Given the option of someone spewing angry bullshit or conciliatory bullshit, I'll take the conciliatory one because it is going to piss me off less in the end. Oh, you have proof that the others are just spewing bullshit and Gravel is the real deal? Great, this should be a quick and easy election then, whew!
digg is not abuzz with these candidates, it is obsessed with them. Not just obsessed, hd-dvd-crack-hex-obsessed. The threads there are dominated with people wanting to back the underdog and spread the word -- just as every other article that calls on the 'power of digg to get the word out'. Just like how they treated Obama before...or how they run with the constant impeachment threads...or the random unfair treatment threads.
Gravel seemed far too rude/angry for me. He has no problem talking and yelling and interrupting and calling people out and seemed a bit to course with anything he said (I want them to mean it and speak the truth, but not be a steamroller with their personal opinions). I didn't see that going over any better than the Bush nonsense we get. Same attitude, but in a different direction. He's going to have to convince me that he has the personality and charisma to correct some of the scars Bush has left on the world, and not just going to similarly ignore the country and the international community to push his views through.
Regardless of the phone, article, summary, etc... it feels really obvious that someone tried too hard to avoid "Samsung's UpStage Looks To upstage iPhone". Just go for it and be done with it.
In Washington I got a Cingular deal where I had to spend enough to get on some gold plan ($80?) of prepaid usage -- after that I just have to add at least $5 a year and it never expires. Buy the pre-paid SIM, use it until it has only a few bucks left, then give it to your mother-in-law as a gift. Add 5 bucks every year and borrow it again to deplete it when you hit 50 bucks (if the phone and/or service lives that long).
'never expires' is an interesting concept though -- if the minutes don't expire you still have to deal with the phone, the battery, the company, and the plan they offer all dying.
Then the article is wrong. You can manifest an installer or exe to default to admin and UAC prompts, or AsInvoker if you know you can install without special access (installing to a user directory only for example). You can see more information here: http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=2112 71
Every time an article like this comes up, people are nice enough to point out problems with solar (gunk to create, $$ to invest, wears out). Still, I have to say the idea continues to be exciting
The appeal comes with the similarities to computer evolution and balance (mainframe/personal) and the internet (grid computing). People can keep telling me it isn't worth it or will never happen (or will be super-inneficient), but I'm always going to hold out for that internet-like energy grid. All your Googles and p2ps working together...figure out a way to sell ads over power and maybe you'll get free power from Google itself. Hmmm...maybe I should patent ads over power lines before it is too late.
Fitting that the logo is plaid, having gone to ludicrous speed and all. I wouldn't be surprised if they up and passed all the other OS capabilities those speeds.
Part of this comes down to the general awareness of the users. It sounds like Walt knows just enough to make him worry, but not enough to put him at ease.
I've been just fine surfing my porn and crackz on my windows box for 10 years with and without antivirus, but I've never been infected. Sure, I've gotten the virus mails, but I haven't opened them and I've had automatic updates on (why not, on my simple home system). For only a couple years have I had a simple router which adds another safety stop for incoming, unrequested evil.
My parents run as admin (oooh, evil) but I've scared them into never running anything from email. I'm sure my younger brother surfs for crackz and porn at home. No viruses there in 10 years either.
All this whining about manual work required seems like a bunch of bunk and FUD. Most home users don't need it for their simple system setup.
Also, I've found the best way to avoid being labelled a troll or having someone mod you out of existence is to always add something like: "I'll probably be called a troll for this, but..." "...but I have the karma to burn" "This will probably get buried..."
It is like subliminally telling people "if you think this is a worthless comment, then you really aren't looking close enough or aren't wise enough to see the true value in it". Out flows the ++ mods who of course ARE wise enough to see all the value. Either that or the truly insightful poster is just too paranoid and self critical to see their own arguments as valid.
Of course, this will probably get buried offtopic, but I've noticed it too often to stay quiet...
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Given the option of someone spewing angry bullshit or conciliatory bullshit, I'll take the conciliatory one because it is going to piss me off less in the end. Oh, you have proof that the others are just spewing bullshit and Gravel is the real deal? Great, this should be a quick and easy election then, whew!
digg is not abuzz with these candidates, it is obsessed with them. Not just obsessed, hd-dvd-crack-hex-obsessed. The threads there are dominated with people wanting to back the underdog and spread the word -- just as every other article that calls on the 'power of digg to get the word out'. Just like how they treated Obama before...or how they run with the constant impeachment threads...or the random unfair treatment threads.
Gravel seemed far too rude/angry for me. He has no problem talking and yelling and interrupting and calling people out and seemed a bit to course with anything he said (I want them to mean it and speak the truth, but not be a steamroller with their personal opinions). I didn't see that going over any better than the Bush nonsense we get. Same attitude, but in a different direction. He's going to have to convince me that he has the personality and charisma to correct some of the scars Bush has left on the world, and not just going to similarly ignore the country and the international community to push his views through.
Well you're a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
Regardless of the phone, article, summary, etc ... it feels really obvious that someone tried too hard to avoid "Samsung's UpStage Looks To upstage iPhone". Just go for it and be done with it.
In Washington I got a Cingular deal where I had to spend enough to get on some gold plan ($80?) of prepaid usage -- after that I just have to add at least $5 a year and it never expires. Buy the pre-paid SIM, use it until it has only a few bucks left, then give it to your mother-in-law as a gift. Add 5 bucks every year and borrow it again to deplete it when you hit 50 bucks (if the phone and/or service lives that long).
'never expires' is an interesting concept though -- if the minutes don't expire you still have to deal with the phone, the battery, the company, and the plan they offer all dying.
Then the article is wrong. You can manifest an installer or exe to default to admin and UAC prompts, or AsInvoker if you know you can install without special access (installing to a user directory only for example). You can see more information here: http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=2112 71
Every time an article like this comes up, people are nice enough to point out problems with solar (gunk to create, $$ to invest, wears out). Still, I have to say the idea continues to be exciting
The appeal comes with the similarities to computer evolution and balance (mainframe/personal) and the internet (grid computing). People can keep telling me it isn't worth it or will never happen (or will be super-inneficient), but I'm always going to hold out for that internet-like energy grid. All your Googles and p2ps working together...figure out a way to sell ads over power and maybe you'll get free power from Google itself. Hmmm...maybe I should patent ads over power lines before it is too late.
Fitting that the logo is plaid, having gone to ludicrous speed and all. I wouldn't be surprised if they up and passed all the other OS capabilities those speeds.
Part of this comes down to the general awareness of the users. It sounds like Walt knows just enough to make him worry, but not enough to put him at ease.
I've been just fine surfing my porn and crackz on my windows box for 10 years with and without antivirus, but I've never been infected. Sure, I've gotten the virus mails, but I haven't opened them and I've had automatic updates on (why not, on my simple home system). For only a couple years have I had a simple router which adds another safety stop for incoming, unrequested evil.
My parents run as admin (oooh, evil) but I've scared them into never running anything from email. I'm sure my younger brother surfs for crackz and porn at home. No viruses there in 10 years either.
All this whining about manual work required seems like a bunch of bunk and FUD. Most home users don't need it for their simple system setup.
Also, I've found the best way to avoid being labelled a troll or having someone mod you out of existence is to always add something like:
"I'll probably be called a troll for this, but..."
"...but I have the karma to burn"
"This will probably get buried..."
It is like subliminally telling people "if you think this is a worthless comment, then you really aren't looking close enough or aren't wise enough to see the true value in it". Out flows the ++ mods who of course ARE wise enough to see all the value. Either that or the truly insightful poster is just too paranoid and self critical to see their own arguments as valid.
Of course, this will probably get buried offtopic, but I've noticed it too often to stay quiet...