Really, I don't see any benefits in using chip implants in humans. Yes, it makes sense for cattle who can't positively identify themselves, for pets who slip out of their tags, etc.
That doesn't mean that they can tell you its illegal and remove it.
Its like this, I own a billboard company, I can choose which advertisers can and can't advertise on there. However, it becomes a bit tricky if I say "I can't print this, this is illegal" when its not. Of course Google can do whatever they want to, the problem is, they are saying something is illegal when its not.
Exactly. Lets see here, if I don't keep any confidential information on my computer, don't use it for e-commerce much (or you know, boot into Linux if I need to buy something which honestly I boot into Linux 90% of the time....) an anti-virus is going to use up more resources than a virus and negatively impact your experience.
Lets see here an average anti-virus is going to:
A) Waste lots of network resources downloading updates
B) Constantly use up I/O resources scanning every file
C) Mess with defaults
D) Use a completely different theme ruining whatever aesthetic pleasure there was in Windows
E) Constantly use CPU time
F) Constantly say that your subscription has OMG 60 DAYS LEFT!!!! THATS LESS THAN 3 MONTHS!!!! Usually when giving a presentation
G) Interrupt gaming
H) Ignore all -real- threats like the Sony Rootkit and the like
An average virus is going to
Use some I/O resources finding sensitive files, use light network resources sending spam and generally work in the background.
My experience is going to be less interrupted with a virus than an AV.
The problem is, our educational system is totally different than 50 years ago. Back then, you got a high school diploma and that was a really -good thing- today, having a high school diploma or GED is pretty much required as is some college or tech-school training. Back then, if you wanted to work with your hands, you didn't really -need- school. Today, it is different. The more we mix society up the more violence occurs. Its a fact of life.
Approach the problem of dealing with malware infections like the healthcare industry, and consider using 'general taxation' to pay for inspection and quarantine.
First off, there are two separate issues, one is that anyone can get sick, and in general, only badly configured -Windows- machines get malware. Yes, you -can- make Mac/Linux malware but other than a few isolated issues they aren't big deals.
Secondly, the computer industry and the internet should not be taxed! I don't mind paying for -some- taxes because I get benefits because of it, defense, roads, etc. But what positive government involvement in the internet has occurred post-1990? Other than trying to regulate it, crushing internet freedoms and privacy the government hasn't done shit.
Taxes should be akin to buying something in the store, you pay money, you get benefits. I pay taxes, I get protection, freedom to bear arms, unrestricted freedom of expression, etc. Just like I pay $200 and get a new Wii console.
Because we all know that the world has had a period where no one saw violence ever. Right? We all know that the Roman empire was a perfectly peaceful place, we all know that the middle ages didn't have large outbreaks of disease where people's corpses were simply thrown in the street, and large battles? No way. And surely Europe in the 1900s didn't have any major wars, let alone two world-wide wars right? About the -only- nations that haven't had major wars or violence in the last 100 years would be the USA and Canada. The rest of the world has pretty much been at war, had internal strife and violent deaths from sickness, etc.
And Mike Tyson is one example. But look at all the other boxers who didn't do that, look at all the karate champions who could easily seriously harm people, yet they don't go on rampages, etc. One example doesn't prove anything, add into the fact that Mike Tyson was probably doing steroids which affect emotional stability and you probably have the worst example.
Yeah, because we all know if you bottle up all of your feelings nothing is ever going to make you snap. Nope. Nothing. Because we all know that the people who go on shooting sprees are people who get out their anger via other means and then it makes them want to shoot others. Oh wait, most of the time they are quiet and don't let out their anger.
You mean complete and utter trust in -anything- or are you forgetting that most atheist states were quite violent? Have we forgotten about secret Chinese execution and all the human rights violations in the Soviet Union?
Look throughout history. Violent crimes are decreasing, while one could argue violent video games are increasing. There was a lot more violence 50 years ago than today.
How about we look over patents carefully and allow -anyone- to file a prior art question without going to court but rather put all patent applications online for say ~30 days and open it up to debates for anyone to say that its had prior art which gets looked through before it becomes approved.
Why not? Look at all the things marketed through sculptures. Is it wrong for Toronto to promote their city using the CN Tower? Heck, is it wrong for Washington DC to use it to promote their city? Throughout history, people have used landmarks to promote things, and there has been no lose do to it. I see no difference in this.
And shouldn't any photos of the memorial be under the copyright of whoever takes the picture? For example, although the design for, say an iPhone may be under copyright, I can still take a picture of it and Apple isn't going to claim copyright of it. Now, if I took a press shot of it, they might have a case, but an individual picture? No, they aren't going to do anything.
First you have to realize we have an irrational fear of "ZOMG CP!!!11!!1" secondly, it would actually -help- the real problem (children being abused) to distribute CP for free. Why? Because CP is so restricted people pay a lot of money to the people who are abusing the children which they use to abuse more children. If you can stop them at the source, they have no money, no market and it dries up. But of course, we don't see the rational side of things. If I see a picture of someone dead, or injured do they die again or are injured again? No, it happened once. Same thing with CP.
Because we all know that there are always loads of cars in front of people's houses that have free wi-fi....
It doesn't happen. In fact, one of my neighbors runs a open wi-fi network, I've noticed absolutely no more traffic near their house or in the neighborhood since they started doing it.
As for any interference, it doesn't happen there are a multitude of channels and a nearly infinite amount of SSDs you can use for your own access points.
But sometimes across a whole country it helps to have some laws.
Because we all know that coffee shops hide servers behind the counter.... Most of the time the free wi-fi they provide is simply an extra consumer-level connection that goes to a cheap-as-free router, they change the SSD and let people use it. Its no big deal if someone uses it and doesn't buy a coffee either, they pay the same for it if someone drank 1000000 cups of coffee or if someone drank one. Its a good advertising scheme too, traveler is walking downtown sees an open access point for a coffee shop, goes in has a coffee and uses the wi-fi.
Open wi-fi should be as legal as me, on my own property giving away things for free. No one would care if I was giving out free water bottles on a hot day, nor would anyone care if I was giving away books for free, but when I'm giving away something in essence unlimited* it becomes bad?
*yes, it does increase bandwidth and would slow down your internet use, but how often is someone going to notice that?
Not for home users. Lets see, I have a cheap-as-free router with no serial port, a modem with no serial port, a laptop with no serial port, etc. About the -only- thing that I somewhat use a serial port for is when I want to sync my ~10 palm device.
The thing is though, how many people do you call or get calls from that you don't really know? While it might be easy to remember the ~5 people you call/text on a daily basis, most of us have a lot of other people who we rarely call unless there is a problem or you want to get in contact again (coworkers, friends from college, obscure relatives, etc)
-if- that happens. Look, we have a lot of oil, a lot of coal and a lot of uranium plus wind energy that can be utilized, more efficient hydro-electric designs and now we are -finally- building more nuclear power plants. Mix this in with the decreasing cost of solar cells and we are going to have -very- cheap energy soon.
Yes, coal and oil aren't endless, but they have a pretty big supply. Nuclear power is the most promising, and if Obama doesn't screw up the free market any more (not that we still have it in the US anymore...) we will end up with even cheaper energy than we have right now.
Well, by computer, I meant not a server and one that has constant general use. Of course its easy to find a server that will run for years. Its a lot harder to find a computer being constantly used, updated and on the internet that hasn't been rebooted in a year.
Because there is almost no market for it. Lets see here
A) Monochrome displays (other than E-ink) are generally considered to be low-tech, cheap, pieces of junk. Look at how well monochrome TVs are selling... Yes, it does ease strain on eyes and increase readability, but has the other side of making most of... well anything unpleasant to look at other than text.
B) It will be expensive. Amazon can afford to produce the Kindle at-cost or even with a bit of a loss because they will gain sales in e-books and such. Even if they sell it at a profit they still can buy parts in bulk and make them cheaper than a product with a run of only ~1,000 units or less.
C) There aren't enough apps. What apps would make sense to port to this device? Lynx? Most other things would need more CPU power (making it non-energy efficient) or a colour screen.
Really, other than you, this wouldn't appeal to a large enough audience of people. Best thing to do would be to jailbreak an existing e-reader, its simply a bad business decision to make a product with almost no market.
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Really, I don't see any benefits in using chip implants in humans. Yes, it makes sense for cattle who can't positively identify themselves, for pets who slip out of their tags, etc.
That doesn't mean that they can tell you its illegal and remove it.
Its like this, I own a billboard company, I can choose which advertisers can and can't advertise on there. However, it becomes a bit tricky if I say "I can't print this, this is illegal" when its not. Of course Google can do whatever they want to, the problem is, they are saying something is illegal when its not.
Exactly. Lets see here, if I don't keep any confidential information on my computer, don't use it for e-commerce much (or you know, boot into Linux if I need to buy something which honestly I boot into Linux 90% of the time....) an anti-virus is going to use up more resources than a virus and negatively impact your experience.
Lets see here an average anti-virus is going to:
A) Waste lots of network resources downloading updates
B) Constantly use up I/O resources scanning every file
C) Mess with defaults
D) Use a completely different theme ruining whatever aesthetic pleasure there was in Windows
E) Constantly use CPU time
F) Constantly say that your subscription has OMG 60 DAYS LEFT!!!! THATS LESS THAN 3 MONTHS!!!! Usually when giving a presentation
G) Interrupt gaming
H) Ignore all -real- threats like the Sony Rootkit and the like
An average virus is going to
Use some I/O resources finding sensitive files, use light network resources sending spam and generally work in the background.
My experience is going to be less interrupted with a virus than an AV.
The problem is, our educational system is totally different than 50 years ago. Back then, you got a high school diploma and that was a really -good thing- today, having a high school diploma or GED is pretty much required as is some college or tech-school training. Back then, if you wanted to work with your hands, you didn't really -need- school. Today, it is different. The more we mix society up the more violence occurs. Its a fact of life.
Approach the problem of dealing with malware infections like the healthcare industry, and consider using 'general taxation' to pay for inspection and quarantine.
First off, there are two separate issues, one is that anyone can get sick, and in general, only badly configured -Windows- machines get malware. Yes, you -can- make Mac/Linux malware but other than a few isolated issues they aren't big deals.
Secondly, the computer industry and the internet should not be taxed! I don't mind paying for -some- taxes because I get benefits because of it, defense, roads, etc. But what positive government involvement in the internet has occurred post-1990? Other than trying to regulate it, crushing internet freedoms and privacy the government hasn't done shit.
Taxes should be akin to buying something in the store, you pay money, you get benefits. I pay taxes, I get protection, freedom to bear arms, unrestricted freedom of expression, etc. Just like I pay $200 and get a new Wii console.
Because we all know that the world has had a period where no one saw violence ever. Right? We all know that the Roman empire was a perfectly peaceful place, we all know that the middle ages didn't have large outbreaks of disease where people's corpses were simply thrown in the street, and large battles? No way. And surely Europe in the 1900s didn't have any major wars, let alone two world-wide wars right? About the -only- nations that haven't had major wars or violence in the last 100 years would be the USA and Canada. The rest of the world has pretty much been at war, had internal strife and violent deaths from sickness, etc.
And Mike Tyson is one example. But look at all the other boxers who didn't do that, look at all the karate champions who could easily seriously harm people, yet they don't go on rampages, etc. One example doesn't prove anything, add into the fact that Mike Tyson was probably doing steroids which affect emotional stability and you probably have the worst example.
Yeah, because we all know if you bottle up all of your feelings nothing is ever going to make you snap. Nope. Nothing. Because we all know that the people who go on shooting sprees are people who get out their anger via other means and then it makes them want to shoot others. Oh wait, most of the time they are quiet and don't let out their anger.
You mean complete and utter trust in -anything- or are you forgetting that most atheist states were quite violent? Have we forgotten about secret Chinese execution and all the human rights violations in the Soviet Union?
Look throughout history. Violent crimes are decreasing, while one could argue violent video games are increasing. There was a lot more violence 50 years ago than today.
How about we look over patents carefully and allow -anyone- to file a prior art question without going to court but rather put all patent applications online for say ~30 days and open it up to debates for anyone to say that its had prior art which gets looked through before it becomes approved.
Why not? Look at all the things marketed through sculptures. Is it wrong for Toronto to promote their city using the CN Tower? Heck, is it wrong for Washington DC to use it to promote their city? Throughout history, people have used landmarks to promote things, and there has been no lose do to it. I see no difference in this.
And shouldn't any photos of the memorial be under the copyright of whoever takes the picture? For example, although the design for, say an iPhone may be under copyright, I can still take a picture of it and Apple isn't going to claim copyright of it. Now, if I took a press shot of it, they might have a case, but an individual picture? No, they aren't going to do anything.
On my cheap Linksys B/G router I can choose between 11 channels using the web interface.
Because we all know that copyright infringement is the same thing as murder right?
First you have to realize we have an irrational fear of "ZOMG CP!!!11!!1" secondly, it would actually -help- the real problem (children being abused) to distribute CP for free. Why? Because CP is so restricted people pay a lot of money to the people who are abusing the children which they use to abuse more children. If you can stop them at the source, they have no money, no market and it dries up. But of course, we don't see the rational side of things. If I see a picture of someone dead, or injured do they die again or are injured again? No, it happened once. Same thing with CP.
It doesn't happen. In fact, one of my neighbors runs a open wi-fi network, I've noticed absolutely no more traffic near their house or in the neighborhood since they started doing it.
As for any interference, it doesn't happen there are a multitude of channels and a nearly infinite amount of SSDs you can use for your own access points.
But sometimes across a whole country it helps to have some laws.
Not when it leads to a loss of liberty.
Because we all know that coffee shops hide servers behind the counter.... Most of the time the free wi-fi they provide is simply an extra consumer-level connection that goes to a cheap-as-free router, they change the SSD and let people use it. Its no big deal if someone uses it and doesn't buy a coffee either, they pay the same for it if someone drank 1000000 cups of coffee or if someone drank one. Its a good advertising scheme too, traveler is walking downtown sees an open access point for a coffee shop, goes in has a coffee and uses the wi-fi.
Open wi-fi should be as legal as me, on my own property giving away things for free. No one would care if I was giving out free water bottles on a hot day, nor would anyone care if I was giving away books for free, but when I'm giving away something in essence unlimited* it becomes bad?
*yes, it does increase bandwidth and would slow down your internet use, but how often is someone going to notice that?
Not for home users. Lets see, I have a cheap-as-free router with no serial port, a modem with no serial port, a laptop with no serial port, etc. About the -only- thing that I somewhat use a serial port for is when I want to sync my ~10 palm device.
Yeah, because we all know that DRM isn't a virus or trojan -cough- Sony Rootkit -cough-
The thing is though, how many people do you call or get calls from that you don't really know? While it might be easy to remember the ~5 people you call/text on a daily basis, most of us have a lot of other people who we rarely call unless there is a problem or you want to get in contact again (coworkers, friends from college, obscure relatives, etc)
When that happens,
-if- that happens. Look, we have a lot of oil, a lot of coal and a lot of uranium plus wind energy that can be utilized, more efficient hydro-electric designs and now we are -finally- building more nuclear power plants. Mix this in with the decreasing cost of solar cells and we are going to have -very- cheap energy soon.
Yes, coal and oil aren't endless, but they have a pretty big supply. Nuclear power is the most promising, and if Obama doesn't screw up the free market any more (not that we still have it in the US anymore...) we will end up with even cheaper energy than we have right now.
Well, by computer, I meant not a server and one that has constant general use. Of course its easy to find a server that will run for years. Its a lot harder to find a computer being constantly used, updated and on the internet that hasn't been rebooted in a year.
Because there is almost no market for it. Lets see here
A) Monochrome displays (other than E-ink) are generally considered to be low-tech, cheap, pieces of junk. Look at how well monochrome TVs are selling... Yes, it does ease strain on eyes and increase readability, but has the other side of making most of... well anything unpleasant to look at other than text.
B) It will be expensive. Amazon can afford to produce the Kindle at-cost or even with a bit of a loss because they will gain sales in e-books and such. Even if they sell it at a profit they still can buy parts in bulk and make them cheaper than a product with a run of only ~1,000 units or less.
C) There aren't enough apps. What apps would make sense to port to this device? Lynx? Most other things would need more CPU power (making it non-energy efficient) or a colour screen.
Really, other than you, this wouldn't appeal to a large enough audience of people. Best thing to do would be to jailbreak an existing e-reader, its simply a bad business decision to make a product with almost no market.