I don't know that it would completely kill ISP's. There are some people who live in really remote places, or at least too far for this kind of a network to be worthwhile. Some areas still don't even get broadband access, because there aren't enough computers for it to be viable. Would the people in these areas just be cut off?
They're beginning to make compromises. With this controversial section removed, it's just that much closer to becoming a law, which is bad for everyone.
Sure, I can choose to use a non-G-rated ISP, but the cost of this legislation is paid for by my taxes, which means that I am being forced to fund someone else's standards for child-rearing that I may or may not agree with.
A lot of people pay a lot of taxes for a lot of legislation that they don't necessarily use. Tax revenue from people who don't have children still goes to pay for public education. They take out a chunk of every pay check for Social Security, and who knows if it will still be around long enough for any of us to use it, ourselves. I don't see how this is a whole lot different.
Personally, I think it would be easier to move all of it to a.xxx domain, as was stated above. Concerned parents could easily put up a filter that doesn't allow access to those domains. But I can also see this leading some to a false sense of security.
I'm not sure that it should be at the ISP level. The way to do something like this would be like the Firefox adblock extension. It would have to be a great deal more complex than adblock, and all the back end is a lot different, but the end result is the same. You would be able to filter out information and images that you didn't want to see in the first place. I don't really see what the huge deal would be about that.
But doesn't a lot of their software show up on P2P networks and stuff? Wouldn't that make up more than 10%?
Does this mean they can start cutting back on things like Windows Genuine Advantage, or their other restriction schemes? The holographic stickers were kind of cool for a while, though - probably the main reason to have any of their stuff.
I have trouble believing that the code is more secure and has less bugs than the other software mentioned. But Vista's flaws go beyond the code.
Five minimally different versions of the same operating system?
2 GB of RAM to get it to run the base system almost smoothly?
Limit on how much you can upgrade your hardware before the system locks you out completely?
No new features that users want to adopt?
When someone finally gets around to using it, Vista will probably exhibit tons of bugs and stuff like that. Viruses will be written. Security will be compromised. I can't really tell if this is FUD or an advertising plug.
The problem is you would have to make it from existing stem cells. You would probably get them from the person, or wherever. If I understand it correctly, you would be limited to normal human physiology, for compatibility reasons. There's the form factor, yes, but also getting everything connected, and you'd have to actually grow a six-chambered heart. At this stage, they're just barely getting a beating heart, so creative engineering like you're suggesting is, at best, quite a way away.
A few girls in my 12th grade English class last year got into some trouble for some of their Facebook pictures. I would imagine that this happens all the time.
Some of my old teachers have Facebook, so I'd imagine at least some of them pass along information like this. But, this sort of situation isn't anything new.
This store didn't exist where I came from, and I've certainly never shopped there, but I didn't know they were in trouble... wow. I didn't know there were only 100, either. They seemed a lot bigger than I guess they were. I don't really know of any compelling reason to shop there by the end of the year though...
Maybe we shouldn't drop 100% of our support for it. If we have a few lines of standard-compliant code that don't render in Trident, it would be just slightly annoying to users. You could then have a FAQ page that acknowledges it in a tasteful way, directing users to download a better browser that can render a well-formed and un-hacked-up page. Or hocked up... whichever.
"We try to make our pages work properly in all browsers, but, with the sheer volume of rendering bugs present in Internet Explorer, it is nearly impossible to build a standards-compliant page of any complexity that will look right in IE. You might consider upgrading to the free Mozilla Firefox browser to clear up the problem, as well as similar issues on other pages."
Or something like that, idk.
- sltd
I've seen older people with Facebook all the time - my father's boss, my old Bishop... My Bio 100 teacher has a fan group, but that doesn't count...
This is amusing, though, I must say. Absolutely great. Especially at 4 in the morning.
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I don't know that it would completely kill ISP's. There are some people who live in really remote places, or at least too far for this kind of a network to be worthwhile. Some areas still don't even get broadband access, because there aren't enough computers for it to be viable. Would the people in these areas just be cut off?
Why was the parent modded informative?!?!?
Won't someone think of the children?
They're beginning to make compromises. With this controversial section removed, it's just that much closer to becoming a law, which is bad for everyone.
...if a bunch of the concepts in this thing are patented.
... who was confused by "drinkable languages" in the headline? Do I need to, like, RTFA?
A lot of people pay a lot of taxes for a lot of legislation that they don't necessarily use. Tax revenue from people who don't have children still goes to pay for public education. They take out a chunk of every pay check for Social Security, and who knows if it will still be around long enough for any of us to use it, ourselves. I don't see how this is a whole lot different.
Personally, I think it would be easier to move all of it to a .xxx domain, as was stated above. Concerned parents could easily put up a filter that doesn't allow access to those domains. But I can also see this leading some to a false sense of security.
I'm not sure that it should be at the ISP level. The way to do something like this would be like the Firefox adblock extension. It would have to be a great deal more complex than adblock, and all the back end is a lot different, but the end result is the same. You would be able to filter out information and images that you didn't want to see in the first place. I don't really see what the huge deal would be about that.
But doesn't a lot of their software show up on P2P networks and stuff? Wouldn't that make up more than 10%?
Does this mean they can start cutting back on things like Windows Genuine Advantage, or their other restriction schemes? The holographic stickers were kind of cool for a while, though - probably the main reason to have any of their stuff.
I have trouble believing that the code is more secure and has less bugs than the other software mentioned. But Vista's flaws go beyond the code.
Five minimally different versions of the same operating system?
2 GB of RAM to get it to run the base system almost smoothly?
Limit on how much you can upgrade your hardware before the system locks you out completely?
No new features that users want to adopt?
When someone finally gets around to using it, Vista will probably exhibit tons of bugs and stuff like that. Viruses will be written. Security will be compromised. I can't really tell if this is FUD or an advertising plug.
Do you put them on the same list often?
It'll be interesting to read the privacy policy on that thing, though. Not that anyone actually looks at that.
yeah, but will it run linux?
I, for one, welcome our cyborg farmer overlords!
The problem is you would have to make it from existing stem cells. You would probably get them from the person, or wherever. If I understand it correctly, you would be limited to normal human physiology, for compatibility reasons. There's the form factor, yes, but also getting everything connected, and you'd have to actually grow a six-chambered heart. At this stage, they're just barely getting a beating heart, so creative engineering like you're suggesting is, at best, quite a way away.
They probably meant vegans don't eat ice cream, hence !vegan.
Someone told me Bill Gates owned, like, 50% of EA.
but does it run Linux?
A few girls in my 12th grade English class last year got into some trouble for some of their Facebook pictures. I would imagine that this happens all the time.
Some of my old teachers have Facebook, so I'd imagine at least some of them pass along information like this. But, this sort of situation isn't anything new.
I think you have it backwards, unless fountain pens are worse than ball point.
the article seems to have been slashdotted.
This store didn't exist where I came from, and I've certainly never shopped there, but I didn't know they were in trouble... wow. I didn't know there were only 100, either. They seemed a lot bigger than I guess they were. I don't really know of any compelling reason to shop there by the end of the year though...
Maybe we shouldn't drop 100% of our support for it. If we have a few lines of standard-compliant code that don't render in Trident, it would be just slightly annoying to users. You could then have a FAQ page that acknowledges it in a tasteful way, directing users to download a better browser that can render a well-formed and un-hacked-up page. Or hocked up... whichever. "We try to make our pages work properly in all browsers, but, with the sheer volume of rendering bugs present in Internet Explorer, it is nearly impossible to build a standards-compliant page of any complexity that will look right in IE. You might consider upgrading to the free Mozilla Firefox browser to clear up the problem, as well as similar issues on other pages." Or something like that, idk. - sltd
I just installed, and it actually is fast. I'm on a dual core machine with a gig of RAM, though.
I've seen older people with Facebook all the time - my father's boss, my old Bishop... My Bio 100 teacher has a fan group, but that doesn't count... This is amusing, though, I must say. Absolutely great. Especially at 4 in the morning.