"Are we really ready for a world where the devices we use for most of our waking hours can communicate behind our backs?"
We're in that world now thanks to Windows. Our devices ALREADY communicate behind our backs. Trouble is, they are communicating with the criminals in Russia...
Once they build it maybe they can take a detour through Nepal to pick up some Sherpas to carry the freight throughout the United States because they're about the only ones who'd be able to traverse our rapidly decaying road system!
When I was growing up in the Detroit area the local utility - Detroit Edison (read "We Almost Lost Detroit") had a spokesman named "Reddy Kilowatt" who referred ot radiation as "sunshine units".
There was a time when people worried about who had the largest nuclear arsenal.
This kinda reminds me of that "1000 vs 10,000" nuclear weapons discussion. Everybody is dead after 1000 bombs go off. It isn't like 10,000 bombs are going to kill you that much more.
The point being the economy is still going down the tubes...
'The creation of Tegon opens new horizons since the gene injected to make the dog glow can be substituted with genes that trigger fatal human diseases,'
Obama really got handed a steaming bag of **** when he took office after good ole George. Just as all the tough decisions that had been put off until tomorrow for years on end started coming home to roost.
The Republicans should be so glad they lost that election because now, with everyone's short memory, they can blame all these problems on Obama and have a good chance next year. Nevermind that in our topsy turvy modern world, Conservative/Republican means "spend like drunken sailors who cares about fiscal responsibility, yahoo!!!" and Liberal/Democrat means "try and get a handle on things before our bonds reach junk status" and then take the fall for making the tough choices.
And Oblame-a has taken that bag and happily made it his own so please don't play the Repukes vs. Democraps card.
Personally, I often find myself longing for the higher sound quality of a fully-wired phone line versus that of a cell phone. Isn't that ironic?
Agreed! Cell phones exist now for texting, apps and ringtones at teh expense of reliable *phone* service. The voice call side has been left in the dust which is one more reason I like my PSTN line.
I happen to like and trust PSTN. It just works. Always has. And it is simple. Sometimes simple is good.
For those comparing this to the switch to digital TV - yeah, I hear you but you know what? The promise of digital TV was over-sold. The picture may be great *most of the time* (not going to discuss the programming - crap, alway was/is/will be - see "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television" by Jerry Mander) but it isn't reliable either. My beautiful HD tv breaks up as often, if not more, than the analog signal I used to receive.
I don't have any confidence in cell or IP service. There are too many ways to make it not work for me to feel comfortable - especially on a "dark and stormy night"...
Luddit? Maybe. I've been an IT manager for over 20 years, use all the toys at work, but still don't trust them. Sometimes simple is good.
I was a longtime Ubuntu user until they started changing things too rapidly for no reason that made sense to me. I tried Fedora for awhile - liked it - but absolutely love Mint.
Fast, fast, fast even on my old Dell laptop and I agree with the poster above who said it just feels right. Tight, stable and what i would recommend to any newbie. I've used most of the distros over the years - since 1995 - and this one is the best.
And this might be a minor point but it seems to me that the Mint support forums are especially friendly - polite. I kind of like that.
Good points and it makes me ask: Where in the world should I have my websites & domains hosted? I've got a few websites and I'd love to have them hosted in a country where I can have some expectation of not falling prey to the U.S. gubmint. (Note: Not a rhetorical question - I really want to know.) Thanks.
...we (as in people who want to use the Internet for more than a passive TV and want content other than what Fox News, NBC, CNN and all the other shills wants to present us), this is something we really need here in the US as well.
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"Are we really ready for a world where the devices we use for most of our waking hours can communicate behind our backs?"
We're in that world now thanks to Windows. Our devices ALREADY communicate behind our backs. Trouble is, they are communicating with the criminals in Russia...
Good one!
while rome burns? Let's make drivers even less responsbile for their actions.
On the other hand, let's spend money (we don't have) on this since we aren't spending money (we don't have) on repairing the roads.
How about charging their fellow sociopaths - in the Administration & Congress - as mobsters?
I'll be able to drop calls that much faster.
Once they build it maybe they can take a detour through Nepal to pick up some Sherpas to carry the freight throughout the United States because they're about the only ones who'd be able to traverse our rapidly decaying road system!
Great book. Read it in elementary school almost 50 years ago and just re-read it. It still holds its own.
When I was growing up in the Detroit area the local utility - Detroit Edison (read "We Almost Lost Detroit") had a spokesman named "Reddy Kilowatt" who referred ot radiation as "sunshine units".
Ah...those were the days!i
Ready, Fire, Aim!
Where's the "frosty piss" guy when you need him?
There was a time when people worried about who had the largest nuclear arsenal.
This kinda reminds me of that "1000 vs 10,000" nuclear weapons discussion. Everybody is dead after 1000 bombs go off. It isn't like 10,000 bombs are going to kill you that much more.
The point being the economy is still going down the tubes...
Yes. Let me switch back and I'll email the results.
Add One Communications (now owned by Earthlink) to the list.
'The creation of Tegon opens new horizons since the gene injected to make the dog glow can be substituted with genes that trigger fatal human diseases,'
Now, just substitute "can be" with "will be"...
Exactly. I'm waiting for John Q. Public to start "demanding" this to protect us from terrorists. Oh! Think of the children.
hopefully this will be the last story about the last shuttle and the last landing and the last parking and the last unloading and...
But I doubt it.
If you want accuracy, look it up in hard copy.
Thank you Winston Smith.
Obama really got handed a steaming bag of **** when he took office after good ole George. Just as all the tough decisions that had been put off until tomorrow for years on end started coming home to roost.
The Republicans should be so glad they lost that election because now, with everyone's short memory, they can blame all these problems on Obama and have a good chance next year. Nevermind that in our topsy turvy modern world, Conservative/Republican means "spend like drunken sailors who cares about fiscal responsibility, yahoo!!!" and Liberal/Democrat means "try and get a handle on things before our bonds reach junk status" and then take the fall for making the tough choices.
And Oblame-a has taken that bag and happily made it his own so please don't play the Repukes vs. Democraps card.
Personally, I often find myself longing for the higher sound quality of a fully-wired phone line versus that of a cell phone. Isn't that ironic?
Agreed! Cell phones exist now for texting, apps and ringtones at teh expense of reliable *phone* service. The voice call side has been left in the dust which is one more reason I like my PSTN line.
I happen to like and trust PSTN. It just works. Always has. And it is simple. Sometimes simple is good.
For those comparing this to the switch to digital TV - yeah, I hear you but you know what? The promise of digital TV was over-sold. The picture may be great *most of the time* (not going to discuss the programming - crap, alway was/is/will be - see "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television" by Jerry Mander) but it isn't reliable either. My beautiful HD tv breaks up as often, if not more, than the analog signal I used to receive.
I don't have any confidence in cell or IP service. There are too many ways to make it not work for me to feel comfortable - especially on a "dark and stormy night"...
Luddit? Maybe. I've been an IT manager for over 20 years, use all the toys at work, but still don't trust them. Sometimes simple is good.
I was a longtime Ubuntu user until they started changing things too rapidly for no reason that made sense to me. I tried Fedora for awhile - liked it - but absolutely love Mint.
Fast, fast, fast even on my old Dell laptop and I agree with the poster above who said it just feels right. Tight, stable and what i would recommend to any newbie. I've used most of the distros over the years - since 1995 - and this one is the best.
And this might be a minor point but it seems to me that the Mint support forums are especially friendly - polite. I kind of like that.
NRC Exempts Maker of 'Backyard Reactors' From Nuclear Safety Rules
Good points and it makes me ask: Where in the world should I have my websites & domains hosted? I've got a few websites and I'd love to have them hosted in a country where I can have some expectation of not falling prey to the U.S. gubmint. (Note: Not a rhetorical question - I really want to know.) Thanks.
...we (as in people who want to use the Internet for more than a passive TV and want content other than what Fox News, NBC, CNN and all the other shills wants to present us), this is something we really need here in the US as well.
There, fixed that for you.
'We had previously estimated that parents would contribute an average of 100 to 200 mistakes to their child,'
My parents contributed 1000s of mistakes to me...