As I've respond in another comment, when you have dependencies to answers to, the the notion of 'independent' states becomes moot point. Few US states would be able to survive in these times on their own, especially fiscally. California, New York, sure, they could, but not every state could, heck there are cities going bankrupt. When it comes to "SECURITY' and everything that goes with it, it should equally enforced in all US states. Whatever the measures are, they should be equal. It makes sense, because it is "NATIONAL" security.
It's not an ignorant statement. What is ignorant, especially in this day and age is to think that total freedom is something you can always get when in the end, you have dependencies to answers to. The notion of 'independent' states in today's world is pure fantasy. Few US states would be able to survive in these times on their own, especially fiscally. California, New York, sure, they could. Heck, there are cities going bankrupt. Anyways, It's a point of view and I believe that mine is valid. When it comes to "SECURITY' and everything that goes with it, it should equally enforced in all US states. Whatever the measures are, they should be equal. It makes sense, because it is "NATIONAL" security. Anyways, we can agree to disagree. But in the end, there is a saying. The needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few or the one.. "I know, totally Star Trek", and it aptly applies in this situation..:)
As I'm reading other's comments I see that many have failed to look at the actual WikiHouse site.
Their goals are to create house designs and let people 'print' these designs along with the material. It's not just about the architecture, but the entire building process, including the fabrication of the material which the house will be made of.
A few tiny problems.
Legalities, insurances, etc.
All of this needs to get some seal of approval at many levels.
For example in any given town, you need permits to build houses, renovations, etc.., and they cost money and more importantly, you also have to ensure your house meets a set of criteria to ensure it passes the building inspection codes, etc, you know, things like electrical, plumbing, etc..
So, for all the knowledge and good will this WikiHouse project is, in the end, it might not mean much in the short or medium term. There is a lot of red tape to deal with in order for this knowledge to be practical and useful.
All of these issues are pretty much based on so much of the violence which the US schools have been faced for the last 20+ yrs. But the truth is, when it comes to issues of security, for once, there should be clear direction on this from the Federal Government. It should NOT be left to either State, County, Municipal and/or at the school's discretion. The US needs to start acting like the country it is supposed to be, not just the fractions which have appended themselves over time.
Sounds like a conspiracy theory and this wheat was literally "planted". If someone is playing the commodities stock and they knew, this could mean big money.
mmm, uniformed fool.. I see.. well, you know.. this fool doesn't care about idiots like you. And by the way, when you run Aero, you actually burn up more power on your PC or Laptop and Aero over time has performance degradation. But then again, idiots like you know nothing and talk a big game.
Considering I have an Alienware MX18 with 16 GB of RAM which I purchased about 1 yr ago, here's the thing. I can run Windows 7 with Areo on. It works fine. But it works much faster when I'm in classic mode. That's all.
Samsung and the other lower end competitors are hurting Apple. The only reason Apple would be selling dumb down versions of their products is that the competition products are hurting their sales to a point where it is better off to have cheaper and less costly products and get that money than see it being spend elsewhere.
Big Oil has long gone out of its way to stifle any advances in automotive technologies which would depends on other sources of fuel than petrol. More than likely by now electric cars should be a defacto standard for urban driving. We are at least 20 yrs behind because of Big Oil. I wish it was a conspiracy theory, but its true and many people got either paid off and/or were silence all in the name of gasoline.
It is inevitable that this world will go towards a real global economy with a common currency for all. BitCoin is a step towards that. More than likely at some point there will be a real line drawn in the sand as to "legal" currency and "black market" currency. Maybe another 20 yrs down the road.
Who knows, maybe too much automation isn't such a good thing. For example, your phone anticipates you wish to make a phone call, but will it anticipate your emotional state at that time? It's much like e-mails. In the heat of the moment we can send stuff, but when we cooled down, often, we kinda wished we hadn't. So, in that same vein, sometimes, you have to wonder in this day and age, if certain actions should not be limited to a human decision. I don't think a machine should anticipate an action. But that's my 2 cents.
The robot can actively look for you. A weapon is a weapon, I don't think there should be any special considerations. There should be a ban on all weapons.. But like anything else, the automated technology will get abused and just like normal weapons, it will be hard to determine the maker, origins, etc. Let's face it, the world changes, but humanity is just as stupid.
Well we can agree to disagree.
Visual accessibility is typically important in the realm of mouse pointer, the ability to zoom in an area and most of all high contrast between foreground and background colors.
Shadows aren't a requirement. This I know from personal experience.
It isn't the saving of 500K which is important, but the large amount of processing required for the extra animations, the rendering of the shadows and other stuff.
If an enhancement brings clarity and your system won't suffer in performance, to me, that's a plus. That's why I leave the smooth fonts settings.
But the rest slows down your PC as you operate your system, which in turns means that your apps also suffer in performance. Most of the so called enhancements either create more graphics and/or actually force the OS to perform more animations.
I've done many installations of Windows where I was paid to optimize the efficiency of the OS so that very large and demanding apps could performance at their best. and in then in comes down to this, how much core low level how pixel manipulation does your OS have to do for it to display your views.
Rule of them, less is more, its as simple as that.
And further more, my comment was basically a wish that Windows 8.1 would provide the ability for users to configure their system as I did with Windows 7.
So as I said at the beginning, we can agree to disagree. Do some performance testing and prove me wrong. P.S. as for your irritation, that seems to be self-induced, so get yourself something like Preparation H.
nano-tech and germ warfare become sophisticated enough that we will have millions of little nanobots our bloodstream which will provide the coverage necessary to deal with anything which our immune system isn't able to. This of course will be designed in such a way that you will have to 're-stock' your nanobots at certain determined intervals, because Big Pharma isn't going to design any permanent solution, or at least, will not be marketing any permanent solution at first, for we all know that the money is made through the sales of medications and prescriptions, not in curing any diseases.
I don't know. I can enter a store and not shop and all they can do is have a look at who I am. But entering a site, means there is actual usable information which can be stored. I do not believe these 2 actions are either related and/or comparable. Transparency should be offered if only because then, when information is taken and/or used, the user who did not read the disclaimer has no basis to complain. So, in a way, transparency is good for the website operators.
The most important aspect of this issue is transparency.
Users should be aware of what's going on.
In theory, it means one should not be able to enter a website without a disclaimer about the site and what it does.
The website authors/owner should be providing the info on automation and/or any info taken from the user and how it is used.it is the user's responsibility to decide if they wish to enter and as such, this means they must agree with the terms of the site.
Now, in the case of federal sites and/or governmental sites, this must be enforced. Basically they should be able to police themselves on this.
More than likely add this to Section 508 when it comes to the US Government.
This issue has been around for a long time when it comes to privacy, cookies use, etc.
To me, it's not about "non-free" JavaScript, but rather, it should be about awareness of the site and it's purpose and whether or not they collect data and what they do with it.
Get yourself a good laptop which has the features required for the work you need.
An extra battery isn't something to sneeze at.
For the most part, understand that if the internet is something you often use for references that assists you in your work or to store your files onto a cloud server or even github, then do your homework.
At the moment about 2/3 of european hotels will offer free wifi with their services (Complimentary Perks!).
Problem is, free wifi doesn't mean performing wifi.
Since you need this for business, you may want to use something like Boingo Wi-Fi, or something similar. Do your research.
The more you know where you are going ahead of time, the better the itinerary and then you can more than like line yourself a list of hotels where one of the requirements is good wifi.
In the US, I've gotta my own hotspot from Sprint and in the areas where I don't get 4G, i get a decent enough 3G.
It cost 70$ a month with a 5GB per month use.
So, you might end up paying a bit more in Europe, again, Google a bit and do some research, it's not all that hard.
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As I've respond in another comment, when you have dependencies to answers to, the the notion of 'independent' states becomes moot point. Few US states would be able to survive in these times on their own, especially fiscally. California, New York, sure, they could, but not every state could, heck there are cities going bankrupt. When it comes to "SECURITY' and everything that goes with it, it should equally enforced in all US states. Whatever the measures are, they should be equal. It makes sense, because it is "NATIONAL" security.
It's not an ignorant statement. What is ignorant, especially in this day and age is to think that total freedom is something you can always get when in the end, you have dependencies to answers to. The notion of 'independent' states in today's world is pure fantasy. Few US states would be able to survive in these times on their own, especially fiscally. California, New York, sure, they could. Heck, there are cities going bankrupt. Anyways, It's a point of view and I believe that mine is valid. When it comes to "SECURITY' and everything that goes with it, it should equally enforced in all US states. Whatever the measures are, they should be equal. It makes sense, because it is "NATIONAL" security. Anyways, we can agree to disagree. But in the end, there is a saying. The needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few or the one.. "I know, totally Star Trek", and it aptly applies in this situation.. :)
As I'm reading other's comments I see that many have failed to look at the actual WikiHouse site.
Their goals are to create house designs and let people 'print' these designs along with the material. It's not just about the architecture, but the entire building process, including the fabrication of the material which the house will be made of.
A few tiny problems.
Legalities, insurances, etc.
All of this needs to get some seal of approval at many levels.
For example in any given town, you need permits to build houses, renovations, etc.., and they cost money and more importantly, you also have to ensure your house meets a set of criteria to ensure it passes the building inspection codes, etc, you know, things like electrical, plumbing, etc..
So, for all the knowledge and good will this WikiHouse project is, in the end, it might not mean much in the short or medium term. There is a lot of red tape to deal with in order for this knowledge to be practical and useful.
All of these issues are pretty much based on so much of the violence which the US schools have been faced for the last 20+ yrs. But the truth is, when it comes to issues of security, for once, there should be clear direction on this from the Federal Government. It should NOT be left to either State, County, Municipal and/or at the school's discretion. The US needs to start acting like the country it is supposed to be, not just the fractions which have appended themselves over time.
Sounds like a conspiracy theory and this wheat was literally "planted". If someone is playing the commodities stock and they knew, this could mean big money.
mmm, uniformed fool.. I see.. well, you know.. this fool doesn't care about idiots like you. And by the way, when you run Aero, you actually burn up more power on your PC or Laptop and Aero over time has performance degradation. But then again, idiots like you know nothing and talk a big game.
Considering I have an Alienware MX18 with 16 GB of RAM which I purchased about 1 yr ago, here's the thing. I can run Windows 7 with Areo on. It works fine. But it works much faster when I'm in classic mode. That's all.
mmm, obviously, you know nothing about the industry.
Samsung and the other lower end competitors are hurting Apple. The only reason Apple would be selling dumb down versions of their products is that the competition products are hurting their sales to a point where it is better off to have cheaper and less costly products and get that money than see it being spend elsewhere.
Big Oil has long gone out of its way to stifle any advances in automotive technologies which would depends on other sources of fuel than petrol. More than likely by now electric cars should be a defacto standard for urban driving. We are at least 20 yrs behind because of Big Oil. I wish it was a conspiracy theory, but its true and many people got either paid off and/or were silence all in the name of gasoline.
It is inevitable that this world will go towards a real global economy with a common currency for all. BitCoin is a step towards that. More than likely at some point there will be a real line drawn in the sand as to "legal" currency and "black market" currency. Maybe another 20 yrs down the road.
Who knows, maybe too much automation isn't such a good thing. For example, your phone anticipates you wish to make a phone call, but will it anticipate your emotional state at that time? It's much like e-mails. In the heat of the moment we can send stuff, but when we cooled down, often, we kinda wished we hadn't. So, in that same vein, sometimes, you have to wonder in this day and age, if certain actions should not be limited to a human decision. I don't think a machine should anticipate an action. But that's my 2 cents.
The robot can actively look for you. A weapon is a weapon, I don't think there should be any special considerations. There should be a ban on all weapons.. But like anything else, the automated technology will get abused and just like normal weapons, it will be hard to determine the maker, origins, etc. Let's face it, the world changes, but humanity is just as stupid.
I wonder how it goes on the theory that asymmetric electrostatic radiation shielding could be useful for space flights.
hey.. forgot about Windows 3.0? :) that's way before 95..
Let's agree to disagree. Not else to say since you offer nothing of value with your comment.
You might want to really re-read my comment as I think you might be missing the point. Regards.
Well we can agree to disagree.
Visual accessibility is typically important in the realm of mouse pointer, the ability to zoom in an area and most of all high contrast between foreground and background colors.
Shadows aren't a requirement. This I know from personal experience.
It isn't the saving of 500K which is important, but the large amount of processing required for the extra animations, the rendering of the shadows and other stuff.
If an enhancement brings clarity and your system won't suffer in performance, to me, that's a plus. That's why I leave the smooth fonts settings.
But the rest slows down your PC as you operate your system, which in turns means that your apps also suffer in performance. Most of the so called enhancements either create more graphics and/or actually force the OS to perform more animations.
I've done many installations of Windows where I was paid to optimize the efficiency of the OS so that very large and demanding apps could performance at their best. and in then in comes down to this, how much core low level how pixel manipulation does your OS have to do for it to display your views.
Rule of them, less is more, its as simple as that.
And further more, my comment was basically a wish that Windows 8.1 would provide the ability for users to configure their system as I did with Windows 7.
So as I said at the beginning, we can agree to disagree.
Do some performance testing and prove me wrong.
P.S. as for your irritation, that seems to be self-induced, so get yourself something like Preparation H.
No it doesn't. That's false. Do some benchmark testing. And more to the point, over time you will find that Aero will actually slow down your UI.
My Windows 7 is configured to look pretty much like Windows 98.
I disable of all these shadows, nice borders, etc. Why?
Because it's not necessary and takes away from your PC's resources.
In Performance Options all I keep are Smooth Edges of screen fonts and Smooth scroll list boxes. The rest is just fluff.
I even disable all the desktop backgrounds.
And Windows 8 or 8.1 should offer the same capabilities.
The use of a PC isn't and shouldn't be the same experience as that of a mobile device.
And it's not like I don't have resources I have an Alienware with 16 GB of RAM.
But I work with my PC and I use it extensively and I would rather have more performance on my PhotoShop or NetBeans.
I don't use a PC because I want to have fun, I use it for productivity.
And IF I do want to have fun, it's not the bloody OS that is going to amuse me, but the games I can play on it.
So even for the same of games, a lean and optimized installation and configuration of Windows is always best.
well, a human is just a biological machine, so who knows.. maybe we just need to do this to 'fix' ourselves! :)
nano-tech and germ warfare become sophisticated enough that we will have millions of little nanobots our bloodstream which will provide the coverage necessary to deal with anything which our immune system isn't able to. This of course will be designed in such a way that you will have to 're-stock' your nanobots at certain determined intervals, because Big Pharma isn't going to design any permanent solution, or at least, will not be marketing any permanent solution at first, for we all know that the money is made through the sales of medications and prescriptions, not in curing any diseases.
I don't know. I can enter a store and not shop and all they can do is have a look at who I am. But entering a site, means there is actual usable information which can be stored. I do not believe these 2 actions are either related and/or comparable. Transparency should be offered if only because then, when information is taken and/or used, the user who did not read the disclaimer has no basis to complain. So, in a way, transparency is good for the website operators.
The most important aspect of this issue is transparency.
Users should be aware of what's going on.
In theory, it means one should not be able to enter a website without a disclaimer about the site and what it does.
The website authors/owner should be providing the info on automation and/or any info taken from the user and how it is used.it is the user's responsibility to decide if they wish to enter and as such, this means they must agree with the terms of the site.
Now, in the case of federal sites and/or governmental sites, this must be enforced. Basically they should be able to police themselves on this.
More than likely add this to Section 508 when it comes to the US Government.
This issue has been around for a long time when it comes to privacy, cookies use, etc.
To me, it's not about "non-free" JavaScript, but rather, it should be about awareness of the site and it's purpose and whether or not they collect data and what they do with it.
Get yourself a good laptop which has the features required for the work you need.
An extra battery isn't something to sneeze at.
For the most part, understand that if the internet is something you often use for references that assists you in your work or to store your files onto a cloud server or even github, then do your homework.
At the moment about 2/3 of european hotels will offer free wifi with their services (Complimentary Perks!).
Problem is, free wifi doesn't mean performing wifi.
Since you need this for business, you may want to use something like Boingo Wi-Fi, or something similar. Do your research.
The more you know where you are going ahead of time, the better the itinerary and then you can more than like line yourself a list of hotels where one of the requirements is good wifi.
In the US, I've gotta my own hotspot from Sprint and in the areas where I don't get 4G, i get a decent enough 3G.
It cost 70$ a month with a 5GB per month use.
So, you might end up paying a bit more in Europe, again, Google a bit and do some research, it's not all that hard.