...unless this paranoia shit is completely reversed.
It's going to be loooong time before that happens. It's been almost 7 years and some people are still convinced the terrorists are a real threat. In the mean time 280,000 people have died on American roads. If we spent a fraction of what we spent on "fighting terrorism" on guard rails we'd save a lot more lives.
Look at the US Congress. 60% lawyers, 20% lifetime politicians, 1% scientists and engineers. 1% scientists and engineers? I think it's more like 0% scientists and engineers.
For a fleeting fraction of a second, it will deliver a beam of infrared light at 1054 nm that is more powerful than the total energy consumption of all human activity on the planet, to a tiny spot the size of the head of a pin.
Yes the situation is improving, but microsoft are still powerful enough to make it very difficult to run anything else... Once those barriers are gone, the situation should change very rapidly. Problem is a lot of software, especially specialty software, is Windows only. How is that going to change any other way than very slowly? Wine?
one way to address this is to not allow unverified people to network with minors (what adults really would, anyway, unless they're spying on them or, well, the pedophiles this system is trying to address). What about someone who is 18 sending a message to someone who is 17?
Or a grandmother sending her 13 year old granddaughter a message? Or a myriad of other circumstances?
Many things are cheap in India, but bandwidth is not one of them. I can't just download files > 1GB without worrying about reaching my monthly cap, and there are Doctor Who episodes to be watched. Fortunately we have uncapped hours in the night I don't know about other bittorrent clients, but uTorrent lets you set download speed caps by hour(like 0 during the day and unlimited at night).
In L.A., too. Called 911 (my wife was having a seizure of some sort), and received a lovely bill in the mail. Were you billed by 911 or the Ambulance? I believe ambulances are run by private companies for the most part.
But what happens to games today when they're cancelled? I read about games being put on "indefinite hiatus", or just being cancelled with the company essentially throwing their hands up in the air and saying "ain't gonna happen." What becomes of all that code? Since it just sits on the developer's machines, does it just get wiped when they start on a new project?
Maybe someday someone will find a hd in a flea market labeled "Shenmue 3 SVN Repo", but it doesn't seem likely, sadly.
So while we revel in the curios of the past, we ourselves have none to give to future generations. I'm sure a lot of these programmers aren't going to just erase something they may have spent months or years on.
But the analogy fails (as computer-car analogies often do), because while a seatbelt actually tends to work, anti-virus software is horribly inept at detecting modern mutating computer viruses and other malware, even with the best-of-breed "heuristic" scanning software. And anti-virus software generally does not protect against attacks on existing software, either (e.g., a buffer overflow attack against QuickTime).
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...unless this paranoia shit is completely reversed.
It's going to be loooong time before that happens. It's been almost 7 years and some people are still convinced the terrorists are a real threat. In the mean time 280,000 people have died on American roads. If we spent a fraction of what we spent on "fighting terrorism" on guard rails we'd save a lot more lives.
I'm with you, but a lot of tickets are non-refundable. How many times can you afford to change planes?
Your right, the courts are doing a great job interpreting the thousands of laws with completely obvious meanings.
All three? Still, sure it's obvious to you, but that doesn't mean it's obvious to everybody else.
I believe your post lacks any serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value and I have reported you the proper authorities.
3. the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
You think thats clear? Who decides what has or lacks serious artistic value? Does Mein Kampf? Does Catcher in the Rye? What about the US Constitution?
For a fleeting fraction of a second, it will deliver a beam of infrared light at 1054 nm that is more powerful than the total energy consumption of all human activity on the planet, to a tiny spot the size of the head of a pin.
Ok, but can it kill and fit in my hand?
Yes, and the same with TV and radio.
Whats that in pixels?
Great, but will it get build before I'm dead?
Were you billed by 911 or the Ambulance? I believe ambulances are run by private companies for the most part.
Maybe someday someone will find a hd in a flea market labeled "Shenmue 3 SVN Repo", but it doesn't seem likely, sadly.
So while we revel in the curios of the past, we ourselves have none to give to future generations.
I'm sure a lot of these programmers aren't going to just erase something they may have spent months or years on.
Sometimes they even risk their jobs and lawsuits to see the game get played: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrill_Kill
You never know what might turn up on a DVD-R at a tag sale someday. Maybe the first 3 versions of Duke Nukem Forever. Heres hoping...
Too expensive.
But the analogy fails (as computer-car analogies often do), because while a seatbelt actually tends to work, anti-virus software is horribly inept at detecting modern mutating computer viruses and other malware, even with the best-of-breed "heuristic" scanning software. And anti-virus software generally does not protect against attacks on existing software, either (e.g., a buffer overflow attack against QuickTime).
It's still better than not wearing a seatbelt.