The legitimate, non-advertising uses of these things are so limited (at least, compared to pop up windows), that the ad-blocking software will catch up with them in no time, and most people will lose nothing by deactivating the appropriate bits of javascript.
provision may be made within the framework of the common agricultural policy for measures such as: (b) joint measures to promote consumption of certain products... [telling] the consumer what he or she has to consume.
Look, there's a difference between promoting something and making it compulsory. Here in the UK, govt funded bodies (such as the Meat Marketing Board) are forever promoting their products. All that's going to change is that instead of saying "Eat Welsh Lamb", they might say "Eat German Sausages".
Will big frigging deal. I, as a consumer still have a choice. And contrary to your assertions, consumers still have a free choice, and are not compelled to consume what they want me to.
It even specifies the goals of state policy as in cuba
Well, there are a lot of documents that specify the goals of state policy. How about this one, for example :
We the People... in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,....
Seems pretty unambiguous about the goals of government, to me.
The song "I can't drive 55" (1980s crapola music, but nevertheless) arguably incites one to commit a crime.
Your Honor, my defendant Mr Hagar would like to point out: i) at no time does he encourage anyone to exceed the speed limit. He merely observes that he cannot. ii) Mr Hagar is aware of his anti-social disorder, and suggests to the judge that they
Post my face wanted dead or alive
Take my license, all that jive
There are great programs already in place that do this and don't involve funds that could be used to better educate your children or fund healthcare
The program will gather the latest security information, and send out a mass email to subscribers.
Now lets assume i) that this program save *zero* money for the economy through better responses to worms/viruses etc, ii) A Computer Emergency Response System (by necessity) already exists within governments IT infrastructure...
Now, how much, p.a., do you think this scheme is going to cost? Bear in mind, they do no research of there own, and are just a centralised clearing house for information. And how many children / patients could be taught / healed for the marginal cost of implementing this plan?
Compared to the education / health budgets, this is going to cost a piffling, negligible amount of tax money, and by providing easy-to-get independent advice on securing home PCs, may actually *save* money with the benefits to the UKs IT infrastructure.
It's this kind of thinking that has set up an enviroment where my 1ghz+, 512mb computer can't do anything more than my 2mhz, 64kb computer could do in the 80's.
Wow. You've got really fucked up set up issues then. My 1ghz computer can play full-screen, full motion video, while running a sizeable numerical simulation code in the background.
My 1 ghz computer can play CD quality music, while doing 3D-POVRAY shading with a contour mapped bitmap.
My 1 ghz computer can function as a games box, playing high quality, 3D shooters at quite ridiculous frame rates, at resolutions undreamed of 20 years ago. While encoding my home videos as MPGs and burning them to DVDs.
My 1 ghz computer can search enormous databases for information in a matter of seconds, while I'm sending multimedia emails to my friends with the other hand.
My 20 year old computer couldn't do any of that. And I'm fairly certain the capability to do all that stuff has never (and will never) fit on a floppy disc.
You have to have limited objectives to avoid bloat.
If AdBlock is bloat, I want bloat. If FlashClickToPlay is bloat, give me more bloat. If allowing my browser to lie about it's identity so I can access my bank account is bloat, then I welcome bloat. Bring It On.
If giving me features that I want to use (in the form of extensions, thus making those I don't want optional) constitutes bloat, then keep feeding me that lovely nutritious bloat.
PS : Did you know, that my airbag, CD player, air conditioning, seatbelt, leather upholstery, rear seats and spare tyre all make my car heavier, and this considerably slower and less fuel efficient. And yet, by and large, that's another load of creeping featurism that I don't seem to mind about.
Almost all anti-virus vendors offer this same alert.
And in 19th century New York, there were any number of competitive Fire Companies you could call if you wanted a blaze extinguished. And yet somehow, it was decided that people with a commercial interest in selling you stuff were not the people you wanted to call for an emergency.
Governments are flawed, but AV companies have a vested interest in selling you things you don't want.
When will we expect the first Trojan masquerading as an update from the "IT Safe" service. The over/under is about 6 hours after the service goes live.
A screen saver that fakes Windows system crashes? xscreensaver has had one of those for years. (It also simulates Linux and Solaris kernel dumps, Macintosh Bombs, Amiga Guru Meditations and others)
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The legitimate, non-advertising uses of these things are so limited (at least, compared to pop up windows), that the ad-blocking software will catch up with them in no time, and most people will lose nothing by deactivating the appropriate bits of javascript.
The editors aren't techies. (Of course, they're not competent editors, either).
Will big frigging deal. I, as a consumer still have a choice. And contrary to your assertions, consumers still have a free choice, and are not compelled to consume what they want me to.
...thinks... it's called User Agent Switcher
i) at no time does he encourage anyone to exceed the speed limit. He merely observes that he cannot.
ii) Mr Hagar is aware of his anti-social disorder, and suggests to the judge that they
So I can either live in cloud cuckoo land, or actually make my PC behave like I want it to.
Now lets assume
i) that this program save *zero* money for the economy through better responses to worms/viruses etc,
ii) A Computer Emergency Response System (by necessity) already exists within governments IT infrastructure...
Now, how much, p.a., do you think this scheme is going to cost? Bear in mind, they do no research of there own, and are just a centralised clearing house for information. And how many children / patients could be taught / healed for the marginal cost of implementing this plan?
Compared to the education / health budgets, this is going to cost a piffling, negligible amount of tax money, and by providing easy-to-get independent advice on securing home PCs, may actually *save* money with the benefits to the UKs IT infrastructure.
Well, given that I drive a crappy little hatchback with a 1.25L engine, I don't know how much more pared back I can get.
My 1 ghz computer can play CD quality music, while doing 3D-POVRAY shading with a contour mapped bitmap.
My 1 ghz computer can function as a games box, playing high quality, 3D shooters at quite ridiculous frame rates, at resolutions undreamed of 20 years ago. While encoding my home videos as MPGs and burning them to DVDs.
My 1 ghz computer can search enormous databases for information in a matter of seconds, while I'm sending multimedia emails to my friends with the other hand.
My 20 year old computer couldn't do any of that. And I'm fairly certain the capability to do all that stuff has never (and will never) fit on a floppy disc.
PPS : I feel compelled to add that as an impoverished academic my car does not actually have air conditioning or leather upholstery.
Or a CD player.
It does have a tape deck, though.
If giving me features that I want to use (in the form of extensions, thus making those I don't want optional) constitutes bloat, then keep feeding me that lovely nutritious bloat.
PS : Did you know, that my airbag, CD player, air conditioning, seatbelt, leather upholstery, rear seats and spare tyre all make my car heavier, and this considerably slower and less fuel efficient. And yet, by and large, that's another load of creeping featurism that I don't seem to mind about.
Governments are flawed, but AV companies have a vested interest in selling you things you don't want.
When will we expect the first Trojan masquerading as an update from the "IT Safe" service. The over/under is about 6 hours after the service goes live.
Jerry Garcia, too.
This article appeared yesterday.
And the day before yesterday.
Tomorrow, I intend to hold an opinion, so if you could post it then too, that'd be great.
A donation has been made in your name to The Human Fund.
/ "The Human Fund. Money for people."
Which is what happens when you want your users to say "WOW!", instead of merely make them more productive.
A screen saver that fakes Windows system crashes? xscreensaver has had one of those for years. (It also simulates Linux and Solaris kernel dumps, Macintosh Bombs, Amiga Guru Meditations and others)
Now, why do I hear Chris Berman's voice going: