Don't be so harsh, there surely is some reliable information out there. Of course, there still remains the problem of finding it, a process which, even with aid of a search engine, most closely resembles searching for diamonds in a septic tank with a single pair of rubber gloves and a ladle...
over their computers. Go ahead. Give it to them. Explain that they need to right-click on the icon and choose "Run as Administrator," or that they need to run spyware scans, or virus scans, or allow the machine to install updates, or use Browser X instead of Browser Y, or manage a filesystem in a clean and organized way. What do they say? Come on, we've all heard it.
"Can't you fix it so that I don't have to worry about that?"
"Why doesn't the computer just do that for me?"
"Why do I have to do that? I never had to do that before."
"Do I really have to worry about this stuff?"
"Just make it work, I don't care how, and I don't want to know."
"I'll just buy a new computer."
They DO NOT WANT to perform maintenance, worry about security, track down tools, learn to use said tools, administer storage or filesystems, etc. Given the choice between technology that slides into malfunction when not administered properly (i.e. "it's broken" as far as they can tell) and no technology at all, most regular people will simply opt for "none," as in "I tried it for a while, but it was always broken or crashing or getting a virus, it sucked. I sold it and just went back to my old XYZ."
Say what you will, but the masses are sheep and they're happy as sheep. You cannot teach them to think, vote, raise children, or use computers responsibly because they DO NOT WANT TO BE THE SHEPHERD, only the sheep. And there will always be a market to sell them sheep-friendly devices.
Amusingly well timed posting. Right after the Apple Zealots get a new toy that uses openGL, a book review on programming openGL appears as a slashvertisment.
He's certainly not lacking in ambition. But I'm wondering where he thinks he's going to get the money to finance some of these ambitious ideas.
Huh? There was funding enough for TWO giant gyroscopes. Government coalitions and one really rich dude. Someone wasn't paying attention in history class.
SOMEONE has been watching too much of Jodie Foster...
Wouldn't there also be a sizable drop in the percentages of STD's contracted, unplanned pregnancies, traffic accidents, drunk and disorderly conduct, and homicides?
I suppose that would entirely depend on what you are gaming...
Or they could just go outside for 10 minutes a day *gasp* without sunscreen. Crazy, I know (and not necissarily effective in certain latitudes during the winter) but it would solve the problem very easily, no changes needed.
This "outside" would be a change, and I don't deal with change easily. The homeless on the other hand, are always looking for change. "Change?" "chaaaaaange"
Thats the thing though, Milk is great for Vitamin D - and Chocolate Milk is a favourite amongst gamers.
However, just having the D in your system doesn't get it to work, something in the sunlight "activates" it. I heard it from a girl one time.
You actually TALKED to a girl? Wow. That's just incredible
Whoa, don't jump to conclusions now, he was outside the alleged girls window without her knowledge when he overheard this sunlight gimmick. He might have heard further explanation if he hadn't dropped the video camera in the bush and made a bunch of noise trying to find it...
To suggest that the provision of such "special equipment" is discriminatory against the poor sighted kids is both hilarious and offensive.
I wholeheartedly agree. I also believe suggesting that the provision of Kindles to students as discriminatory against the blind students is hilarious and offensive. If there was a similarly priced device that did the same thing and the schools were avoiding it, then you might have a case. But there isn't, and they're not. So this is foolishness.
Isn't it in fact discriminatory when a select few get specialized teaching tools, and those outside of the specialized group are excluded from using specialized teaching tools? Blind kids get special tools that seeing kids don't benefit from, but the inverse is unjust? Ooops, forgot the DOJ doesn't use logic in making decisions...
And how much lobbying would you expect corporations to do to ensure that the general public is not well informed??
Case in point, look at lobbying and advertisements in the USA over health care reform. Those with the money to do so, will to the best of their ability, un-inform or mis-inform the masses.
Read Dvorak's article, he looks more peeved about not getting a personalized card or letter from Microsoft then anything else. It's like someone missed his birthday or something. Maybe he's still sore about not getting into the windows 7 beta?
In the near future...
"5 Million dollars worth of robo-bees were destroyed when a robotic "Pooh Bear" attempted to retrieve honey from the hive. The Pooh Bear lodged itself into the only high opening, preventing the colony from being able to return to their re-charging stations. Their charge depleted, they fell to the ground and shattered. A "r.a.b.b.i.t." is reportedly en-route to retrieve the pooh bear."
Did read both, and Vernor has the same attorney in both as well. Could very likely be an appeal. Still, not the same case, just an appeal of the former.
I like the lock analogy, but I think it would be more appropriate to say that they are charging him for discovering that the bolts that hold the locked door shut were missing. He simply pointed it out...
The case is either Al or steel sheet metal, easily recyclable. The toxic sludge and heavy metals in the PCB, capacitors and solder are the problem. Call me when they invent cardboard solder.
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> Yes, being faced with the choice:
> Pay for Windows 7 > Track down a safe and working pirated copy > Switch to the joke that Linux is on the desktop
Or get a Mac.
Buy an OS, pirate an OS, use a OSS OS, and you added "buy high end hardware for it's candy colored OS."
Are you mad? Oh, you're a zealot, my bad.
As of March 1, PCs running Windows 7 RC will automatically shut down every two hours. Those shutdowns will come without warning."
Isn't this a feature of the upcoming Windows 7 "ME Mode", the less desirable counterpart to "XP Mode"?
Wait, so this is a penalty now, and not a feature?
Why don't they call it nostalgia mode, for those that dream of the so called better days of yesteryears?
It's the new power saving version of the BSOD! Instead of a blue\black screen, it just shuts down! Microsoft goes Green!
Thanks folks, I'll be here all week!
Don't be so harsh, there surely is some reliable information out there. Of course, there still remains the problem of finding it, a process which, even with aid of a search engine, most closely resembles searching for diamonds in a septic tank with a single pair of rubber gloves and a ladle...
Woah...where'd you get the ladle?
over their computers. Go ahead. Give it to them. Explain that they need to right-click on the icon and choose "Run as Administrator," or that they need to run spyware scans, or virus scans, or allow the machine to install updates, or use Browser X instead of Browser Y, or manage a filesystem in a clean and organized way. What do they say? Come on, we've all heard it.
"Can't you fix it so that I don't have to worry about that?" "Why doesn't the computer just do that for me?" "Why do I have to do that? I never had to do that before." "Do I really have to worry about this stuff?" "Just make it work, I don't care how, and I don't want to know." "I'll just buy a new computer."
They DO NOT WANT to perform maintenance, worry about security, track down tools, learn to use said tools, administer storage or filesystems, etc. Given the choice between technology that slides into malfunction when not administered properly (i.e. "it's broken" as far as they can tell) and no technology at all, most regular people will simply opt for "none," as in "I tried it for a while, but it was always broken or crashing or getting a virus, it sucked. I sold it and just went back to my old XYZ."
Say what you will, but the masses are sheep and they're happy as sheep. You cannot teach them to think, vote, raise children, or use computers responsibly because they DO NOT WANT TO BE THE SHEPHERD, only the sheep. And there will always be a market to sell them sheep-friendly devices.
This comment is just baa a ad
Amusingly well timed posting. Right after the Apple Zealots get a new toy that uses openGL, a book review on programming openGL appears as a slashvertisment.
They are broadcasting their wikipedia so that the universe may benefit.
But what are we going to do with a database of alien anime?
He's certainly not lacking in ambition. But I'm wondering where he thinks he's going to get the money to finance some of these ambitious ideas.
Huh? There was funding enough for TWO giant gyroscopes. Government coalitions and one really rich dude. Someone wasn't paying attention in history class.
SOMEONE has been watching too much of Jodie Foster...
I personally think SETI is misguided, even though its aims are commendable. There probably is intelligent life out there...
Screw that, we should be looking for intelligent life down here. Mankind is misguided, it's not simply limited to SETI.
Wouldn't there also be a sizable drop in the percentages of STD's contracted, unplanned pregnancies, traffic accidents, drunk and disorderly conduct, and homicides?
I suppose that would entirely depend on what you are gaming...
Or they could just go outside for 10 minutes a day *gasp* without sunscreen. Crazy, I know (and not necissarily effective in certain latitudes during the winter) but it would solve the problem very easily, no changes needed.
This "outside" would be a change, and I don't deal with change easily. The homeless on the other hand, are always looking for change. "Change?" "chaaaaaange"
... this seems like a problem that could be fairly easily solved by slight modifications to the food supply.
You mean like putting actual cheese in the cheesy poofs?
Thats the thing though, Milk is great for Vitamin D - and Chocolate Milk is a favourite amongst gamers.
However, just having the D in your system doesn't get it to work, something in the sunlight "activates" it. I heard it from a girl one time.
You actually TALKED to a girl? Wow. That's just incredible
Whoa, don't jump to conclusions now, he was outside the alleged girls window without her knowledge when he overheard this sunlight gimmick. He might have heard further explanation if he hadn't dropped the video camera in the bush and made a bunch of noise trying to find it...
To suggest that the provision of such "special equipment" is discriminatory against the poor sighted kids is both hilarious and offensive.
I wholeheartedly agree. I also believe suggesting that the provision of Kindles to students as discriminatory against the blind students is hilarious and offensive. If there was a similarly priced device that did the same thing and the schools were avoiding it, then you might have a case. But there isn't, and they're not. So this is foolishness.
You only wrote that because you know the blind can't read it. Clever bastard! =D
Isn't it in fact discriminatory when a select few get specialized teaching tools, and those outside of the specialized group are excluded from using specialized teaching tools? Blind kids get special tools that seeing kids don't benefit from, but the inverse is unjust? Ooops, forgot the DOJ doesn't use logic in making decisions...
It's a viscous cycle.
What does liquid resistance have to do with it?
Hey! I found Waldo!
And how much lobbying would you expect corporations to do to ensure that the general public is not well informed??
Case in point, look at lobbying and advertisements in the USA over health care reform. Those with the money to do so, will to the best of their ability, un-inform or mis-inform the masses.
Read Dvorak's article, he looks more peeved about not getting a personalized card or letter from Microsoft then anything else. It's like someone missed his birthday or something. Maybe he's still sore about not getting into the windows 7 beta?
Great...I can see it now. "Why does this tomato taste like....aluminum and carbon fiber?"
In the near future...
"5 Million dollars worth of robo-bees were destroyed when a robotic "Pooh Bear" attempted to retrieve honey from the hive. The Pooh Bear lodged itself into the only high opening, preventing the colony from being able to return to their re-charging stations. Their charge depleted, they fell to the ground and shattered. A "r.a.b.b.i.t." is reportedly en-route to retrieve the pooh bear."
Did read both, and Vernor has the same attorney in both as well. Could very likely be an appeal. Still, not the same case, just an appeal of the former.
According to this article Vernor won the case: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/05/court-smacks-autodesk-affirms-right-to-sell-used-software.ars
Not the same case. "Last updated May 23, 2008". Mods might want to pay attention...
I like the lock analogy, but I think it would be more appropriate to say that they are charging him for discovering that the bolts that hold the locked door shut were missing. He simply pointed it out...
The case is either Al or steel sheet metal, easily recyclable. The toxic sludge and heavy metals in the PCB, capacitors and solder are the problem. Call me when they invent cardboard solder.
Solder for Cardboard? You mean....duct tape?