I think there's also the notion that harsh potential punishment is a good deterrent.
And I'm not so sure about that. For example, the US have the death penalty, and a very high murder rate. Maybe lesser punishement, but making sure more people get bitten once, hence twice shy, is a better deterrent: fines for texting while driving, short prison stay for all accidents involving texting...
To me, that's more important and productive than jailing someone who kills while texting. Odds are they would never do it again anyway.
the issue is that the risk of texting while driving is at least as much a risk to others as a risk to yourself, so you don't get to set your own "acceptable" risk level.
1.because without regular support, XP gets "virused" real quick. High-end, because Vista/7 requires high-end, as opposed to "Browsing the net", which doesn't. Netbooks ? Not everyone likes a cramped keybord and screen. 2. Yep, that's what "flaky" means, thanks. 3. I'm not saying it's never been done before. Just not for a consumer OS. And that it's perceived as weasely, like buying a fridge, having the inside half blocked off, and having to pay more to free up the extra space.
- regarding WGA... can you prove that ? Or do you mean we should trust the word of a convicted felon ? - regarding ODF: you know as well as I do that MS screwed it up on purpose. What are you, an MS shill ? - I'm sure there also one person at MS that eats gunk. Oh, and in which way is it worse that throwing chairs at people ?
your points 1- yes, MS forces everyone to buy high-end PCs.. to surf the web... something my i815+celeron, 512 megs from 10 years ago still does perfectly well... under XP. 7 won't run on it, so I'll be forced to junk it. 2- Mafia henchmen don't really want to beat up people, it's their bosses that tell them to. FYI, MS is not really in the content business, so no, they don't DRM much of therir own stuff themselves, since the don't have stuff to DRM to strat with (and what little they have, the DO DRM... ever had to reactivate XP 10 times in a day because your DVD drive was flaky ?) 3- on-line upgrade purchase for the OS are indeed a first for a consumer version of windows. What's more, there is a strong intuitive "if the code is there already, what can't I use it "? gut reaction to the practice, so the FSF's argument might not be bad. The point is not that it's pionereed, or unique, it's that it's an easy sell as a negative point.
1- with free software, updates are... free. so being forced to upgrade is not quite as bad as with Windows. 1b- even then, anyone can offer support+update for OSS stuff. I'm sure someone somewhere still supports 10-year old versions of linux. 2- traditionnally, they are not as vital either. I''m fairly sure a properly configured linux pc can be left as-is for more than a year, even a handful of years. a Windows PC sure can't. 3- MS removes older versions form the sales channel, forcing you to not only buy the new ones, but to upgrade all your PCs to maintain coherency, then also removes support, and with bad security to start with, you can't live without updates. Ever heard of the term "upgrade treadmill" ? 4- the idea is they're going to do the same, not with your OS, not with your apps, but with your content : Imagine having to buy Windows 2025, just because if you don't, all your photos and videos of little Jimmy will be gone !
- is your point that negative advertising doesn't work ? are you really sure ? - yep, "think of the children" never ever worked at all - no, we should never ever use legal references to smear a convicted felon's character. Unfair, and uneffective - please, feel free to contribute better ideas...
The Slahsdot crowd is not the target audience, and I do think this campaign does a few things right:
- trying to take the moral high ground... the use of "sins" is even funny. Sinners vs hackers ? - being back-to-basics... most people are not aware at all of the issues, and not well equipped to understand them. So yeah, maybe this campaign is stupid... maybe it needs to be ? - negativity... I personnally don't like that, but we've seen time and time again that negativity just works. It's not like MS's took any sort of moral high ground that's make us want to behave like gentlemen... - the actual point they make are not actually bad. I'd have gone for more in-your-face, practical stuff though.
I'm sure the FSF would welcome any better ideas. As the French say: "La critique est aisee, mais l'art est difficile".
I personnaly may suggest a 1984ish dystopia, with someone and someone's grandchildren trying to acces photos, music, videos, even journal, only to be denied again and again, then punished out of proportion. The issue with that is that 1984 is a "liberal" reference, we want something conservative.
in most places I worked for, the network admin staff had a great time peaking into emails and privates files (and, of course, "repurposing" quite a bit of our bandwidth and storage space). I imagine outsourcing does not alleviate the problem.
I'd look for a way to outsource network management, but keep all files encrypted, and unreadable by the network admin. The network admin doesn't really need to read the files to do his/her job.
next version will tell sex. Then weight. Then health and precise age. Lip reading (if not a mic)... at which point it will probably also be able to indentify each individual. and link it to (Google's, the government's, your credit bureau's, your HMO's...) databases...
Then they'll find out there's money to be made not only by counting how many people watch TV, and precisely who, but also by peeking a bit about in that room: what else you do, what stuff you have around...
I'd like to think I forgot to put my tinfoil hat. But this doesn't seem so far-fetched.
What about the stupid design theory ? Or the perverse design theory ?
I mean, why put on us remnants of a tail, so easily broken, if not to fool us into thinking there was evolution, and/or to torture us in our old age, in a clear message that it's time to go, and/or because of bad design ?
I tried, scrupulously following the doc. I'm getting errors during the install. The first is dpkg: error processing freenx-server (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
and then a bunch of other ones, and in the end, it don't work.
My home page and main mail adresse are still with Yahoo. Mainly for historical reason: Yahoo had that stuff when Google didn't even exist, and that's when I got them. But still, as far as homepages are concerned, Yahoo is on a par with Google. Basically, I have 3 columns of RSS feeds, + mail preview. I've tried duplicating that in Google, it does... the same thing, the same way, and I'm too lazy to switch.
I do use Google for my searches, except it's just a matter of typing "g WoW patch 3.2 notes" in the adress bar (thank you, Opera).
Yahoo mail does not allow pop nor imap for free, which is a pain. I'd switch, except I forgot the password the my proper gmail ID (no points for guessing which it is ^^), and I can't seem to get it back.
Strangely, I have more concerns about Google knowing everything about my online life than I have with Yahoo... Plus a little diversity is a good thing, so Home = Yahoo, searches = Google suits me fine.
I'm a "sophisticated" user, installing client PCs for just about everyone around me, including some small companies. I'm having a very hard time getting into Linux on the desktop.
I just managed to install Linux for the first time 4 days ago. All other times (about 10), installation failed, due to MB drivers I suppose. That was very disappointing, the PCs were very vanilla, with no expansion cards, and XP installed without a glitch on them.
I don't mind using a bit of CLI since I'm a nerd, but, believe it or not, I can't find how to mount a windows networked share via fstab. I can do it in the graphical thingy, but it mounts it only after I've clicked on it. I need it mounted sooner, and.. I need to know where it gets mounted... I did find how to install VNC, but could not make head nor tails of how to install an RDP server on the linux PC.
My question about it in the forums has been answered by the usual 'you're an idiot', or "you don't need it with our wonderful graphical interface". I'm not an idiot, and I need it outside of Gnome. And remember, the hardest part of any problem is asking the right question, so yes, I didn't ask clearly the first time around.
So, again, I think Linux needs - more and better drivers. It's progressing, but still. Having to turn off the compositing thingy to be able to use VLC sucks, too. Then again, Aero in Vista causes problems with many games, too. - better documentation. there's lot of good stuff and how-tos, but out of date. - nicer community attitude. Yes, I'm an incompetent idiot that not only does not know how to do things, but doesn't even know where to look for the answer nor how to ask the question. I'm trying to change !
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you mean, a non pearl-white mouse that will totally destroy that wonderful styling ? no wayyyyyyy
average weight ?
1.000 only ? you should come to france :-p
a petabyte should be enough for everyone.
I think there's also the notion that harsh potential punishment is a good deterrent.
And I'm not so sure about that. For example, the US have the death penalty, and a very high murder rate. Maybe lesser punishement, but making sure more people get bitten once, hence twice shy, is a better deterrent: fines for texting while driving, short prison stay for all accidents involving texting...
To me, that's more important and productive than jailing someone who kills while texting. Odds are they would never do it again anyway.
the issue is that the risk of texting while driving is at least as much a risk to others as a risk to yourself, so you don't get to set your own "acceptable" risk level.
sorry, i meant, buying a car with a bar blocking the gas pedal halfway, and having to pay extra to remove that ^^
1.because without regular support, XP gets "virused" real quick. High-end, because Vista/7 requires high-end, as opposed to "Browsing the net", which doesn't. Netbooks ? Not everyone likes a cramped keybord and screen.
2. Yep, that's what "flaky" means, thanks.
3. I'm not saying it's never been done before. Just not for a consumer OS. And that it's perceived as weasely, like buying a fridge, having the inside half blocked off, and having to pay more to free up the extra space.
Actually, rugby players don't have all those protection, figure-, and crotch-enhancing paraphernalia.
viruses and malware ? how long until an unpatched XP becomes a wide open door to my home network ?
- regarding WGA... can you prove that ? Or do you mean we should trust the word of a convicted felon ?
- regarding ODF: you know as well as I do that MS screwed it up on purpose. What are you, an MS shill ?
- I'm sure there also one person at MS that eats gunk. Oh, and in which way is it worse that throwing chairs at people ?
your points
1- yes, MS forces everyone to buy high-end PCs.. to surf the web... something my i815+celeron, 512 megs from 10 years ago still does perfectly well... under XP. 7 won't run on it, so I'll be forced to junk it.
2- Mafia henchmen don't really want to beat up people, it's their bosses that tell them to. FYI, MS is not really in the content business, so no, they don't DRM much of therir own stuff themselves, since the don't have stuff to DRM to strat with (and what little they have, the DO DRM... ever had to reactivate XP 10 times in a day because your DVD drive was flaky ?)
3- on-line upgrade purchase for the OS are indeed a first for a consumer version of windows. What's more, there is a strong intuitive "if the code is there already, what can't I use it "? gut reaction to the practice, so the FSF's argument might not be bad. The point is not that it's pionereed, or unique, it's that it's an easy sell as a negative point.
1- with free software, updates are ... free. so being forced to upgrade is not quite as bad as with Windows.
1b- even then, anyone can offer support+update for OSS stuff. I'm sure someone somewhere still supports 10-year old versions of linux.
2- traditionnally, they are not as vital either. I''m fairly sure a properly configured linux pc can be left as-is for more than a year, even a handful of years. a Windows PC sure can't.
3- MS removes older versions form the sales channel, forcing you to not only buy the new ones, but to upgrade all your PCs to maintain coherency, then also removes support, and with bad security to start with, you can't live without updates. Ever heard of the term "upgrade treadmill" ?
4- the idea is they're going to do the same, not with your OS, not with your apps, but with your content : Imagine having to buy Windows 2025, just because if you don't, all your photos and videos of little Jimmy will be gone !
- is your point that negative advertising doesn't work ? are you really sure ?
- yep, "think of the children" never ever worked at all
- no, we should never ever use legal references to smear a convicted felon's character. Unfair, and uneffective
- please, feel free to contribute better ideas...
this, typed even more slowly
newsflash... it's news to most people.
The Slahsdot crowd is not the target audience, and I do think this campaign does a few things right:
- trying to take the moral high ground... the use of "sins" is even funny. Sinners vs hackers ?
- being back-to-basics... most people are not aware at all of the issues, and not well equipped to understand them. So yeah, maybe this campaign is stupid... maybe it needs to be ?
- negativity... I personnally don't like that, but we've seen time and time again that negativity just works. It's not like MS's took any sort of moral high ground that's make us want to behave like gentlemen...
- the actual point they make are not actually bad. I'd have gone for more in-your-face, practical stuff though.
I'm sure the FSF would welcome any better ideas. As the French say: "La critique est aisee, mais l'art est difficile".
I personnaly may suggest a 1984ish dystopia, with someone and someone's grandchildren trying to acces photos, music, videos, even journal, only to be denied again and again, then punished out of proportion. The issue with that is that 1984 is a "liberal" reference, we want something conservative.
also, everyone on slashdot works in computers, and few in music.
Next.
in most places I worked for, the network admin staff had a great time peaking into emails and privates files (and, of course, "repurposing" quite a bit of our bandwidth and storage space). I imagine outsourcing does not alleviate the problem.
I'd look for a way to outsource network management, but keep all files encrypted, and unreadable by the network admin. The network admin doesn't really need to read the files to do his/her job.
to me, AMD has a price advantage if you take motherboards into account, in the low and mid range.
the CPUs seem to be priced about the same, but the boards are cheaper. I don't know why.
next version will tell sex. Then weight. Then health and precise age. Lip reading (if not a mic)... at which point it will probably also be able to indentify each individual. and link it to (Google's, the government's, your credit bureau's, your HMO's...) databases...
Then they'll find out there's money to be made not only by counting how many people watch TV, and precisely who, but also by peeking a bit about in that room: what else you do, what stuff you have around ...
I'd like to think I forgot to put my tinfoil hat. But this doesn't seem so far-fetched.
The best maybe, but far from perfect. Which, for someone omnipotent, at whose image we're made, is somewhat disappointing.
I mean, multiple inheritance, but no overriding ?
What about the stupid design theory ? Or the perverse design theory ?
I mean, why put on us remnants of a tail, so easily broken, if not to fool us into thinking there was evolution, and/or to torture us in our old age, in a clear message that it's time to go, and/or because of bad design ?
Thanks for the tip. But ...
I tried, scrupulously following the doc. I'm getting errors during the install. The first is
dpkg: error processing freenx-server (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
and then a bunch of other ones, and in the end, it don't work.
My home page and main mail adresse are still with Yahoo. Mainly for historical reason: Yahoo had that stuff when Google didn't even exist, and that's when I got them. But still, as far as homepages are concerned, Yahoo is on a par with Google. Basically, I have 3 columns of RSS feeds, + mail preview. I've tried duplicating that in Google, it does... the same thing, the same way, and I'm too lazy to switch.
I do use Google for my searches, except it's just a matter of typing "g WoW patch 3.2 notes" in the adress bar (thank you, Opera).
Yahoo mail does not allow pop nor imap for free, which is a pain. I'd switch, except I forgot the password the my proper gmail ID (no points for guessing which it is ^^), and I can't seem to get it back.
Strangely, I have more concerns about Google knowing everything about my online life than I have with Yahoo... Plus a little diversity is a good thing, so Home = Yahoo, searches = Google suits me fine.
I'm a "sophisticated" user, installing client PCs for just about everyone around me, including some small companies. I'm having a very hard time getting into Linux on the desktop.
I just managed to install Linux for the first time 4 days ago. All other times (about 10), installation failed, due to MB drivers I suppose. That was very disappointing, the PCs were very vanilla, with no expansion cards, and XP installed without a glitch on them.
I don't mind using a bit of CLI since I'm a nerd, but, believe it or not, I can't find how to mount a windows networked share via fstab. I can do it in the graphical thingy, but it mounts it only after I've clicked on it. I need it mounted sooner, and.. I need to know where it gets mounted... I did find how to install VNC, but could not make head nor tails of how to install an RDP server on the linux PC.
My question about it in the forums has been answered by the usual 'you're an idiot', or "you don't need it with our wonderful graphical interface". I'm not an idiot, and I need it outside of Gnome. And remember, the hardest part of any problem is asking the right question, so yes, I didn't ask clearly the first time around.
So, again, I think Linux needs
- more and better drivers. It's progressing, but still. Having to turn off the compositing thingy to be able to use VLC sucks, too. Then again, Aero in Vista causes problems with many games, too.
- better documentation. there's lot of good stuff and how-tos, but out of date.
- nicer community attitude. Yes, I'm an incompetent idiot that not only does not know how to do things, but doesn't even know where to look for the answer nor how to ask the question. I'm trying to change !