is that assuming that I'm only using one bank across said time period, or are you positing that my very first bank is spilling the beans on all my business with them to any financial institution that asks later?
If the former, it'd be a good reason to switch banks every few years for the über-paranoid.
Wait, one direction means helping the little guy, reining in corporate power, universal health care like all other first world countries have...
Erm, if the side you're speaking of is the one I'm thinking of, the LAST time they "tried" to give us universal health care "in the first 100 days!" they ended up bringing us HMOs and PPOs... which, from a guy who worked for years in a medical office, has done far more damage to American health care, and many of us STILL have no coverage. That's not even mentioning handing over health care to people who don't give a tinkerer's damn about our health. Reining in corporate power indeed.
I'm not a member of either party, and so am happy to call "shenanigans" when either side tries to shaft us.
When's the last time your car exceeded 10 miles per hour during rush hour?
Depends on where I'm at. I've noticed 3 basic types of rush hour. The first is what you're speaking of, utter gridlock. The second is that everyone's moving steadily at 5-20 miles an hour with lots of stops. The last is my least fave, seen when I was in Detroit, and that's when EVERYONE is doing at LEAST 20mph over the speed limit.... 6 inches from your bumper. Ack.
More accurately, I want those in the bottom half of the intelligence curve disconnected from every electronic device not integral to the operation of the vehicle...
Come to think of it, most of the top half, too. If your data is not important enough to pull off the highway to give it your full attention, it is NOT important enough to endanger others around you.
I'm not just talking SUV drivers, either. Anyone who thinks driving is a right and not a privilege needs that ban, as well as those who can't "see" past their radio or the car in front of them...
As much as we'd like to think we've evolved sufficiently to handle the information overload present nowadays, the traffic statistics sadly show another picture...
There's such a disconnect between what people experience in their cars and what they experience in the rest of their lives.'"
Good. I want that disconnect when people are driving half-ton pieces of metal that could kill someone. You think cell phones are distracting? Jus' picture someone trying to reply to a flamewar... in rush hour...
How does that fit with established law governing drug distribution arrests for a sting where the drugs were ONLY distributed to an undercover police officer?
Because it's no more legal for an undercover officer to own/possess drugs than it is for the criminal.... H'wever, the rights for a song, AFAICT, can be legally owned/transferred.
...but then again, I'm definitely not lawyer-shaped.
We need some sort of standardized, cross-platform system for DRM.
No, we don't. Members of the RIAA would like people to think so, but I've still yet to see a compelling argument on why we should be happy with DRM.
Sadly, it's going to be a reality that we have to deal with.
That's another idea that RIAA members like to promote. While they may want us to believe that DRM is "inevitable" and "necessary", it's nothing of the sort....otherwise, iTunes and others wouldn't be experimenting with DRM-free music.
We might as well make the best of it.
Feel free to "make the best of it." Myself, I've kept a dialogue with my CongressCritters since they made it illegal for the deaf guy to watch movies on his PC. My favorite artist said it best:
"You can't make me settle down / I'd rather kick and jump and bite and scratch / And scream until I'm blue"
They have no reason to change their tune if they don't hear from you...;)
For now, Apple's system isn't terribly bad.
This is like being forced into a testicle-kicking contest. While you're free to debate which method is the least painful, I resent that they're trying to kick us in the collective nuts to begin with...
I'm talking about the period AFTER you're stabilized, and BEFORE you get out... Tends to be the longest amount of time, and you know darn well there's nothing to do in those joints.
Hell, for kicks I walked off-campus and left an "involuntary" commitment for a few months... it was a LOT more therapeutic and eye-opening than the "see a shrink for 5 minutes every two weeks" routine at the state nuthouse.
Chart the staff...while they're charting during shift change.
They look at you for a sec and scribble. Look right back at them, note the lack of eye contact, and write that down. Watch them again and repeat.
You'd be amazed how weirded out they get when they notice someone observing THEM... and the fact that it's while they're charting just makes it more delicious!
Other fun activities:
Invent an imaginary friend, but ONLY react to it in the presence of ONE staff member. They'll get weird looks when they talk about your imaginary friend, as no one else has seen it but them, and YOU don't have ANY idea what they're talking about...
At night, on a sleepless wing, do the "chicken". This requires enlisting some help. Start clucking from the room nearest the staff's station. When you hear them draw near, stop. The next room will take the cue and start clucking. They'll go bananas trying to figure out who to bust.
Convince your roommate that he's hearing voices at night... by whispering into your pillow.
Remember, folks, the trick to staying entertained is creativity!
Spending time and resources on a system to FORCE obedience to the rule is inherently wrong, and is DEFINITELY Orwellian.
Lets start focusing on teaching our kids to NOT CHEAT instead of expending so much time and so many resources in an effort to force them to comply.
For those who still do cheat, life will ultimately expose them for the stupid jackass they are.
So would you consider cops enforcing legal compliance with your local legal code to be Orwellian? BTW, as far as we can tell, being a jackass is no barrier to living. Movies have been made with just that as a title, and it did SO well, there was a sequel...
Some people don't give a rat's kazoo what others think as long as they get "theirs". Exposing folks like that as a jackass does very little to change their behavior; they think they're in the right. Penalizing them for said jackassery, however, might get better results...
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Closed source test suites cannot be trusted, shouldn't even be considered by potential purchasers, and have been misleading the public for years and years. This is mute evidence to the fact.
Which FOSS test suites would you recommend?
It's not like I make you use it. By that logic, any gun shop is in deep shit by the moment they sold their first gun.
Sadly enough, people tried something similar a little while back. Thankfully, it didn't go anywhere.
The only part of the internet that's tax-funded is the infrastructure - $200 billion bucks to upgrade to fiber optics by a certain date.
I see... and where do you believe the funding for ARPA came from?
When you have one guy and one camera this is a possibility, but when you have a situation where there are dozens of cameras...
Well, for now, this guy seems to be having some good luck recording border agents...
Personally, I'm surprised he hasn't been pounded yet.
It was a government project turned public and offered as a paid for service to the general populace, internet access is a product not a right.
So, our taxes paid for it, but you don't think we should have any say in its use? It's a tax-funded entity. Many *businesses* would like the internet to be a "product", but it's not, IMHO.
Is there really any need to choose between operating systems at boot time on a single box any more?
Let me rephrase that question:
If there wasn't a need for multi-boot systems, why do so many of us have that arrangement? My answer might be special hardware not supported by virtualization, like TV capture cards... In addition, there IS a performance hit using virtualization; loading each OS on their lonesome allows for maximum resource availability.
That, of course, is my humble opinion.
They have information in bucketloads about you... they know everyone you've ever written a check to, everyone you've ever paid electronically, and how much money you make and spend.
Is that assuming that I'm only using one bank across said time period, or are you positing that my very first bank is spilling the beans on all my business with them to any financial institution that asks later?
If the former, it'd be a good reason to switch banks every few years for the über-paranoid.
If the latter, I'd love to hear details...
Wait, one direction means helping the little guy, reining in corporate power, universal health care like all other first world countries have...
Erm, if the side you're speaking of is the one I'm thinking of, the LAST time they "tried" to give us universal health care "in the first 100 days!" they ended up bringing us HMOs and PPOs... which, from a guy who worked for years in a medical office, has done far more damage to American health care, and many of us STILL have no coverage. That's not even mentioning handing over health care to people who don't give a tinkerer's damn about our health. Reining in corporate power indeed.
I'm not a member of either party, and so am happy to call "shenanigans" when either side tries to shaft us.
When's the last time your car exceeded 10 miles per hour during rush hour?
Depends on where I'm at. I've noticed 3 basic types of rush hour. The first is what you're speaking of, utter gridlock. The second is that everyone's moving steadily at 5-20 miles an hour with lots of stops. The last is my least fave, seen when I was in Detroit, and that's when EVERYONE is doing at LEAST 20mph over the speed limit.... 6 inches from your bumper. Ack.
YOu want that disconnect? get a bike.
More accurately, I want those in the bottom half of the intelligence curve disconnected from every electronic device not integral to the operation of the vehicle...
Come to think of it, most of the top half, too. If your data is not important enough to pull off the highway to give it your full attention, it is NOT important enough to endanger others around you.
I'm not just talking SUV drivers, either. Anyone who thinks driving is a right and not a privilege needs that ban, as well as those who can't "see" past their radio or the car in front of them...
As much as we'd like to think we've evolved sufficiently to handle the information overload present nowadays, the traffic statistics sadly show another picture...
t'were jus'a long-hand way of sayin' IANAL...
There's such a disconnect between what people experience in their cars and what they experience in the rest of their lives.'"
Good. I want that disconnect when people are driving half-ton pieces of metal that could kill someone. You think cell phones are distracting? Jus' picture someone trying to reply to a flamewar... in rush hour...
How does that fit with established law governing drug distribution arrests for a sting where the drugs were ONLY distributed to an undercover police officer?
Because it's no more legal for an undercover officer to own/possess drugs than it is for the criminal.... H'wever, the rights for a song, AFAICT, can be legally owned/transferred.
...but then again, I'm definitely not lawyer-shaped.
We need some sort of standardized, cross-platform system for DRM.
No, we don't. Members of the RIAA would like people to think so, but I've still yet to see a compelling argument on why we should be happy with DRM.
Sadly, it's going to be a reality that we have to deal with.
That's another idea that RIAA members like to promote. While they may want us to believe that DRM is "inevitable" and "necessary", it's nothing of the sort....otherwise, iTunes and others wouldn't be experimenting with DRM-free music.
We might as well make the best of it.
Feel free to "make the best of it." Myself, I've kept a dialogue with my CongressCritters since they made it illegal for the deaf guy to watch movies on his PC. My favorite artist said it best:
"You can't make me settle down / I'd rather kick and jump and bite and scratch / And scream until I'm blue"
They have no reason to change their tune if they don't hear from you... ;)
For now, Apple's system isn't terribly bad.
This is like being forced into a testicle-kicking contest. While you're free to debate which method is the least painful, I resent that they're trying to kick us in the collective nuts to begin with...
A Winmodem is a hardware-plus-software suite for M$-windows...
...and what would you call the documentation for this hardware, hardware that appears to be {in conjunction with software} designed for only one OS?
I'd write a Jeopardy program and have the only clue be "42". I'd like to see what the thing churns out.
Answer: "How many roads must a man walk down?"
There is no such thing as OS-specific hardware documentation.
For your next intellectual exercise, please define Winmodem for the class...
It is cheaper and easier to not use ancient crap.
That all depends on who's buying the parts...
Your mindset considered, you'd better not look too closely into industrial control systems.... your head might explode.
I can understand that 'scrapeX.php' might sound a little dubious, so I bet this guy thought he was doing his company a service by running it...
Considering the quality of entry-level techs at many ISPs, I'd be willing to bet that he ran it to see what it'd do, nothing more...
Never underestimate the boredom of an underpaid cubicle dweller.
Who said anything about "first thoughts"?
I'm talking about the period AFTER you're stabilized, and BEFORE you get out... Tends to be the longest amount of time, and you know darn well there's nothing to do in those joints.
Hell, for kicks I walked off-campus and left an "involuntary" commitment for a few months... it was a LOT more therapeutic and eye-opening than the "see a shrink for 5 minutes every two weeks" routine at the state nuthouse.
Next time, do what I did:
Chart the staff...while they're charting during shift change.
They look at you for a sec and scribble. Look right back at them, note the lack of eye contact, and write that down. Watch them again and repeat.
You'd be amazed how weirded out they get when they notice someone observing THEM... and the fact that it's while they're charting just makes it more delicious!
Other fun activities:
Invent an imaginary friend, but ONLY react to it in the presence of ONE staff member. They'll get weird looks when they talk about your imaginary friend, as no one else has seen it but them, and YOU don't have ANY idea what they're talking about...
At night, on a sleepless wing, do the "chicken". This requires enlisting some help. Start clucking from the room nearest the staff's station. When you hear them draw near, stop. The next room will take the cue and start clucking. They'll go bananas trying to figure out who to bust.
Convince your roommate that he's hearing voices at night... by whispering into your pillow.
Remember, folks, the trick to staying entertained is creativity!
Spending time and resources on a system to FORCE obedience to the rule is inherently wrong, and is DEFINITELY Orwellian. Lets start focusing on teaching our kids to NOT CHEAT instead of expending so much time and so many resources in an effort to force them to comply. For those who still do cheat, life will ultimately expose them for the stupid jackass they are.
So would you consider cops enforcing legal compliance with your local legal code to be Orwellian? BTW, as far as we can tell, being a jackass is no barrier to living. Movies have been made with just that as a title, and it did SO well, there was a sequel...
Some people don't give a rat's kazoo what others think as long as they get "theirs". Exposing folks like that as a jackass does very little to change their behavior; they think they're in the right. Penalizing them for said jackassery, however, might get better results...
great - I'd love to be continually bathed in really high powered microwaves. That energy transmission must be horribly inefficient.
While I imagine they'd set a geo-synch orbit and beam it down on a tight focus, wouldn't it warm the hell out of that column all the way down?
In short, would there be a climate impact, and if so, what?
No sense in complaining to a deaf audience.
Try facing us next time instead of talking with your back turned; you may be heard that way... ;)
The file format disguised itself as PDF but like I said, I didn't download anything from that site.
Either the page didn't display at all, or you WERE engaged in the downloading of material from that site...