Microsoft is really pushing their product along to the users, it's so user friendly, so user orientated, it's everything you could want from an OS. Not only do you get the satisfaction of playing a video through a CERTIFIED player, feeling the joy of using something that you know will allow for that video to play at the best of quality. Now you also see your favourite advertisements! Look no further than the desktop when you wonder what's for breakfast at MacDonalds these days, so you can go fatten yourself up. Microsoft knows all too well that those pesky malware programs that sit on your computer and display pornography popups all the time are just not doing it for the user, it's not enough, and the risk of getting infected is too low. So they've solved all your problems by integrating it all into one bloated package. What more could you want!
It's a bad day to be a criminal, and soon the police force will be out of a job. Robotaserthing is in town, and ready to electrocute some scum.
On a more serious note, it's not like this was unexpected, and it's not the first of the line either. We're smack right in the middle of the robotic era, from mini automated vacuum cleaners, to hover spy robots, to shotgun equipped killing machines. This is just another step, and it's not going to end, ever.
Well......it could end for us, but not for the robots.
Everyone has their own niche that stops them from going to Linux, for example I have a dual boot with Ubuntu, and have had it for some time, but I still spend most of my time in Windows, why you may ask? Well it's because Adobe hasn't released any of it's media tools for Linux, I'm telling you that the second that Adobe releases Photoshop (please don't give me the whole "but there's GIMP!" crap), Premier and Flash, I will not be going back to Windows.
The problem is that Adobe won't release those until it sees enough activity in the Linux department, and yes, I hate them for that, but from a business point of view it's understandable.
I just introduced a friend of mine to Ubuntu Studio, because he's a musician and is now happily dual booted with Ubuntu Studio, but his favourite application is Reason which keeps him chained to Windows, the company Propellerhead, has an OS X version and a Windows version, why not a Linux version? Who knows, either the same excuse that Adobe gives, or they're just happily raking in the money and can't be bothered expending into unknown territory.
Linux can be the OS in 2008, or 2009, or whatever other date you choose, I say "you" because it is up to the musicians and the artists and anyone else who wants Linux support for their favourite software to start complaining in massive numbers to the relative companies. As soon as that happens they'll have no choice.
This could sound like a strange argument, but any government or agency has the ability to spy on you, and they will do it whether you like it or not, but at least they're telling you they're doing it.
I don't think that is a big enough incentive, people that have been brainwashed by M$'s propaganda about how great Vista is aren't going to suddenly turn and say "ZoMG! This OS is $50 cheaper! Forget Vista!"
A $50 difference will do nothing in terms of persuasion for the common man, the people that buy Ubuntu pre-installed are only the ones that have done the research and know at least a bit about what they've doing, and what they want, the rest know Windows, and M$'s advertising.
What Ubuntu needs from Dell, isn't a $50 price difference, but some available INFORMATION, look here: www.dell.com/
I don't know about you, but all I see are Vista loaded machines, I didn't check every page, but nobody is going to buy an Ubuntu loaded machine if it's buried somewhere at the back of the site, or the store.
Michael Moore may indeed use misleading tactics, but at least he misleads you in the right direction.
If his new documentary really was in trouble, then who's to say he didn't leak it to the internet himself, it's definitely safe now. I think anyone would do the same.
However small, at least it's a step in Linux's direction, maybe it'll catch another company's eye and help them decide to support Linux. The more proprietary support Linux has the better and one day Linux will run anything you could want, which is what an OS should strive to do.
Being drunk isn't a crime, and legislation against material objects has proven to be practically useless. Do you REALLY think that a thug who is willing to commit a murder and risk extreme punishment is somehow going to be deterred by a gun control law?
That's not really what I meant, there's roughly two groups of people, ones will go out of their way to acquire a gun for whatever purpose (ie: get one through illegal means) and the other are those who just have easy access to one(walk into a gun shop and with a simple background check walk out with a gun), or already have one on them (walk around the streets with a gun in their pocket).
Basically, you're arming them all, which equates to more gun related incidents than there should be. The point isn't that you can stop every criminal from somehow getting a gun, but that there are so many cases which could be preventable by better control on the distribution and bearing of arms that one would think it'd be worth the extra effort.
The sale of firearms to permanent residents in Virginia is legal as long as the buyer shows proof of residency.[113] Additionally, though, Virginia has a law that limits purchases of handguns to one every 30 days.[114] Federal law requires a criminal background check for handgun purchases from licensed firearms dealers, and Virginia checks other databases in addition to the Federally-mandated NICS. Federal law also prohibits those "adjudicated as a mental defective" from buying guns, and this exclusion may have been applicable to Cho after a Virginia court declared him to be a danger to himself in late 2005 and sent him for psychiatric treatment.[16] Because of gaps between federal and Virginia state laws, the state did not report Cho's legal status to the federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System.[16]
You're a complete moron who is talking out of his ass. Over here in the USA you can not just go out and buy a gun like you would a 6 pack of beer. There's a bunch of forms you need to fill out, which get sent off to the FBI and god knows who else, they do a background check, they run your records through the court system to see if you've been arrested for anything, and they check your medical background looking for mental problems.
Yes, you're completely right, and your system seems to be working quite well.
Right, because since everybody has a gun, the amount of burglars and rapists has so suddenly decreased. By the way, your gun won't be much help when the burglar sneaks up on you at night, maybe he'll shoot you through your window, or kill you in your car. With that in mind, sweet dreams.
Oh and by the way, I didn't say that criminals won't be able to get guns, it's just that average nuts that have easy access to weapons will cause more issues than professional criminals. Someone who is drunk and has a gun in his pocket, has a higher probability of shooting someone in a fight. If you think about it, professional criminals are less dangerous than average thugs and drunks who wouldn't be able to get a gun if it wasn't for the useless gun laws.
That evening González had argued with his former girlfriend Lydia Feliciano, a coat check girl at the club. González was ejected by the bouncer. He was heard to scream drunken threats. He returned to the establishment with a plastic container of gasoline which he spread on the only staircase into the club.
The fire exits had been blocked to prevent people from entering without paying the cover charge. In the panic that ensued, a few people escaped by breaking a metal gate over one door.
He set fire to the only exit, the only reason all those people died was because the fire exits that were put in place to save them were all blocked. Sure, arson is a dangerous thing which can kill a lot of people, but you know, fire exits are there for a reason, so are sprinkler systems and so on and so forth. What safety measures will you put to protect people from guns like you can from fires? I know, either bullet proof vests, or....take away the guns.
For example there's Miss Pricilla Ford How many people of those run over died? Just out of curiosity, because dodging a car is somewhat easier than a bullet.
Right, so it was the complicated privacy laws that caused this, and not being able to walk into K-Mart and walk out with a couple of guns.
I'm glad I'm not American, because your patriotism is just plain frightening, you may argue that gun control has nothing to do with this, that criminals will always get guns anyway, a lot of idiots will say that it's better to have a gun and not need it than to not have one around when the next maniac strikes.
That is all completely bullshit, when somebody snaps and goes on a rampage, over in the USA they can reach for a gun, if they don't own one they can go and buy one without any problems. Over here the chances of them having a gun in the first place is low, and to get a gun you need to go through a months long process, by that time it would be obvious they're not mentally stable enough to own a gun.
That leaves them with few options, a knife? a really big knife? How many people do you think a person can kill with a knife? Will they be able to blast their way into a room with a knife? I don't think so. It's quite simple really, killing someone with a gun is easier, the body count is lower if there is no gun.
Also I feel much safer walking down the street knowing that nobody around me is carrying any guns, for pretty obvious reasons I would say.
You're not "free" by carrying guns around, you're fucking delusional.
I know this post means nothing, but it sure feels good to rant sometimes.
May they be touched by His Noodly Appendage and realise the error of their ways.
Ramen.
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Flamebait: People who have such a strong negative attitude towards all things flash and refuse to look at well made flash websites are just misinformed assholes, same goes for the people that mod them up.
Non-Flamebait: A lot of interesting information in the website, and the photographs are excellent, good luck with the expedition!
In this case yeh, but how do you feel about anyone in the world being able to spy on your house 24/7? It's not the big issue right now, but it could be, and that's what I was getting at.
Being concerned over a cat is obviously ridiculous, but the fact that you could see the cat through the window does raise some concern. What if it was some really hot, nude...ok bad example, what if it was you in that window, doing something you don't want anyone to see, and without your consent gets spread throughout the net.
The chances of this happening at the moment are small, but what happens when ever street you know gets a "live-view"? It seems far fetched now, but there are already cameras with live-feeds overlooking certain places in the world.
Although it is also a nice thought that you can see any view from any place on earth (well, not yet) without being there, virtual travel is nothing new.
What it comes down to is are you willing to give up some portion of your privacy for the sake of bringing the world to the computer in all it's glory, or lack thereof.
"For most Internet users, defending against phishing attacks is a top priority."
I think 'most' users would say "what the hell is phishing?" Only way to prevent phishing is to bring up a "Welcome to the internet, here are a few things you should know about before you go on:... " splash screen when they open up their browser for the very first time.
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Followed by another splash screen that says "If you ignored the previous information, you are now entering with the risk of doing something extremely stupid, would you like to bring up the Welcome screen again? [Yes] [Yes]"
Democracy is already a really good application, all that is left now is for ISPs to provide us with unlimited downloads and internet TV will blast off, I find it hard to understand why there are plans that say that you have to pay $60 a month, to provide you with a 20 gigabyte quota. With internet restrictions on how much you can download, internet TV will not work.
Perhaps this is strictly speaking for the land down-under.
Homeland Security has invited sci-fi writers...to do their job for them?
They might as well just post the discussion here.
Here's my list:
Equip every passenger with anti-terrorist lasers, because of their nature, terrorists will shoot themselves by accident.
Shield the entire airplane with a time distortion device, except the cockpit, the passengers will be in "slow-time", so for them the plane would take off and land within seconds, not enough time for any terrorist to do anything.
Mother-F%*$ING SNAKES, with mother-F@#(@ING LASERS on their heads put as security guards. No terrorist will dare.
Virtual reality helmets for every passenger. Terrorists can act out their evil deeds to their hearts content in the safety of their own virtual plane. Of course every helmet will be recoded, and the terrorists apprehended upon landing.
Replace bomb sniffing dogs with jedi knights. Explanation not required.
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First there was DRM, and now advertising too!
Microsoft is really pushing their product along to the users, it's so user friendly, so user orientated, it's everything you could want from an OS. Not only do you get the satisfaction of playing a video through a CERTIFIED player, feeling the joy of using something that you know will allow for that video to play at the best of quality. Now you also see your favourite advertisements! Look no further than the desktop when you wonder what's for breakfast at MacDonalds these days, so you can go fatten yourself up. Microsoft knows all too well that those pesky malware programs that sit on your computer and display pornography popups all the time are just not doing it for the user, it's not enough, and the risk of getting infected is too low. So they've solved all your problems by integrating it all into one bloated package. What more could you want!
The level of incompetence required to make such stupid mistakes is just mind blowing. Direct result of the problems the US faces over education?
It's a bad day to be a criminal, and soon the police force will be out of a job. Robotaserthing is in town, and ready to electrocute some scum.
On a more serious note, it's not like this was unexpected, and it's not the first of the line either. We're smack right in the middle of the robotic era, from mini automated vacuum cleaners, to hover spy robots, to shotgun equipped killing machines. This is just another step, and it's not going to end, ever.
Well......it could end for us, but not for the robots.
Everyone has their own niche that stops them from going to Linux, for example I have a dual boot with Ubuntu, and have had it for some time, but I still spend most of my time in Windows, why you may ask? Well it's because Adobe hasn't released any of it's media tools for Linux, I'm telling you that the second that Adobe releases Photoshop (please don't give me the whole "but there's GIMP!" crap), Premier and Flash, I will not be going back to Windows.
The problem is that Adobe won't release those until it sees enough activity in the Linux department, and yes, I hate them for that, but from a business point of view it's understandable.
I just introduced a friend of mine to Ubuntu Studio, because he's a musician and is now happily dual booted with Ubuntu Studio, but his favourite application is Reason which keeps him chained to Windows, the company Propellerhead, has an OS X version and a Windows version, why not a Linux version? Who knows, either the same excuse that Adobe gives, or they're just happily raking in the money and can't be bothered expending into unknown territory.
Linux can be the OS in 2008, or 2009, or whatever other date you choose, I say "you" because it is up to the musicians and the artists and anyone else who wants Linux support for their favourite software to start complaining in massive numbers to the relative companies. As soon as that happens they'll have no choice.
This could sound like a strange argument, but any government or agency has the ability to spy on you, and they will do it whether you like it or not, but at least they're telling you they're doing it.
I don't think that is a big enough incentive, people that have been brainwashed by M$'s propaganda about how great Vista is aren't going to suddenly turn and say "ZoMG! This OS is $50 cheaper! Forget Vista!"
A $50 difference will do nothing in terms of persuasion for the common man, the people that buy Ubuntu pre-installed are only the ones that have done the research and know at least a bit about what they've doing, and what they want, the rest know Windows, and M$'s advertising.
What Ubuntu needs from Dell, isn't a $50 price difference, but some available INFORMATION, look here: www.dell.com/
I don't know about you, but all I see are Vista loaded machines, I didn't check every page, but nobody is going to buy an Ubuntu loaded machine if it's buried somewhere at the back of the site, or the store.
If his new documentary really was in trouble, then who's to say he didn't leak it to the internet himself, it's definitely safe now. I think anyone would do the same.
However small, at least it's a step in Linux's direction, maybe it'll catch another company's eye and help them decide to support Linux. The more proprietary support Linux has the better and one day Linux will run anything you could want, which is what an OS should strive to do.
That's not really what I meant, there's roughly two groups of people, ones will go out of their way to acquire a gun for whatever purpose (ie: get one through illegal means) and the other are those who just have easy access to one(walk into a gun shop and with a simple background check walk out with a gun), or already have one on them (walk around the streets with a gun in their pocket).
Basically, you're arming them all, which equates to more gun related incidents than there should be. The point isn't that you can stop every criminal from somehow getting a gun, but that there are so many cases which could be preventable by better control on the distribution and bearing of arms that one would think it'd be worth the extra effort.
Yes, you're completely right, and your system seems to be working quite well.
Oh and by the way, I didn't say that criminals won't be able to get guns, it's just that average nuts that have easy access to weapons will cause more issues than professional criminals. Someone who is drunk and has a gun in his pocket, has a higher probability of shooting someone in a fight. If you think about it, professional criminals are less dangerous than average thugs and drunks who wouldn't be able to get a gun if it wasn't for the useless gun laws.
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He set fire to the only exit, the only reason all those people died was because the fire exits that were put in place to save them were all blocked. Sure, arson is a dangerous thing which can kill a lot of people, but you know, fire exits are there for a reason, so are sprinkler systems and so on and so forth. What safety measures will you put to protect people from guns like you can from fires? I know, either bullet proof vests, or....take away the guns.
For example there's Miss Pricilla Ford How many people of those run over died? Just out of curiosity, because dodging a car is somewhat easier than a bullet.I'm glad I'm not American, because your patriotism is just plain frightening, you may argue that gun control has nothing to do with this, that criminals will always get guns anyway, a lot of idiots will say that it's better to have a gun and not need it than to not have one around when the next maniac strikes.
That is all completely bullshit, when somebody snaps and goes on a rampage, over in the USA they can reach for a gun, if they don't own one they can go and buy one without any problems. Over here the chances of them having a gun in the first place is low, and to get a gun you need to go through a months long process, by that time it would be obvious they're not mentally stable enough to own a gun.
That leaves them with few options, a knife? a really big knife? How many people do you think a person can kill with a knife? Will they be able to blast their way into a room with a knife? I don't think so. It's quite simple really, killing someone with a gun is easier, the body count is lower if there is no gun.
Also I feel much safer walking down the street knowing that nobody around me is carrying any guns, for pretty obvious reasons I would say.
You're not "free" by carrying guns around, you're fucking delusional.
I know this post means nothing, but it sure feels good to rant sometimes.
May they be touched by His Noodly Appendage and realise the error of their ways. Ramen.
Non-Flamebait: A lot of interesting information in the website, and the photographs are excellent, good luck with the expedition!
All I can say is this must be the stupidest issue in the world.
In this case yeh, but how do you feel about anyone in the world being able to spy on your house 24/7? It's not the big issue right now, but it could be, and that's what I was getting at.
The chances of this happening at the moment are small, but what happens when ever street you know gets a "live-view"? It seems far fetched now, but there are already cameras with live-feeds overlooking certain places in the world.
Although it is also a nice thought that you can see any view from any place on earth (well, not yet) without being there, virtual travel is nothing new.
What it comes down to is are you willing to give up some portion of your privacy for the sake of bringing the world to the computer in all it's glory, or lack thereof.
I think 'most' users would say "what the hell is phishing?" Only way to prevent phishing is to bring up a "Welcome to the internet, here are a few things you should know about before you go on: ... " splash screen when they open up their browser for the very first time.
Followed by another splash screen that says "If you ignored the previous information, you are now entering with the risk of doing something extremely stupid, would you like to bring up the Welcome screen again? [Yes] [Yes]"
Perhaps this is strictly speaking for the land down-under.
In light of your argument I will add this: Because of their nature, anybody playing with the laser will shoot a terrorist.
They might as well just post the discussion here.
Here's my list:
I'm not paranoid.....who said that?
What really happened was: They said "Thy will be done Dark Lord", and began to build.
Pffffft, been drinking this stuff for years, completely harmless, I'm just fi- *urk*