Your both right of course. MS is making a powerful play for the business market at the expense of the casual computing market. So far, anyhow - who knows what else they have brewing.
Anecdote, evidence, etc. I suspect there are more towncars with 200k+ miles on the road in America than any other luxury brand, driven by people who care very much about maintenance costs.
IMO, roads are exactly the sort of public infrastructure that the government is supposed to pay for out of my income taxes. While I often feel like 90% of my taxes are wasted, that's part of the good 10%. Heck, let's build 10x more roads!
Anti-lock brakes may not stop quicker, but they do wonders for the majority of drivers, who have never learned how not to lock the brakes. Traction/stability control is becoming mandatory. My car adds lane departure prevention, and a host of "are you sure" -style warning beeps if I'm approaching too quickly, or my signal is on but someone is in my blindspot, or etc. There's lots of driver assistance already.
Lens flares will be the good part. While Abrams will fuck canon sideways with a catus, I'm sure the film will be fast-paced and entertaining. Everything that was wrong, style-wise, for a Star Trek film will be right for a Star Wars film. Pointless running through hallways, action-central plots that don't really make much sense, lots of laser gunplay, the bad guys in a bigger, more-armed ship with sinister lighting -- all of it will be great.
I'm fully prepared to treat it like the prequel movies: high-budget fanfiction works. But these should actually be good!
While I can't quite say tailpipe emissions are a complete non-issue, there are only a handful of cities in the US where they even matter a little. ULEV and better cars really don't matter unless the air above your city never circulates with the outside world (which does actually happen in a couple of places).
But that's all a dodge. Forcing other people to drive less has been core to leftwing philosophy for decades now. It all about tribal identification, not about anything practical. (Which is why the Tesla throws the right for a spin: it's a really nice American car, but then it's a hippie electric car that might as well come with a "Coexist" bumpersticker, such cognitive dissonance!)
The vast majority of road wear is from heavy trucks, mostly bringing stuff like groceries that we all need. The only reason we have a gas tax is because it's taxable. That's the only government process for deciding what to tax: is it reasonably practical to tax X? Yes? Then we're just arguing about the rate.
Sure, if you want other people to do things for you, they might have some rules before they'll do those things. That's not a problem in and of itself, and isn't at all the point of this proposed law.
What you can't do is secretly add terms to a contract. Most states have rules about "boiler-plate contracts". If you stick an unusual requirement into a 30-page apartment lease, which otherwise looks like a customary lease, the burden of proof is on the landlord (the writer of the contract) to demonstrate that the renter knew about that clause. Because of that, you'll sometimes see leases where you have to initial a specific paragraph here and there to show you really read it before signing the lease, where those paragraphs weren't industry-standard.
This is that same idea for EULAs. You can't hide stuff in them - there's no "meeting of the minds" if you do - so wonky "you can't criticize us" rules should need the company to call special attention to them. It would be great to see state laws clarifying this sort of thing.
Sure, sure, keep telling yourself that Hitler wasn't a socialist, it's always perfectly safe to keep giving the central government more power because corporation koch brother global warming. And hey, if more central power didn't solve the problem, clearly you didn't go far enough. I can see no flaws in this plan.
Well, I always get these extreme replies to this DRM plugin issue by geeks who claim they care oh so very much about creating a DRM-free world. I doubt any have the courage to match their convictions, of course (speaking of convictions), so really just taunting. Still, I'd be impressed by anyone who managed this stunt.
At least DirecTV investors will make money on the deal.
Not to mention all the regulators. You don't think this merger will be approved out of concern for the best interest of the American people, do you? I'd bet this on is worth $1M/year jobs for dozens of congressional staffers!
I'm not particularly worried about Firefox providing a socket to plug in some DRM module into, because I don't really see much difference between that and other binary plugins. As a Linux user, I'm more worried that anyone who does want to use it will have to rely on Adobe to provide and maintain that module, because their track record has been rather spotty.
The big win from following a standard for the DRM plug-in is that now it will be obvious what's a DRM plug-in, and what's not. Hate DRM? Write a browser extension that makes use of this standard!
Seriously, if you really want to make heads asplode: write a FF extension that detects a DRM stream, determines the title from context, and automatically torrents the same title instead. If you can't do it as a plug-in, make a fork, since it's a stunt anyhow. I'm perfectly happy with paying Netflix, myself, but I'd certainly cheer if someone wrote this just to show the folly of the entire DRM approach.
What you describe is very much exactly socialism: valuing some abstract "public good" over the actual well-being of each individual. Giving each of us the freedom to choose the resource trade-offs that make us the most happy (trade-offs that will be different for each of us) is the antithesis of socialism, after all.
The point of the discussion is that you have to be open to new tech stacks as you age, because while most of them are fads, the ones that aren't really matter. No one's arguing that all older stuff loses value, only that without some of the newer stuff too you won't be bringing what you should to the table.
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Your both right of course. MS is making a powerful play for the business market at the expense of the casual computing market. So far, anyhow - who knows what else they have brewing.
I was with you up to "no reason".
Some people have interesting personal discussions which must be briefly interrupted from time to time to check whether work needs priority attention.
Well, good point. There's such a huge gap between "conservative" and "Conservative" these days.
Anecdote, evidence, etc. I suspect there are more towncars with 200k+ miles on the road in America than any other luxury brand, driven by people who care very much about maintenance costs.
IMO, roads are exactly the sort of public infrastructure that the government is supposed to pay for out of my income taxes. While I often feel like 90% of my taxes are wasted, that's part of the good 10%. Heck, let's build 10x more roads!
Anti-lock brakes may not stop quicker, but they do wonders for the majority of drivers, who have never learned how not to lock the brakes. Traction/stability control is becoming mandatory. My car adds lane departure prevention, and a host of "are you sure" -style warning beeps if I'm approaching too quickly, or my signal is on but someone is in my blindspot, or etc. There's lots of driver assistance already.
Don't forget "when it's owner doesn't bother with basic maintenance".
Oh, sure, that's a good plan: you just wait for the first super-villain to appear, and then see what happens.
Lens flares will be the good part. While Abrams will fuck canon sideways with a catus, I'm sure the film will be fast-paced and entertaining. Everything that was wrong, style-wise, for a Star Trek film will be right for a Star Wars film. Pointless running through hallways, action-central plots that don't really make much sense, lots of laser gunplay, the bad guys in a bigger, more-armed ship with sinister lighting -- all of it will be great.
I'm fully prepared to treat it like the prequel movies: high-budget fanfiction works. But these should actually be good!
While I can't quite say tailpipe emissions are a complete non-issue, there are only a handful of cities in the US where they even matter a little. ULEV and better cars really don't matter unless the air above your city never circulates with the outside world (which does actually happen in a couple of places).
But that's all a dodge. Forcing other people to drive less has been core to leftwing philosophy for decades now. It all about tribal identification, not about anything practical. (Which is why the Tesla throws the right for a spin: it's a really nice American car, but then it's a hippie electric car that might as well come with a "Coexist" bumpersticker, such cognitive dissonance!)
Who decided that "not to consume more fuel than necessary" was even a goal? Not me. An evil union of hippies and hipsters did, that's who!
The wear from driving on roads is non-linear with vehicle weight. It really is the trucks that matter.
I like this world you imagine where police officers "go after real criminals". Sounds better than our world.
The vast majority of road wear is from heavy trucks, mostly bringing stuff like groceries that we all need. The only reason we have a gas tax is because it's taxable. That's the only government process for deciding what to tax: is it reasonably practical to tax X? Yes? Then we're just arguing about the rate.
What's the battery life on this like? The Surface Pro thus far has been blocked by that for me.
Or, you know, a Ford. Ford has made huge strides in quality in the past 20 years. Government Motors, not so much.
Fishes is interesting: it's 2 fish in the sea, but 2 fishes on the dinner plate (in addition to it's use meaning species of fish).
Sure, if you want other people to do things for you, they might have some rules before they'll do those things. That's not a problem in and of itself, and isn't at all the point of this proposed law.
What you can't do is secretly add terms to a contract. Most states have rules about "boiler-plate contracts". If you stick an unusual requirement into a 30-page apartment lease, which otherwise looks like a customary lease, the burden of proof is on the landlord (the writer of the contract) to demonstrate that the renter knew about that clause. Because of that, you'll sometimes see leases where you have to initial a specific paragraph here and there to show you really read it before signing the lease, where those paragraphs weren't industry-standard.
This is that same idea for EULAs. You can't hide stuff in them - there's no "meeting of the minds" if you do - so wonky "you can't criticize us" rules should need the company to call special attention to them. It would be great to see state laws clarifying this sort of thing.
Sure, sure, keep telling yourself that Hitler wasn't a socialist, it's always perfectly safe to keep giving the central government more power because corporation koch brother global warming. And hey, if more central power didn't solve the problem, clearly you didn't go far enough. I can see no flaws in this plan.
Well, I always get these extreme replies to this DRM plugin issue by geeks who claim they care oh so very much about creating a DRM-free world. I doubt any have the courage to match their convictions, of course (speaking of convictions), so really just taunting. Still, I'd be impressed by anyone who managed this stunt.
At least DirecTV investors will make money on the deal.
Not to mention all the regulators. You don't think this merger will be approved out of concern for the best interest of the American people, do you? I'd bet this on is worth $1M/year jobs for dozens of congressional staffers!
I'm not particularly worried about Firefox providing a socket to plug in some DRM module into, because I don't really see much difference between that and other binary plugins. As a Linux user, I'm more worried that anyone who does want to use it will have to rely on Adobe to provide and maintain that module, because their track record has been rather spotty.
The big win from following a standard for the DRM plug-in is that now it will be obvious what's a DRM plug-in, and what's not. Hate DRM? Write a browser extension that makes use of this standard!
Seriously, if you really want to make heads asplode: write a FF extension that detects a DRM stream, determines the title from context, and automatically torrents the same title instead. If you can't do it as a plug-in, make a fork, since it's a stunt anyhow. I'm perfectly happy with paying Netflix, myself, but I'd certainly cheer if someone wrote this just to show the folly of the entire DRM approach.
What you describe is very much exactly socialism: valuing some abstract "public good" over the actual well-being of each individual. Giving each of us the freedom to choose the resource trade-offs that make us the most happy (trade-offs that will be different for each of us) is the antithesis of socialism, after all.
What's your point?
The point of the discussion is that you have to be open to new tech stacks as you age, because while most of them are fads, the ones that aren't really matter. No one's arguing that all older stuff loses value, only that without some of the newer stuff too you won't be bringing what you should to the table.