You forget that even if users need only 10 % of the features, each user needs a differentset of features. So implementing only 10 % of the features makes the product unusable for the majority of users, and diminishes the value to the rest, as there would not be a necessary "critical mass" using the OS.
If I buy a shitty car and have no money, I learn a lot about cars, if I have to drive somewhere and have to maintain and repair the car myself. I don't have to, though. You can learn all you want with any distro, they are just not forcing you.
Yes, it was terrible. I stopped considering to read anything from Dan Brown after Digital Fortress. And this scheme would have been much too clever for him to write, anyway.
MAC address filters are not worthless, as they can add something to the existing security. Firstly, if the attacker is dumb or lazy enough, he doesn't acquire the whitelisted MAC addressses. Secondly, if he manages that, the users of the compromised MAC addresses receive a warning signal when the computer says "IP address is already in use" (or something similar, depending on system and configuration). Thirdly, if all previous points fail to produce a reaction, the administrator can see what's going on from the router's log files.
Information Technology Association of America disagress with you, as it defines IT (information technology) to be "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware." (source: http://www.itaa.org/es/docs/Information%20Technology%20Definitions.pdf)
I have to strongly disagree with your doctor-patient analogy as well. I would rather say that a secretary is to IT what a patient is to a doctor. A developer would be in your analogy the people developing the drugs and medical equipment for the doctor.
That's what I learned when studied economics, too. In working life, however, I've discovered that pricing decisions are very seldom rational, and costs are indeed often passed directly on to customers, even if that doesn't make economic sense.
Install an old Netscape, compare the results, and I will guarantee you will see that Netscape is really instantanious compared to FF 3.0. The difference is what you are missing, and what you are not realising. With a fresh install of Firefox on my Core i7 machine, I still cannot claim Firefox to be blazing-fast, although it's quite ok.
Don't get hyped by the bright colour of LCDs in the showroom, get a Plasma if you don't have an exceptionally bright living room or watch static images for a long time period. They have
- better blacks (without gimmicks like LCD-backlighting)
- more natural colors
- much better motion resolution (http://www.crutchfield.com/S-mVnnO3HsmRB/learn/learningcenter/home/tv_flatpanel.html)
Modern plasmas from better manufacturers (Pioneer, Panasonic, Samsung) don't have the burn-in issues (which were common some years ago) anymore.
There is very likely a way microtransactions can work, you haven't just imagined it yet. For example, I could imagine having a small toolbar in the browser displaying the transactions whenever I'm charged, with an option to dispute and cancel the transaction without hassle immediately, if I don't agree with it (resulting in the site content being blocked, of course).
A product does not have to be something, which costs money - just a "thing produced by labor or effort" or a "result of an act or a process". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_(business)
To any typical customs official, that would sound as made-up technical mumbo-jumbo - he wouldn't even try to understand the sentence after hearing "generate random data".
I'm sure there is absolutely nobody, who can list all the features of any single, modern operating system - so not being able to list the differences between Windows versions should be quite understandable.
What's the big deal? The mission is probably over anyway, I could surely come up with name of 60 US soldiers using the Internet if I wanted to, and even Wikipedia is full of information on the US Army equipment.
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You forget that even if users need only 10 % of the features, each user needs a differentset of features. So implementing only 10 % of the features makes the product unusable for the majority of users, and diminishes the value to the rest, as there would not be a necessary "critical mass" using the OS.
If I buy a shitty car and have no money, I learn a lot about cars, if I have to drive somewhere and have to maintain and repair the car myself. I don't have to, though. You can learn all you want with any distro, they are just not forcing you.
Yes, it was terrible. I stopped considering to read anything from Dan Brown after Digital Fortress. And this scheme would have been much too clever for him to write, anyway.
MAC address filters are not worthless, as they can add something to the existing security. Firstly, if the attacker is dumb or lazy enough, he doesn't acquire the whitelisted MAC addressses. Secondly, if he manages that, the users of the compromised MAC addresses receive a warning signal when the computer says "IP address is already in use" (or something similar, depending on system and configuration). Thirdly, if all previous points fail to produce a reaction, the administrator can see what's going on from the router's log files.
No, it's only racist in the minds of those people, who think that black and white men are not equal. It's about demographics.
Information Technology Association of America disagress with you, as it defines IT (information technology) to be "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware." (source: http://www.itaa.org/es/docs/Information%20Technology%20Definitions.pdf)
I have to strongly disagree with your doctor-patient analogy as well. I would rather say that a secretary is to IT what a patient is to a doctor. A developer would be in your analogy the people developing the drugs and medical equipment for the doctor.
I prefer to give the right answer, even if the wrong question was asked.
That's what I learned when studied economics, too. In working life, however, I've discovered that pricing decisions are very seldom rational, and costs are indeed often passed directly on to customers, even if that doesn't make economic sense.
Install an old Netscape, compare the results, and I will guarantee you will see that Netscape is really instantanious compared to FF 3.0. The difference is what you are missing, and what you are not realising. With a fresh install of Firefox on my Core i7 machine, I still cannot claim Firefox to be blazing-fast, although it's quite ok.
Don't get hyped by the bright colour of LCDs in the showroom, get a Plasma if you don't have an exceptionally bright living room or watch static images for a long time period. They have - better blacks (without gimmicks like LCD-backlighting) - more natural colors - much better motion resolution (http://www.crutchfield.com/S-mVnnO3HsmRB/learn/learningcenter/home/tv_flatpanel.html) Modern plasmas from better manufacturers (Pioneer, Panasonic, Samsung) don't have the burn-in issues (which were common some years ago) anymore.
There is very likely a way microtransactions can work, you haven't just imagined it yet. For example, I could imagine having a small toolbar in the browser displaying the transactions whenever I'm charged, with an option to dispute and cancel the transaction without hassle immediately, if I don't agree with it (resulting in the site content being blocked, of course).
A product does not have to be something, which costs money - just a "thing produced by labor or effort" or a "result of an act or a process". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_(business)
If one would read the terms of service linked by you, one would see that Facebook states that "We do not give your content to advertisers."
... to discover that?
10/22 = 10 2 2 substract 1 to each number: 9 1 1 ... Maybe a subliminal message?
yeah... should stop working and go back home.
You do that for living?
(...) so I wouldn't hold your breath.
I would imagine it's very difficult to hold someone else's breath.
I intended to use that first as an example, but realised that using this would have removed the seriousness of my post.
If I manage my life using Notepad and text files, is Notepad my new OS?
An adult inhales ca. 10.000 liters (10 cubic meters) per day, which is still only one order of magnitude more than 1 cubic meter.
The browser is the terminal of the 21st century.
If you would not exist, would you be aware of it? In the same sense, a computer is aware of its existence.
Maybe you should update to a 21st century computer, having the power to display a list of few items without swapping memory? ;)
slowoutbreakofcommonsense would be more fitting.
To any typical customs official, that would sound as made-up technical mumbo-jumbo - he wouldn't even try to understand the sentence after hearing "generate random data".
I'm sure there is absolutely nobody, who can list all the features of any single, modern operating system - so not being able to list the differences between Windows versions should be quite understandable.
What's the big deal? The mission is probably over anyway, I could surely come up with name of 60 US soldiers using the Internet if I wanted to, and even Wikipedia is full of information on the US Army equipment.