Because a seven-year-old who can't remember a password is going to give out her address and other contact info. Something to worry about, sure. Just wait a few more years, though. As for privacy, you just need to offer the illusion of privacy and protection from nosy friends/siblings. As many have pointed out earlier, you just need the root password (a kid shouldn't have this anyway, at least not without a backup system). If you really want to know what's going on, you could buy a hardware keylogger (even one inside a keyboard) and look at it every week or two. You could even give her full access to the machine, save for the keyboard she probably won't be interested in or the little lump on the cable she probably won't notice for a year or two. Alternatively, you could just monitor all network traffic from that machine. You wouldn't even have to worry about sneaking in then. (This kind of thing makes me glad my parents weren't nerds.)
Better yet, you could educate the kid about all the creepy people on the Internet and the dangers of passing out contact info like candy. (Depending on how the subject is approached, this may end up like a conversation with a wall, however.)
Does it matter? Eventually, it'll be IPv6 or nothing. Forget switching over just for a site or two, people will be switching to connect. Also, IPv6 would make static IPs much more practical and make it more awesome to be able to recite one's own IP from memory.
Also, there is a handful of IPv6 sites, but, for the most part, they're worthless to most people. (Well, at least they're there.)
And? That just means that rather than the sucky wolves dying before they could breed, people only breeded the ones they liked. Oh, by the way. Note that domesticated dogs can't breed with wolves; they're a different species now. Shit. What do we call that? I think it starts with an 'E', I'm not sure.
Even then, aren't most addictive substances banned/covered in warning labels because they pose a health risk? I'm sorry, but I've never seen anyone desperately clinging to a PS2, nor have I ever been hurt by my cellphone (even at those sad, low points in my life where I just have to play Tetris for those few, pathetic minutes). In short: This is on par with oxygen addiction.
And what about when that one person is a stubborn asshat? You can't always depend on a benevolent dictator. Waiting doesn't always help; fork it if you know what you're doing and what you want out of it. (It's the only way things get done, after all.)
If the Democrats win (and I'm 99% certain they will)
how will that work into your "the Pentagon is controlling the vote" theory? (After all, the Pentagon would want the Republicans to win, not the Democrats.) I suppose you'll just silently slink away rather than admit your theory was "bunk".
One party with two ties, etc. Also, I'd like to point out that you replied to the wrong person.
I don't see how lasers could create voices inside people's heads. Laser is just light, and light would not penetrate the skull, so there'd be no effect on the human brain. This story sounds like the result of an On-Strike TV Writer with an overactive imagination creating his latest science fiction. i.e. Not reality.
If the general consumer thinks their pc is fast enough, manufacturers will focus on energy-efficiency to sell more cpu's, and speed will start to be a secondary concern.
Well, by that time I certainly hope we have mechanical suits to do any heavy labor, since we'd be absolutely useless for anything but hitting buttons and short sprints. (I'm probably off, but I'm picturing a race of people with shrew-like metabolisms and it's not a pretty thought.) On another note, I think we have enough problems with people living long and having tons of children. Please, go to India/China/a trailer park for a few weeks and look at what you're asking for. The only way this would look like a good thing is if we colonized Mars some time in the next 10,000 years.
Well, half of what I meant. I was thinking more along the lines of having a good portion of the 'angry mob' running for various positions. A few are bound to be elected each time. I was also thinking 'near-future' when I wrote that. At the point where untold thousands of votes can be thrown away like that, I'll be all for the torches and pitchforks.
I was just being pedantic, but I would like to point out that we still can't legally get any of the larger, more effective weapons. Eventually, you'll need to take down vehicles with those guns, too, and by the time you have rocket launchers etc., I doubt anyone on the other side would hesitate to get something bigger. (At least assuming it's in one or two areas. I doubt it would look good to start carpet bombing one's own country.)
Forget armies, civil wars, tanks and bombs. We have government at every level and instantaneous communication now; an overt attack at one point would just cause every other point to prepare for an attack. For the other ~300,000,000 people, you'd just have one large terrorist network that 'seeks to undermine democracy and the very values this country was built around'.
I'm not saying there won't be reasons to consider shaking things up (in a positive direction), but it would take a lot more work to do it through violence. By the point you can organize 300,000 (or even 3,000) people for a few goals, you'd be much better off bruteforcing the election process and changing things that way. No bloodshed, no (overt) conflict, and everything runs much more smoothly.
Ignition!...No, really. Landing seems to be a no-brainer, for the most part, but what about getting off the rock? In a world where it rains petrol, I'd certainly hate to be holding a match.
Well, as long as you're in the US, it wouldn't be too hard to sue you...if they know who to sue, at least. About halfway through typing that, I think I started to see what you meant: Are there any treaties stating that a Canadian ISP has to give two shits when asked for a (US) subscriber's information (by someone in the US)? Anyone more knowledgeable on the subject care to chime in?
Considering that it's the default browser on what's basically the default OS, blame for people running IE rests squarely on MS and the OEMs pushing Windows. If I didn't know any better and was buying from an OEM, I'd expect a secure machine; not thousands of attempts at idiot-proofing, just sane default settings, as few background processes as possible, and perhaps some educational material about phishing and downloading apps from untrusted sources or some links pointing me in the right direction.
As are some of the security updates. I know it's a bit of an unreasonable demand, but I'd rather see a list of questionable updates than yet another offline patcher.
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Because a seven-year-old who can't remember a password is going to give out her address and other contact info. Something to worry about, sure. Just wait a few more years, though.
As for privacy, you just need to offer the illusion of privacy and protection from nosy friends/siblings. As many have pointed out earlier, you just need the root password (a kid shouldn't have this anyway, at least not without a backup system).
If you really want to know what's going on, you could buy a hardware keylogger (even one inside a keyboard) and look at it every week or two. You could even give her full access to the machine, save for the keyboard she probably won't be interested in or the little lump on the cable she probably won't notice for a year or two.
Alternatively, you could just monitor all network traffic from that machine. You wouldn't even have to worry about sneaking in then. (This kind of thing makes me glad my parents weren't nerds.)
Better yet, you could educate the kid about all the creepy people on the Internet and the dangers of passing out contact info like candy. (Depending on how the subject is approached, this may end up like a conversation with a wall, however.)
And eventually, you're just replacing pipes with duct tape.
Does it matter? Eventually, it'll be IPv6 or nothing. Forget switching over just for a site or two, people will be switching to connect. Also, IPv6 would make static IPs much more practical and make it more awesome to be able to recite one's own IP from memory.
Also, there is a handful of IPv6 sites, but, for the most part, they're worthless to most people. (Well, at least they're there.)
Shh, we already have the record/movie companies pissed off. Just imagine the lawsuits when people start torrenting whole internets!
And? That just means that rather than the sucky wolves dying before they could breed, people only breeded the ones they liked. Oh, by the way. Note that domesticated dogs can't breed with wolves; they're a different species now. Shit. What do we call that? I think it starts with an 'E', I'm not sure.
Even then, aren't most addictive substances banned/covered in warning labels because they pose a health risk? I'm sorry, but I've never seen anyone desperately clinging to a PS2, nor have I ever been hurt by my cellphone (even at those sad, low points in my life where I just have to play Tetris for those few, pathetic minutes).
In short: This is on par with oxygen addiction.
And what about when that one person is a stubborn asshat? You can't always depend on a benevolent dictator. Waiting doesn't always help; fork it if you know what you're doing and what you want out of it. (It's the only way things get done, after all.)
Better yet, fork it. Really, there's a reason GIMP is so incomplete.
So, you're saying we should all don tin foil hats to keep the guberment from planting voices in our heads? (You should be more direct next time.)
Well, by that time I certainly hope we have mechanical suits to do any heavy labor, since we'd be absolutely useless for anything but hitting buttons and short sprints. (I'm probably off, but I'm picturing a race of people with shrew-like metabolisms and it's not a pretty thought.)
On another note, I think we have enough problems with people living long and having tons of children. Please, go to India/China/a trailer park for a few weeks and look at what you're asking for. The only way this would look like a good thing is if we colonized Mars some time in the next 10,000 years.
Well, half of what I meant. I was thinking more along the lines of having a good portion of the 'angry mob' running for various positions. A few are bound to be elected each time. I was also thinking 'near-future' when I wrote that. At the point where untold thousands of votes can be thrown away like that, I'll be all for the torches and pitchforks.
I was just being pedantic, but I would like to point out that we still can't legally get any of the larger, more effective weapons. Eventually, you'll need to take down vehicles with those guns, too, and by the time you have rocket launchers etc., I doubt anyone on the other side would hesitate to get something bigger. (At least assuming it's in one or two areas. I doubt it would look good to start carpet bombing one's own country.)
Forget armies, civil wars, tanks and bombs. We have government at every level and instantaneous communication now; an overt attack at one point would just cause every other point to prepare for an attack. For the other ~300,000,000 people, you'd just have one large terrorist network that 'seeks to undermine democracy and the very values this country was built around'.
I'm not saying there won't be reasons to consider shaking things up (in a positive direction), but it would take a lot more work to do it through violence. By the point you can organize 300,000 (or even 3,000) people for a few goals, you'd be much better off bruteforcing the election process and changing things that way. No bloodshed, no (overt) conflict, and everything runs much more smoothly.
Ignition! ...No, really. Landing seems to be a no-brainer, for the most part, but what about getting off the rock? In a world where it rains petrol, I'd certainly hate to be holding a match.
Or Canadian.
Well, as long as you're in the US, it wouldn't be too hard to sue you...if they know who to sue, at least. About halfway through typing that, I think I started to see what you meant: Are there any treaties stating that a Canadian ISP has to give two shits when asked for a (US) subscriber's information (by someone in the US)? Anyone more knowledgeable on the subject care to chime in?
Considering that it's the default browser on what's basically the default OS, blame for people running IE rests squarely on MS and the OEMs pushing Windows. If I didn't know any better and was buying from an OEM, I'd expect a secure machine; not thousands of attempts at idiot-proofing, just sane default settings, as few background processes as possible, and perhaps some educational material about phishing and downloading apps from untrusted sources or some links pointing me in the right direction.
Really, now? You certainly seem capable of typing out four or five commands. After all, you just managed to write that entire post.
Doubtful. Consider that he spent $2,100 for probably $900 worth of parts.
As are some of the security updates. I know it's a bit of an unreasonable demand, but I'd rather see a list of questionable updates than yet another offline patcher.
But aren't Thetans what the Scientologists are yanking out?