After my father cracked the engine block on his flatbed truck in 1988, he took it into the repair shop. A year later he had to fix the throwout bearing and discovered that the grease monkeys replaced all the standard nuts and bolts with metric nuts and bolts.
According to the posters above, the grease monkeys had to send it out of the country, because us 'murricans don't have and don't know how to use metric stuff.
And that's sarcasm, and directed at them, not you.
Until the US switches to the metric system there will be no meaningfulâ increase in manufacturing jobs in the US. Making the machines that make the products is where the money lies, and if you need a completelyâ different set of tools to perform routine maintenance then why would you buy it?
That meme is kinda old. My 2013 Jeep is all metric except for the lug nuts on the tires, which happen to still be the same size as others worldwide.
The idea that the world is marching lockstep into a superior and apparently Deity blessed metric future while the "murricans sit in their caves bashing rocks together to make their non-standard parts is pretty funny, but not accurate.
I don't mind if manufacturing comes back to the US in the form of automated factories.
Those factories still need bodies to keep them going. Someone has to build the factory, network it, install the machines, and keep them going.
Yes, but remember that the effort doesn't work unless there are less jobs overall. If more jobs are created, the automation effort is a failure.
Also, someone is delivering raw materials to the factory, and someone is shipping finished goods away from the factory.
Prime automation targets in both cases.
Those factories are also tax ratables that help offset the cost of police, fire, and public education.
Unless of course, the corporation that builds the factory gets a tax exemption. In my area we have a number of companies that don't pay any local taxes. Any tax monies come from employees.
If automation is an unavoidable trend, I'd rather it be here than there.
I can't disagree at all with that statement. One of my old points to ponder was to ask if when we got into a war with China, would they build our tanks for us?
But seriously, the automation game is here, and since companies can temporarily make more money by eliminating jobs, it is unstoppable.
I suspect there will come a tipping point when they find out that there is no one left to buy the stuff they are making.
Perhaps then some enterprising outfit will discover that in order for people to buy your stuff, you have to have people that have money to buy your stuff.
It's interesting to draw up scenarios re this. Will the future be an actual emancipation of humanity from working, allowing them to pursue better lives, will we descend into a Soylent green banana republic existence as the weath trickles up, or will we have a general depop either through World War 3, or something more organized?
Fascinating stuff, with a few happy outcomes, and many not so happy ones.
Not as many as people think they might. When John Deere opened a new factory, they had 10,000 applications for 800 positions.
The problem such as it is, is that some of the powers that be are living in 1950. Automation is ascendant now, and the idea that we are going to somehow employ more people is unrealistic.
Its really quite simple in Q&A format
Q. Why did manufacturing jobs leave the US in the first place?
A. Because the manufacturer could make more money using less expensive labor
Q. Since China is losing jobs to automation, http://www.chicagotribune.com/... will the same people who exported jobs to China reinstall the same conditions that caused them to export them?
A. Oh, you guys crack me up. Sorry, but no.
When the country you exported jobs to eliminates the jobs you exported for robots, you ain't bringing them back. That's not how Capitalism works. The jobs are gone from here, and soon gone from China.
I forgot to add that I work with emergency communications these days, and have access to data outside of my area. So it isn't just based on verdant Pennsylvania.
The cellular system is amazing, but do not rely on it in emergencies. Their backup power does not last long, and they get clogged up/dragged down during emergencies. Real emergency systems have diesel backups - like 2 weeks of backup power. Problem with the cellular system is we wouldn't want to pay for that capability at every cell tower.
Do you really have disasters that often that you've been able to make this observation?
Pennsylvania. Been 2 major events already this year. A winter flood when we got dumped on, a lot of roads and power taken away. and we just had several tornadoes on Monday that we were lucky no one killed, but power being restored to the last people now. We've also had some fall snowstorms while the leaves were still on the trees that have wreaked havoc, and the temps in the winter have gone up high enough that we get more icestorms than regular snow. The weather is kinda unstable these days.
When the "hot new shows" are Honey BooBoo's mother losing weight for her pedophile boyfriend, and Sassy African American women flashing attitude, over the top flamers, and weird white guys in Alaska and down south, and ESPN is now the 5 people arguing at once and poker channel that by themselves represents around 10 dollars of every bill and a dozen channels selling jewelry- who knew?
Cable TV needs ala carte channel selection, and then they might survive, and a lot of worthless shit can go away.
What disaster is averted or lessened by having a land line? The cellular network is more likely to be available (or come back online first) in the event of a disaster.
Perhaps where you live, but where I'm at, every time there is a disaster, the cellular network goes down within an hour, as people in the area call their relatives, and exhaust the batteries in the cell towers.
Other than that, I have found that 100 percent of the calls on my soon to be gone land line are scammers.
Yep, it's the best *nix laptop on the market. Helps me do my job. They also last forever, we just replaced my wife's old MBP last month, it was 8 years old!
I generally replace Windows machines after 4 years, Macs a bit over 7 years. Which is why I chuckle when people yap about how expensive Macs are.
One time a co-worker was agitating for switching the department from Macs to Windows, citing how inexpensive they were by comparison. I simply brought out his requisitions and showed him that he spent a lot more than anyone else, and what would happen to our computing expenses if we adopted his schema.
If we are doing car analogies, I would say that Apple products are an automatic. You pay a premium for an auto transmission and sacrifice control. Additionally, replacement of these premium parts are expensive. They do, however, make life easier for the person who wants to mindlessly drive.
Whereas the Windows machines are like Lucas Electrics on British cars. 8^)
The only people caught up in this whole Mac vs PC shit are the manufacturers and Fan Boys. Everyone else just wants to be able to watch the latest celebrity sex tape.
U in a bad mood today, Bro? That was some pretty bitter shit you were dispensing.
Anyhow, the number of people who are actually doing stuff on their computers has remained about the same, the pornypeople you speak of are just the majority who can use computers now that they are a lot easier. Can't do much about that.
You need to see stuff like my setups. the crap I have attached to my Mac and the shit I 'do with it is geek paradise. Now sit back and relax, maybe grab an adult beverage. and marvel at the universe.
First off, you make the leading assumption that Apple users will use only Apple Products.
Then you make an argument from incredulity.
So, your clickbait question is very clickbait.
I use Apple, Microsoft and Linux operating systems. Perhaps that experience will help me help you.
I use whatever operating system that helps me do my work. In most cases, that is my Apple Machine, I have software on it that doesn't exist on other platforms. So I tend to stick with it, because the simple stuff is on all platforms.
With the advent of smartphones, my iPhone integrates very well with it, right out of the box. Relatively secure by comparison to Windows. I prefer Unix overall, and Apple doesn't change the interface willy nilly.
My Windows machines. When all is working, they work very well. But if you have a lot of peripherals, updates will hose your machine. And with the Windows 10 no choice update schema, this presents a problem. Security is less - although with W10, is passible. Using W10, you give them the keys to the kingdom, and have to work very hard to fight your OS maker if you are concerned about security. Having multiple systems, I just chose to have minimal information on my Windows machines.
Linux? I'm a late comer to Linux, since maybe 2006 or so. While I don't have as many professional Linux solution only needs for it, I have a lot of fun with it, and enjoy it's Unix-y capabilities.
In order of preference, its:
MacOS Unix
Linux
Windows
I guess the best thing about Windows was that it allowed me to make a very good living, keeping the machines running over the years.
Power users are a lot more familiar with what kinda goes on behind the scenes, and safely locking down something like the internet is either very hard or impossible, depending on the scope of your need. With this as an apparent physical reality, expecting a safe computer ecosystem is a lot like expecting safety on a mountainous region with numerous cliffs.
I can't really argue too much with that point. While I don't blame them particularly, and tell the people I assist to think of using the internet is like getting romantic with someone you pick up at the bar at closing time or someone living under a bridge - if you don't protect yourself, You're gonna catch something you don't want at all, I'm constantly amazed at how cavilier many people can be.
Basically, the online security model of Windows was a running joke until Vista, and still a serious issue for a few years after that, and still AN issue today. Meanwhile, running OS X or any type of Linux is almost an immunity to most of that drama, and has been for years. But Linux as a group has a pretty steep learning curve- there's a reason it is a top pick among professionals and hobbyists and not many others.
I am at the (lunatic?) fring of the Personal computing world, and Although I got a nice shiny new Windows 10 Laptop for some software I had to run that was Windows only, the only stuff I use on it is the program I need, a few others that run in conjunction with it, a throwawy email account and that's about it. No personal info except my name on the email account. Don't buy anything using it, or subscribe It's pretty useless. My Breakfast laptop is a Chromebook, with the same setup. I use it to read Slashdot. Anything I do other than that is on MacOS or Linux.
When a solution like an iPad, chromebook, or just Macbook presents itself, you are a lot more likely to take into account that total cost of ownership.
Exactly. This is one of the things that so many computer people simply don't understand, or don't want to. Just from replacement, I always replaced my Windows machines at 4 years, and My Macs a 6 years. I just cleaned up an i3 Windows computer for a woman that was 2 years old, and infested badly. She was ready to write out the check for a new one.
And right now on TCO, Windows 10 looks pretty reasonable- though I'd argue that this is mostly because people don't put an appropriate cost on what advertisements do to them, and don't put an appropriate cost on what their user telemetry is worth to keep private.
I was really disappointed. When I first tried out Windows 10, I was pretty happy. I coud make it look and work like I wanted, I could find what I needed to maintain it without the facacta whack a mole Windows 8 mess. Then when the updates started hosing systems, and when I sussed out the extent of the telemetry and how damn hard yo have ot fight Microsoft, even when you max out their so called security options was whne I turned on it, and kept with the minimal information setup.
Chromebooks are selling not just because they're locked down, but because an admin can easily centrally create and manage user accounts, and users can log into any Chromebook and have access to the right features.
Chromebooks are also wildly cheap. I have a bottom of the line Acer Chromebook that I bought for the luLz when they came out. ~ 4-5 years. It's still going strong, and it's still fast for what it is.
I have my good stuff at home, and use this out at breakfast and on travel because I don't have to worry about it.
Wonder what the price point is on the Surface product? Better be damn low to compete with the Chromebooks. And it better be damned reliable as well. Microsoft's track record in that area is definitely not up to the Chrome level.
"this engine of growth is threatened by the Federal Communications Commission's 2015 Open Internet Order, which would put federal bureaucrats in charge of engineering the Internet's infrastructure."
What a load of doublespeak bollocks.
Either the person who wrote that is lying or they have no idea what the Internet is.
The "engine of growth" he's talking about is the growth of his personal bank account.
The world is complex, and the natural joints in categories often don't match what looks superficially reasonable. People are apes, apes are mammals, mammals are fish (well, that's a lousy term, but I don't have a better one to hand), fish are chordates, chordates are multicellular, multicellular are eukaryotes. It's like set inclusion, with proper containment (if the containment weren't proper, there'd be no reason to have separate names).
You are working backwards, which only shows connectivity. The separation between fish and humans is pretty significant. And as noted, why stop at chordates, Just call them all life. And since we are all made of minerals....... I prefer to work forwards.
It's odd that you took this point to be pedantic. I was merely correcting a statement that is often made by creationists. After all, if man is descended from apes, why are there still apes?
open ports are necessary for communication. Open ports are ideal for phones. Apps that open ports are expecting communications of some sort and as long as they are updated and not full of bugs, it is not a problem.
that "as long as" comment is what makes all the difference in the world.
Eventually, she got a Macbook. She LOVED that Macbook, and used it for over ten years. She never had that malware issue with the Macbook, obviously.
Exactly. As well, the Unix based MacOS is designed to allow power users to bash around as much as they like. In addition, the interface is more stable.
When presented an option that offered her more security at a higher price, she took it.
And for all that, the higher price isn't all that high when you deal with the whole package. My iMac is in the same league pricewise with the HP Envy my wife got me for Christmas. Both very nice quality.
Speaking of the wife, she now does her own maintenance on her Linux Mint Laptop, which is also pretty darn secure, and also works after updates.
The ability to be her own sysadmin was not that amazing compared to her apparent ability to be tricked into installing crap.
There seems to be a running theme among many in here. That unless you have at a bare minimum, power user cred, you deserve every bad thing that happens to you on line. Considering who we are, that's sort of understandable, but it completely ignores the overwhelming majority of computer users. And the mentality of most humans. We've had adequate proof over the years of that fact. Either safer operating systems, or a hellava lot fewer people using them.
There's definitely users who wish their machine was more secure, and of the set that don't have a need for advanced features, and can afford a proprietary solution, walled gardens are viewed as a boon.
I sit here at breakfast, writing on a Chromebook, speaking of closed gardens, and am very happy to do so. I don't want to have to be concerned about the shit I might catch on a wifi connection in public. I go home and use the Mac or the Windows machine, or the Linux laptops around the house or in the workshop. Each has a use, and I know darn well which is more vulnerable.
And third, who thinks it's a good idea to vandalize something that has cameras, honestly!
The supply of utterly clueless morons that do not even understand the most basic things in the human race is endless. This is not the only indicator.
There have been a rash of these morons who have falsely accused taxi drivers of sexual assault, when the Driver uses a dashcam or audio recorder to record everything that happens in their vehicle.
I think it's just another political stunt to try and manipulate social media into stifling free speech. I'm not saying I agree with the "hate" videos in question, but if you want to have free speech, then you've got to have free speech. sheesh.
The problem of course, is that what is offensive has already creeped into areas that are not particularly offensive, unless people consider everything that does not agree with them as offensive.
Another issue is that people tend to frame their arguments as a liberal versus conservative based thing. Both the far left and far right are guilty.
And now it has extended into areas which are merely political in nature, not remotely violent, say like "The Young Turks", or "An Ear for Men". areas where the loudest and most easily offended agents of outrage will show up. Its "Ermaherd! Ir'm Errfernderd!
And possibly self defeating. There is a reason why Bill Maher is doing very well on HBO. Their funding model is direct, and he can bring his humor/political commentary out to mentally mature audiences who don't need self validation. He's an equal opportunity pisser-offer who makes you think. And it seems that HBO knows how many people are watching.
Self defeating indeed. So where will advertisers peddle their shit when everyone has gone to direct support models? Because no matter what is being presented, it's gonna piss someone off. Personally, I'm kind of offended by laxative commercials on cooking shows. When we all know that's why God created Taco Bell.
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After my father cracked the engine block on his flatbed truck in 1988, he took it into the repair shop. A year later he had to fix the throwout bearing and discovered that the grease monkeys replaced all the standard nuts and bolts with metric nuts and bolts.
According to the posters above, the grease monkeys had to send it out of the country, because us 'murricans don't have and don't know how to use metric stuff.
And that's sarcasm, and directed at them, not you.
Until the US switches to the metric system there will be no meaningfulâ increase in manufacturing jobs in the US. Making the machines that make the products is where the money lies, and if you need a completelyâ different set of tools to perform routine maintenance then why would you buy it?
That meme is kinda old. My 2013 Jeep is all metric except for the lug nuts on the tires, which happen to still be the same size as others worldwide.
The idea that the world is marching lockstep into a superior and apparently Deity blessed metric future while the "murricans sit in their caves bashing rocks together to make their non-standard parts is pretty funny, but not accurate.
We can and do make and use both systems.
I don't mind if manufacturing comes back to the US in the form of automated factories.
Those factories still need bodies to keep them going. Someone has to build the factory, network it, install the machines, and keep them going.
Yes, but remember that the effort doesn't work unless there are less jobs overall. If more jobs are created, the automation effort is a failure.
Also, someone is delivering raw materials to the factory, and someone is shipping finished goods away from the factory.
Prime automation targets in both cases.
Those factories are also tax ratables that help offset the cost of police, fire, and public education.
Unless of course, the corporation that builds the factory gets a tax exemption. In my area we have a number of companies that don't pay any local taxes. Any tax monies come from employees.
If automation is an unavoidable trend, I'd rather it be here than there.
I can't disagree at all with that statement. One of my old points to ponder was to ask if when we got into a war with China, would they build our tanks for us?
But seriously, the automation game is here, and since companies can temporarily make more money by eliminating jobs, it is unstoppable.
I suspect there will come a tipping point when they find out that there is no one left to buy the stuff they are making.
Perhaps then some enterprising outfit will discover that in order for people to buy your stuff, you have to have people that have money to buy your stuff.
It's interesting to draw up scenarios re this. Will the future be an actual emancipation of humanity from working, allowing them to pursue better lives, will we descend into a Soylent green banana republic existence as the weath trickles up, or will we have a general depop either through World War 3, or something more organized?
Fascinating stuff, with a few happy outcomes, and many not so happy ones.
10,000 applications for 800 positions
Sounds better than a " on Tinder" ratio
FTFY 8^)
Not as many as people think they might. When John Deere opened a new factory, they had 10,000 applications for 800 positions.
The problem such as it is, is that some of the powers that be are living in 1950. Automation is ascendant now, and the idea that we are going to somehow employ more people is unrealistic.
Its really quite simple in Q&A format
Q. Why did manufacturing jobs leave the US in the first place?
A. Because the manufacturer could make more money using less expensive labor
Q. Since China is losing jobs to automation, http://www.chicagotribune.com/... will the same people who exported jobs to China reinstall the same conditions that caused them to export them?
A. Oh, you guys crack me up. Sorry, but no.
When the country you exported jobs to eliminates the jobs you exported for robots, you ain't bringing them back. That's not how Capitalism works. The jobs are gone from here, and soon gone from China.
precisely!
I forgot to add that I work with emergency communications these days, and have access to data outside of my area. So it isn't just based on verdant Pennsylvania.
The cellular system is amazing, but do not rely on it in emergencies. Their backup power does not last long, and they get clogged up/dragged down during emergencies. Real emergency systems have diesel backups - like 2 weeks of backup power. Problem with the cellular system is we wouldn't want to pay for that capability at every cell tower.
Do you really have disasters that often that you've been able to make this observation?
Pennsylvania. Been 2 major events already this year. A winter flood when we got dumped on, a lot of roads and power taken away. and we just had several tornadoes on Monday that we were lucky no one killed, but power being restored to the last people now. We've also had some fall snowstorms while the leaves were still on the trees that have wreaked havoc, and the temps in the winter have gone up high enough that we get more icestorms than regular snow. The weather is kinda unstable these days.
My emergency generator gets a good workout.
When the "hot new shows" are Honey BooBoo's mother losing weight for her pedophile boyfriend, and Sassy African American women flashing attitude, over the top flamers, and weird white guys in Alaska and down south, and ESPN is now the 5 people arguing at once and poker channel that by themselves represents around 10 dollars of every bill and a dozen channels selling jewelry- who knew? Cable TV needs ala carte channel selection, and then they might survive, and a lot of worthless shit can go away.
What disaster is averted or lessened by having a land line? The cellular network is more likely to be available (or come back online first) in the event of a disaster.
Perhaps where you live, but where I'm at, every time there is a disaster, the cellular network goes down within an hour, as people in the area call their relatives, and exhaust the batteries in the cell towers.
Other than that, I have found that 100 percent of the calls on my soon to be gone land line are scammers.
Yep, it's the best *nix laptop on the market. Helps me do my job. They also last forever, we just replaced my wife's old MBP last month, it was 8 years old!
I generally replace Windows machines after 4 years, Macs a bit over 7 years. Which is why I chuckle when people yap about how expensive Macs are.
One time a co-worker was agitating for switching the department from Macs to Windows, citing how inexpensive they were by comparison. I simply brought out his requisitions and showed him that he spent a lot more than anyone else, and what would happen to our computing expenses if we adopted his schema.
If we are doing car analogies, I would say that Apple products are an automatic. You pay a premium for an auto transmission and sacrifice control. Additionally, replacement of these premium parts are expensive. They do, however, make life easier for the person who wants to mindlessly drive.
Whereas the Windows machines are like Lucas Electrics on British cars. 8^)
The only people caught up in this whole Mac vs PC shit are the manufacturers and Fan Boys. Everyone else just wants to be able to watch the latest celebrity sex tape.
U in a bad mood today, Bro? That was some pretty bitter shit you were dispensing.
Anyhow, the number of people who are actually doing stuff on their computers has remained about the same, the pornypeople you speak of are just the majority who can use computers now that they are a lot easier. Can't do much about that.
You need to see stuff like my setups. the crap I have attached to my Mac and the shit I 'do with it is geek paradise. Now sit back and relax, maybe grab an adult beverage. and marvel at the universe.
Then you make an argument from incredulity.
So, your clickbait question is very clickbait.
I use Apple, Microsoft and Linux operating systems. Perhaps that experience will help me help you.
I use whatever operating system that helps me do my work. In most cases, that is my Apple Machine, I have software on it that doesn't exist on other platforms. So I tend to stick with it, because the simple stuff is on all platforms.
With the advent of smartphones, my iPhone integrates very well with it, right out of the box. Relatively secure by comparison to Windows. I prefer Unix overall, and Apple doesn't change the interface willy nilly.
My Windows machines. When all is working, they work very well. But if you have a lot of peripherals, updates will hose your machine. And with the Windows 10 no choice update schema, this presents a problem. Security is less - although with W10, is passible. Using W10, you give them the keys to the kingdom, and have to work very hard to fight your OS maker if you are concerned about security. Having multiple systems, I just chose to have minimal information on my Windows machines.
Linux? I'm a late comer to Linux, since maybe 2006 or so. While I don't have as many professional Linux solution only needs for it, I have a lot of fun with it, and enjoy it's Unix-y capabilities.
In order of preference, its:
MacOS Unix
Linux
Windows
I guess the best thing about Windows was that it allowed me to make a very good living, keeping the machines running over the years.
This is a semi-valid argument.
Well, I'm a semi-valid kind of guy! 8^)
Power users are a lot more familiar with what kinda goes on behind the scenes, and safely locking down something like the internet is either very hard or impossible, depending on the scope of your need. With this as an apparent physical reality, expecting a safe computer ecosystem is a lot like expecting safety on a mountainous region with numerous cliffs.
I can't really argue too much with that point. While I don't blame them particularly, and tell the people I assist to think of using the internet is like getting romantic with someone you pick up at the bar at closing time or someone living under a bridge - if you don't protect yourself, You're gonna catch something you don't want at all, I'm constantly amazed at how cavilier many people can be.
Basically, the online security model of Windows was a running joke until Vista, and still a serious issue for a few years after that, and still AN issue today. Meanwhile, running OS X or any type of Linux is almost an immunity to most of that drama, and has been for years. But Linux as a group has a pretty steep learning curve- there's a reason it is a top pick among professionals and hobbyists and not many others.
I am at the (lunatic?) fring of the Personal computing world, and Although I got a nice shiny new Windows 10 Laptop for some software I had to run that was Windows only, the only stuff I use on it is the program I need, a few others that run in conjunction with it, a throwawy email account and that's about it. No personal info except my name on the email account. Don't buy anything using it, or subscribe It's pretty useless. My Breakfast laptop is a Chromebook, with the same setup. I use it to read Slashdot. Anything I do other than that is on MacOS or Linux.
When a solution like an iPad, chromebook, or just Macbook presents itself, you are a lot more likely to take into account that total cost of ownership.
Exactly. This is one of the things that so many computer people simply don't understand, or don't want to. Just from replacement, I always replaced my Windows machines at 4 years, and My Macs a 6 years. I just cleaned up an i3 Windows computer for a woman that was 2 years old, and infested badly. She was ready to write out the check for a new one.
And right now on TCO, Windows 10 looks pretty reasonable- though I'd argue that this is mostly because people don't put an appropriate cost on what advertisements do to them, and don't put an appropriate cost on what their user telemetry is worth to keep private.
I was really disappointed. When I first tried out Windows 10, I was pretty happy. I coud make it look and work like I wanted, I could find what I needed to maintain it without the facacta whack a mole Windows 8 mess. Then when the updates started hosing systems, and when I sussed out the extent of the telemetry and how damn hard yo have ot fight Microsoft, even when you max out their so called security options was whne I turned on it, and kept with the minimal information setup.
RT/Cloud/S is designed to compete with ChromeOS, not Ubuntu.
You can install arbitrary software on a Chromebook.
A chromebook with Linux on it sings pretty darn well. Nothing like a whole boot sequence in 6 seconds. The other software runs nicely as well.
Chromebooks are selling not just because they're locked down, but because an admin can easily centrally create and manage user accounts, and users can log into any Chromebook and have access to the right features.
Chromebooks are also wildly cheap. I have a bottom of the line Acer Chromebook that I bought for the luLz when they came out. ~ 4-5 years. It's still going strong, and it's still fast for what it is.
I have my good stuff at home, and use this out at breakfast and on travel because I don't have to worry about it.
Wonder what the price point is on the Surface product? Better be damn low to compete with the Chromebooks. And it better be damned reliable as well. Microsoft's track record in that area is definitely not up to the Chrome level.
"this engine of growth is threatened by the Federal Communications Commission's 2015 Open Internet Order, which would put federal bureaucrats in charge of engineering the Internet's infrastructure."
What a load of doublespeak bollocks.
Either the person who wrote that is lying or they have no idea what the Internet is.
The "engine of growth" he's talking about is the growth of his personal bank account.
The world is complex, and the natural joints in categories often don't match what looks superficially reasonable. People are apes, apes are mammals, mammals are fish (well, that's a lousy term, but I don't have a better one to hand), fish are chordates, chordates are multicellular, multicellular are eukaryotes. It's like set inclusion, with proper containment (if the containment weren't proper, there'd be no reason to have separate names).
You are working backwards, which only shows connectivity. The separation between fish and humans is pretty significant. And as noted, why stop at chordates, Just call them all life. And since we are all made of minerals....... I prefer to work forwards.
It's odd that you took this point to be pedantic. I was merely correcting a statement that is often made by creationists. After all, if man is descended from apes, why are there still apes?
Simply don't install anything insecure or malicious on your server and everything will be fine.
And never never ever get a virus or malware. It'll be okay. As long as everything is on the up and up, you'll have no problems.
open ports are necessary for communication. Open ports are ideal for phones. Apps that open ports are expecting communications of some sort and as long as they are updated and not full of bugs, it is not a problem.
that "as long as" comment is what makes all the difference in the world.
Eventually, she got a Macbook. She LOVED that Macbook, and used it for over ten years. She never had that malware issue with the Macbook, obviously.
Exactly. As well, the Unix based MacOS is designed to allow power users to bash around as much as they like. In addition, the interface is more stable.
When presented an option that offered her more security at a higher price, she took it.
And for all that, the higher price isn't all that high when you deal with the whole package. My iMac is in the same league pricewise with the HP Envy my wife got me for Christmas. Both very nice quality.
Speaking of the wife, she now does her own maintenance on her Linux Mint Laptop, which is also pretty darn secure, and also works after updates.
The ability to be her own sysadmin was not that amazing compared to her apparent ability to be tricked into installing crap.
There seems to be a running theme among many in here. That unless you have at a bare minimum, power user cred, you deserve every bad thing that happens to you on line. Considering who we are, that's sort of understandable, but it completely ignores the overwhelming majority of computer users. And the mentality of most humans. We've had adequate proof over the years of that fact. Either safer operating systems, or a hellava lot fewer people using them.
There's definitely users who wish their machine was more secure, and of the set that don't have a need for advanced features, and can afford a proprietary solution, walled gardens are viewed as a boon.
I sit here at breakfast, writing on a Chromebook, speaking of closed gardens, and am very happy to do so. I don't want to have to be concerned about the shit I might catch on a wifi connection in public. I go home and use the Mac or the Windows machine, or the Linux laptops around the house or in the workshop. Each has a use, and I know darn well which is more vulnerable.
I agree. Human society is inherently violent, as we are descendants of apes.
No, we are descendants of a creature that apes are also descended from.
Yes, we are inherently violent, and enjoy killing things.
I forget what that show was some years back that had robots fight and kill each other. Those were good times.
And third, who thinks it's a good idea to vandalize something that has cameras, honestly!
The supply of utterly clueless morons that do not even understand the most basic things in the human race is endless. This is not the only indicator.
There have been a rash of these morons who have falsely accused taxi drivers of sexual assault, when the Driver uses a dashcam or audio recorder to record everything that happens in their vehicle.
I think it's just another political stunt to try and manipulate social media into stifling free speech. I'm not saying I agree with the "hate" videos in question, but if you want to have free speech, then you've got to have free speech. sheesh.
The problem of course, is that what is offensive has already creeped into areas that are not particularly offensive, unless people consider everything that does not agree with them as offensive.
Another issue is that people tend to frame their arguments as a liberal versus conservative based thing. Both the far left and far right are guilty.
And now it has extended into areas which are merely political in nature, not remotely violent, say like "The Young Turks", or "An Ear for Men". areas where the loudest and most easily offended agents of outrage will show up. Its "Ermaherd! Ir'm Errfernderd!
And possibly self defeating. There is a reason why Bill Maher is doing very well on HBO. Their funding model is direct, and he can bring his humor/political commentary out to mentally mature audiences who don't need self validation. He's an equal opportunity pisser-offer who makes you think. And it seems that HBO knows how many people are watching.
Self defeating indeed. So where will advertisers peddle their shit when everyone has gone to direct support models? Because no matter what is being presented, it's gonna piss someone off. Personally, I'm kind of offended by laxative commercials on cooking shows. When we all know that's why God created Taco Bell.
I wholeheartedly agree. Your comment is sad, stupid, and indicative of incompetence.
Meh, howbow you explain how open ports are not a security risk instead of calling anyone who you disagree with "stupid".