"Do you realize how many problems we could solve by putting the open network back on the terms that it should never have left?"
Do you know how many problems could have been avoided if we never came down from the tree's to begin with? If we had never invented fire?
Backwards is never the right direction to move in for the future.
Music is a form of art - art should not always be what people like. When all that comes out from musical artists is what people want to hear, all we will get is Britney Spears bubblegum pop. We will only hear music out of the latest "American Idol" winner. There will be no more experimentation on the level of "Pink Floyd: The Wall" or "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Band" or Bob Dylan.
Same here - I recently bought a new computer and the first piece of software I installed was OO... I prefer it to MS Office, simply because it's smaller, faster, and actually has a few little perks that MS Office doesn't have...
No question that you are right. But what I was commenting on is the fact that NASA's Mars exploration has produced some really mind-boggling results. We are looking a an alien world. But the first thing anyone here thought to comment on is how NASA marketed the Rover....
It's interesting.... Here we have a piece of engineering inspecting the surface of another world, sending back important information. We may be finding the building blocks of life on another planet.
And the first two posts to this news story discusses the advertising prowess of NASA.
I doubt that Mario, Metroid and Zelda will ever go away...
One thing - the Wii has more than just novelty going for it. The fact is, it's fun. It is allowing a new type of game to be developed. And it's much better at pulling people into it than a system that encourages you to sit in one spot and move your thumbs. That is not novelty - it is innovation.
And it would make a nice Linux box, but $298 isn't really the price - you have to add on the price of the monitor you have to buy, which brings it up to around $450-500.
Every single person in this world can be turned into a criminal with the right squinting of the eyes by the law enforcers. What worries me is this : what happens if you say something that the Bush administration or whoever comes after them doesn't like? It then becomes just a matter of the FBI sifting through their data until they find the one skeleton in your closet that will put you in jail.... or Gauntanamo..... In all honesty, this is the beginning of the US's Stalinist Russia.
Actually, I just did a search on Google - market share isn't that much different in Europe for Windows.
I do agree with your security concerns. Of course, just because open source is used, that doesn't automatically means that the resulting software would be cross-platform.... or any more secure....
But thank you for taking the time to explain things to me. You have given me some food for thought.
If this case is decided against Google, where does it end? Is an ISP responsible for any websites it hosts? How about any email that get's passed through it's servers? After all, I get at least 5 scam emails per week - I could get rich suing ISPs in no time!
If that is true, are phone companies responsible for what people say on the phone? Are caterers responsible for bad movies they might have catered to?
I can get that. So, how would using open source benefit the users? I am asking in all seriousness here - please explain to me how it would benefit the users.... Is the market share of Windows in Europe much lower than in the US?
No argument there..... Of course, if person A develops a piece of code, why should person B (Who provided no assistance during the programs development and as a matter of fact didn't even provide any suggestions for it) whine about it?
After being in the military and (to be honest) being sickened by the mindset of the average military person, I need to correct you on something : The military is NOT on the side of the public. They are on their own side - whatever gathers more power to them is the side they will support. Just because they go out of their way to make it LOOK like the want to protect the public does not mean that they actually, deep down, care whether large cities are decimated in a war. They care only about perpetuating their own agenda, which is to gather ever increasing budgets to themselves and expand their power around the world. This sounds like a conspiracy nut talking, but I am not - just someone who has been there are witnessed that mindset first hand. Never trust the military - Never.
Tim Berners-Lee is smart and a fun guy to listen to. But he doesn't have any idea of what the web or computers or cereal boxes will look like in even 2 decades time than I do. Every time I hear anyone talking about what the future will be like, I always remind myself that the jet-packs never arrived either....
You are right. on the other hand, let's do the math : Pay $300 (or $500 for the iPhone) and still sign a contract for 2 years at $50/Month,
-------------OR-----------------------
Get the phone for no money and sign a contract for 2 years at $50/month.
Which is cheaper?
Sorry - I am not going to pay more than $150 for a cell phone. I have no reason to have the latest fashion accessory screwed to my ear, and the phone I get for free does everything I want a cell phone to do (Voice, scheduling, FM Radio, Camera with video, Voice-memo's, and internet). Why would I pay $300 for a new phone?
I'm sure that the price was the biggest barrier for most. Personally, I still don't see the games for it. Nothing out there makes me sit up and say "I have to have the PS3!".... Maybe I am just getting old, but the Wii still is the most fun to play with.
As for the Blu-Ray player in it, it would almost be worth it, but I think I'll hold off jumping on either the HD-DVD or Blu-Ray bandwagon until I am sure the dust has settled on that fight...
I think by now we all realize that these types of things aren't allowed by the basic rules of this universe. So why are so many people still taken in by this stuff.
That's fascinating - actually very fascinating. You seem to know your science.... But assuming that life will not develop in such a universe seems somewhat arrogant to me. Every time I hear someone pronounce something impossible, I mentally mark them as not being very creative.
I guess this is what you get when you are one of those people that line up in front of a door in order to have a lump of plastic before everyone else....
I don't agree with the basic premises of "Intelligent Design". I think it's a silly idea. BUT - I also think it's wrong to legislate science. People should be able to advance any crackpot theory they want, and as long as there is any question of it's validity, it should be discussed.
A court deciding this just reeks of the same mindset as the Catholic church deciding what could be written about. It's censorship either way and will only lead to a lessening of our ability to advance in the sciences.
I get the mental picture of packs of giant penguins, roaming the deserts of Peru. Suddenly, the lead Penguin sees a pack of antelope grazing in the field ahead of it. Stealthily, the pack creeps up on them when - suddenly! 5 five foot tall penguins leap into action, running at speeds close to 1 mile per hour, and the kill is over - The Antelope will eat well tonight!
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"Do you realize how many problems we could solve by putting the open network back on the terms that it should never have left?" Do you know how many problems could have been avoided if we never came down from the tree's to begin with? If we had never invented fire? Backwards is never the right direction to move in for the future.
Music is a form of art - art should not always be what people like. When all that comes out from musical artists is what people want to hear, all we will get is Britney Spears bubblegum pop. We will only hear music out of the latest "American Idol" winner. There will be no more experimentation on the level of "Pink Floyd: The Wall" or "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Band" or Bob Dylan.
Same here - I recently bought a new computer and the first piece of software I installed was OO... I prefer it to MS Office, simply because it's smaller, faster, and actually has a few little perks that MS Office doesn't have...
No question that you are right. But what I was commenting on is the fact that NASA's Mars exploration has produced some really mind-boggling results. We are looking a an alien world. But the first thing anyone here thought to comment on is how NASA marketed the Rover....
It's interesting.... Here we have a piece of engineering inspecting the surface of another world, sending back important information. We may be finding the building blocks of life on another planet. And the first two posts to this news story discusses the advertising prowess of NASA.
I doubt that Mario, Metroid and Zelda will ever go away... One thing - the Wii has more than just novelty going for it. The fact is, it's fun. It is allowing a new type of game to be developed. And it's much better at pulling people into it than a system that encourages you to sit in one spot and move your thumbs. That is not novelty - it is innovation.
And it would make a nice Linux box, but $298 isn't really the price - you have to add on the price of the monitor you have to buy, which brings it up to around $450-500.
First thing - It's about time! Second - sounds like it will be as much a X-Files movie as the new Star Trek will the a Trek movie... as in not much.
Every single person in this world can be turned into a criminal with the right squinting of the eyes by the law enforcers. What worries me is this : what happens if you say something that the Bush administration or whoever comes after them doesn't like? It then becomes just a matter of the FBI sifting through their data until they find the one skeleton in your closet that will put you in jail.... or Gauntanamo..... In all honesty, this is the beginning of the US's Stalinist Russia.
Actually, I just did a search on Google - market share isn't that much different in Europe for Windows. I do agree with your security concerns. Of course, just because open source is used, that doesn't automatically means that the resulting software would be cross-platform.... or any more secure.... But thank you for taking the time to explain things to me. You have given me some food for thought.
If this case is decided against Google, where does it end? Is an ISP responsible for any websites it hosts? How about any email that get's passed through it's servers? After all, I get at least 5 scam emails per week - I could get rich suing ISPs in no time! If that is true, are phone companies responsible for what people say on the phone? Are caterers responsible for bad movies they might have catered to?
I can get that. So, how would using open source benefit the users? I am asking in all seriousness here - please explain to me how it would benefit the users.... Is the market share of Windows in Europe much lower than in the US?
No argument there..... Of course, if person A develops a piece of code, why should person B (Who provided no assistance during the programs development and as a matter of fact didn't even provide any suggestions for it) whine about it?
But in all honesty, why should the BBC be forced to support more open source? Shouldn't supporting open source be a choice rather than a forced rule?
After being in the military and (to be honest) being sickened by the mindset of the average military person, I need to correct you on something : The military is NOT on the side of the public. They are on their own side - whatever gathers more power to them is the side they will support. Just because they go out of their way to make it LOOK like the want to protect the public does not mean that they actually, deep down, care whether large cities are decimated in a war. They care only about perpetuating their own agenda, which is to gather ever increasing budgets to themselves and expand their power around the world. This sounds like a conspiracy nut talking, but I am not - just someone who has been there are witnessed that mindset first hand. Never trust the military - Never.
Tim Berners-Lee is smart and a fun guy to listen to. But he doesn't have any idea of what the web or computers or cereal boxes will look like in even 2 decades time than I do. Every time I hear anyone talking about what the future will be like, I always remind myself that the jet-packs never arrived either....
You are right. on the other hand, let's do the math : Pay $300 (or $500 for the iPhone) and still sign a contract for 2 years at $50/Month, -------------OR----------------------- Get the phone for no money and sign a contract for 2 years at $50/month. Which is cheaper?
Sorry - I am not going to pay more than $150 for a cell phone. I have no reason to have the latest fashion accessory screwed to my ear, and the phone I get for free does everything I want a cell phone to do (Voice, scheduling, FM Radio, Camera with video, Voice-memo's, and internet). Why would I pay $300 for a new phone?
I'm sure that the price was the biggest barrier for most. Personally, I still don't see the games for it. Nothing out there makes me sit up and say "I have to have the PS3!".... Maybe I am just getting old, but the Wii still is the most fun to play with. As for the Blu-Ray player in it, it would almost be worth it, but I think I'll hold off jumping on either the HD-DVD or Blu-Ray bandwagon until I am sure the dust has settled on that fight...
I think by now we all realize that these types of things aren't allowed by the basic rules of this universe. So why are so many people still taken in by this stuff.
Just wondering....
That's fascinating - actually very fascinating. You seem to know your science.... But assuming that life will not develop in such a universe seems somewhat arrogant to me. Every time I hear someone pronounce something impossible, I mentally mark them as not being very creative.
I guess this is what you get when you are one of those people that line up in front of a door in order to have a lump of plastic before everyone else....
I don't agree with the basic premises of "Intelligent Design". I think it's a silly idea. BUT - I also think it's wrong to legislate science. People should be able to advance any crackpot theory they want, and as long as there is any question of it's validity, it should be discussed. A court deciding this just reeks of the same mindset as the Catholic church deciding what could be written about. It's censorship either way and will only lead to a lessening of our ability to advance in the sciences.
I get the mental picture of packs of giant penguins, roaming the deserts of Peru. Suddenly, the lead Penguin sees a pack of antelope grazing in the field ahead of it. Stealthily, the pack creeps up on them when - suddenly! 5 five foot tall penguins leap into action, running at speeds close to 1 mile per hour, and the kill is over - The Antelope will eat well tonight!