Computers running Linux 2.4 were perfectly capable of running 2.6 as well with no loss in performance,
Oh, Ok. Lets just go update all those embedded devices to 2.6 linux. Wait, whats that? They dont meet the requirements? Well shoot, there goes your argument.
New needs will emerge, the larger pool of available workers will make new endeavors possible, the new robot workforce will create a whole different class of worker (robot design, maintenance, production).
Your concerns echo those of a different generation, but luckily we managed to create new industries even WITH automated textile machinery.
These concerns have been around forever, and gave rise to the term "Luddite".
What makes you think that this new advance will kill off the need for human employment any more than the last zillion improvements that obsoleted various types of menial labor?
XP is as old as Linux 2.4, which for the record was EOL'd 2 years ago. When's the last time you worked with a non-embedded copy of 2.4 that was expected to act as a normal citizen on the internet?
The "problem" is on the end of the end-user. They want to not have to upgrade and to recieve security updates in perpetuity, which was never in the deal when they bought XP.
For the record, XP is of the same vintage as Linux 2.4. Its time to upgrade, guys. You probably should have budgeted for this years ago, its not like this is some huge suprise. XP's EOL has overtaken us with the breakneck pace of a glacier.
Existing USB plugs are designed so that some pins disconnect quicker than others, letting the system know that you are unplugging. Theres no reason that couldnt cut the draw of current to prevent arcing, and I imagine that such a cut could happen quicker than you could finish pulling the plug.
The problem is that, IIRC, Google was essentially driving around with a wifi adapter set to "sniff" in order to gather SSID beacons, to compile a geolocation-by-SSID database. In the process, they also grabbed a bunch of unencrypted data.
Its essentially as if they had driven around New York with an off-the-shelf recorder grabbing "sounds of the city" for some research project, and managed to pick up a bunch of people discussing their social security number on their cellphones. Technically youre not supposed to do that, but the problem is that people were discussing sensitive details in public.
Google definately should have taken better precautions, but this isnt them being bad guys (what on earth do they want with random people's network captures? Problems of of "too much noise", "not useful", and "its illegal, to boot" apply here); its an issue of simply not thinking things through. I cant imagine what motivation people are assuming Google might have had when they assume this was an intentional action of an evil corporation; do you suppose Google has infrastructure set up to analyze and use illicit network dumps to somehow generate ad revenue?
I generally agree except for the over-broad word "intelligent". Theres a difference between "doesnt do well in school" and "this person is unintelligent".
One is clearly defined, the other is vague, poorly defined, and inaccurate. Someone may be really good at agriculture / farming, or wilderness survival, and do poorly in school; I would consider both to be forms of "intelligence".
Let me know when we have a solid definition of "intelligence" and a solid test for it, till then probably good to drop descriptors like "unintelligent".
GT courses are generally more difficult. Its not about "more help", its about "ok, the student is excelling at multiplication in 2nd grade, lets see if we can have him mastering Algebra by 6th".
Try putting a student who is struggling with multiplication into that program. Maybe theyd take to it, most likely theyd just be frustrated.
Theres a massive difference between "crowd sourcing" where you rely on a mob for information, and having a populace that can individually use deadly force to protect itself from imminent harm.
Im sure they exist, but I dont know many who use "vigilante justice a la batman" as an argument for gun rights; its about protecting yourself and your family.
My experience is that those who insist that something they have done or concieved of is perfect, it usually is not.
In fact, most maxims about "wisdom" I have ever seen or read tend to indicate that wisdom consists in large part of recognizing your flaws, rather than engaging in hubris.
Pick a concept of computer. Out of the infinte possible concepts of computer, what are the chances that yours is correct regarding how to connect to the internet and post on slashdot?
Your argument makes no sense, it attempts to use hypotheticals to disprove reality. If God exists, and he has communicated what he is like, Id say theres a pretty good chance that those he communicated to got it right; yet in that circumstance your argument would still insist that it could not be so.
Most will be serious, and most will be AWARE that their posts are making strawmen of the license they disapprove of, but that wont stop the posts.
Seriously, who among GPL proponents is not aware of the BSD arguments / goals? Who among BSD proponents doesnt get what Stallman et al are going for? Do you REALLY think they hate freedom, do you REALLY not understand that they are concerned with different "freedom" than you are?
Or according to the prices of consumer goods and utilities, a dollar on average buys about 20% less every year.
Baloney. The cost of milk at the average market has gone from $3/gal to ~$4/gal over the course of about 10 years. Chipotle's prices have gone from $5.50/burrito to ~$6.50/buritto over the course of about 6 years. Bread prices have risen perhaps 30%-40% over the last 5-10 years.
20% per year is an absolutely absurd claim, whose absurdity can be seen by anyone who has been shopping for groceries for the last decade.
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Computers running Linux 2.4 were perfectly capable of running 2.6 as well with no loss in performance,
Oh, Ok. Lets just go update all those embedded devices to 2.6 linux. Wait, whats that? They dont meet the requirements? Well shoot, there goes your argument.
New needs will emerge, the larger pool of available workers will make new endeavors possible, the new robot workforce will create a whole different class of worker (robot design, maintenance, production).
Your concerns echo those of a different generation, but luckily we managed to create new industries even WITH automated textile machinery.
Might be news to most people through most of history who worked most of their lives.
Must be nice to have a first-world privileged mentality that life is for frivolity.
These concerns have been around forever, and gave rise to the term "Luddite".
What makes you think that this new advance will kill off the need for human employment any more than the last zillion improvements that obsoleted various types of menial labor?
a desktop OS with known, SHORT service lifetime,
I dont believe there is a workstation OS out there that has a longer service lifetime than Windows XP, so this accusation comes off a little strange.
XP is as old as Linux 2.4, which for the record was EOL'd 2 years ago. When's the last time you worked with a non-embedded copy of 2.4 that was expected to act as a normal citizen on the internet?
The "problem" is on the end of the end-user. They want to not have to upgrade and to recieve security updates in perpetuity, which was never in the deal when they bought XP.
For the record, XP is of the same vintage as Linux 2.4. Its time to upgrade, guys. You probably should have budgeted for this years ago, its not like this is some huge suprise. XP's EOL has overtaken us with the breakneck pace of a glacier.
Your power draw is off by about an order of magnitude.
Im not sure what toaster youre using that draws 100W, but I imagine you have to wait a really long time for your toast.
Existing USB plugs are designed so that some pins disconnect quicker than others, letting the system know that you are unplugging. Theres no reason that couldnt cut the draw of current to prevent arcing, and I imagine that such a cut could happen quicker than you could finish pulling the plug.
At 100W, you're not going to use 5V anymore - you're talking 20A,
If I recall, wattage = V * I.
So in this case, 5V * 20A = 100W.
Yea, you really dont want your laser printer drawing its power from your laptop over USB (unless you really like blowing fuses / other parts).
The problem is that, IIRC, Google was essentially driving around with a wifi adapter set to "sniff" in order to gather SSID beacons, to compile a geolocation-by-SSID database. In the process, they also grabbed a bunch of unencrypted data.
Its essentially as if they had driven around New York with an off-the-shelf recorder grabbing "sounds of the city" for some research project, and managed to pick up a bunch of people discussing their social security number on their cellphones. Technically youre not supposed to do that, but the problem is that people were discussing sensitive details in public.
Google definately should have taken better precautions, but this isnt them being bad guys (what on earth do they want with random people's network captures? Problems of of "too much noise", "not useful", and "its illegal, to boot" apply here); its an issue of simply not thinking things through. I cant imagine what motivation people are assuming Google might have had when they assume this was an intentional action of an evil corporation; do you suppose Google has infrastructure set up to analyze and use illicit network dumps to somehow generate ad revenue?
I generally agree except for the over-broad word "intelligent". Theres a difference between "doesnt do well in school" and "this person is unintelligent".
One is clearly defined, the other is vague, poorly defined, and inaccurate. Someone may be really good at agriculture / farming, or wilderness survival, and do poorly in school; I would consider both to be forms of "intelligence".
Let me know when we have a solid definition of "intelligence" and a solid test for it, till then probably good to drop descriptors like "unintelligent".
GT courses are generally more difficult. Its not about "more help", its about "ok, the student is excelling at multiplication in 2nd grade, lets see if we can have him mastering Algebra by 6th".
Try putting a student who is struggling with multiplication into that program. Maybe theyd take to it, most likely theyd just be frustrated.
Id say its deserved, since they do cut corners on quality, hence the exploding capacitors.
Not many tears shed, the only thing they have that I remotely care about is their servers because theyre easier to spec and order than HP's crap.
Gotta love slashdot strawmen-- if nothing else of worth can be posted, always try to make ridiculous jabs at your opponents.
Theres a massive difference between "crowd sourcing" where you rely on a mob for information, and having a populace that can individually use deadly force to protect itself from imminent harm.
Im sure they exist, but I dont know many who use "vigilante justice a la batman" as an argument for gun rights; its about protecting yourself and your family.
The singular of anecdote is "stop posting anecdotes like theyre statistically relevant".
People also believe cops are bad because people hate being caught doing things wrong.
How many cops are "assholes" because they caught someone who was legitimately speeding?
ANOTHER browser plug in? I thought HTML 5 was supposed to solve this problem.
My experience is that those who insist that something they have done or concieved of is perfect, it usually is not.
In fact, most maxims about "wisdom" I have ever seen or read tend to indicate that wisdom consists in large part of recognizing your flaws, rather than engaging in hubris.
Pick a concept of computer. Out of the infinte possible concepts of computer, what are the chances that yours is correct regarding how to connect to the internet and post on slashdot?
Your argument makes no sense, it attempts to use hypotheticals to disprove reality. If God exists, and he has communicated what he is like, Id say theres a pretty good chance that those he communicated to got it right; yet in that circumstance your argument would still insist that it could not be so.
Most will be serious, and most will be AWARE that their posts are making strawmen of the license they disapprove of, but that wont stop the posts.
Seriously, who among GPL proponents is not aware of the BSD arguments / goals? Who among BSD proponents doesnt get what Stallman et al are going for? Do you REALLY think they hate freedom, do you REALLY not understand that they are concerned with different "freedom" than you are?
What part of "carrier" made you think that a post about Google was relevant here?
Or according to the prices of consumer goods and utilities, a dollar on average buys about 20% less every year.
Baloney. The cost of milk at the average market has gone from $3/gal to ~$4/gal over the course of about 10 years. Chipotle's prices have gone from $5.50/burrito to ~$6.50 /buritto over the course of about 6 years. Bread prices have risen perhaps 30%-40% over the last 5-10 years.
20% per year is an absolutely absurd claim, whose absurdity can be seen by anyone who has been shopping for groceries for the last decade.