Nope, more like the US decided to switch to metric and people complaining that Ford won't replace their English unit speedometer with one that has more prominent markings for metric. In both cases, the product still works but external factors make it less convenient. With Ford you have to look at the smaller metric markings. With Microsoft, you have to manually update the clock for daylight savings time twice a year. Neither case is a malfunction.
But the big picture here isn't being seen.
With Ford, you can replace the speedometer yourself if you choose. Windows (being closed source) doesn't give you that opportunity.
I won't have a problem with this. In fact, I think it's about time as a lot of things that were called Extras were actually needed items so this will be a good thing. The once CD idea rocks too.
Actually, I think this totally sucks. Fedora was the bloated distro, but what was nice about that, is if you were trying to setup a "good for everything" distro, it was the one you reached for, as it was likely to have most everything out of the box that you wanted.
What I hate is sitting down to do an install which is network based. What a waste of bandwidth too on both Fedora's and my side. Why do that? Its much better, if I'm going to be installing this more than once, to give me the damn ISO chock-full of packages, than make me download each @*&^%@! package over and over again off of their servers.
Perhaps my generation was the last one where parents normally bought their children electronics and chemistry sets. Today we would fear that the child would be shocked or chemically burned (regardless of the probability).
When I was 5, I got my first 160 in 1 Electronic Projects Kit from RadioShack. Similar to this item here. That thing was really cool, especially when I was a kid. Have you looked at what Radioshack sells these days as electronic kits? This thing is now sold as the new "rage" in kits. Its like a puzzle. To me, that is dumbing it down to the point of a child not learning anything about electronics, other than "connecting the blue piece to the red pieces makes a buzzing sound".
I bought my nephew one of the kits off of ebay, because thats the only place I could find the kits that actually teach you something about electronics.
Some other poster talked about dangerous toys being sold to weed out the stupid kids, and only let the smart ones survive. He may be on to something... Todays kids use extremely complicated electronic gadgets for their entertainment, and haven't got a clue how they work, nor do they care. Its a scary future.
Where did these people learn to drive? Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood?
On a serious note, do you know they are no longer teaching kids that you SHOULD pull out into the intersection when turning left, when the light turns green? They instead tell the kids to sit there, and not pull out an inch unless they can for sure turn. You know how many kids I've been behind lately that just continue to sit at the damn light during rush hour? They never turn. Of all the stupid things to teach someone!
Sure, if the light had a turn only arrow, that may work, but not all left turn lanes do. The only thing it does do is make everyone behind that person have very strong homicidial thoughts.
So, which portion of my tax dollars do I get back if I don't have children? Can I now opt out of my real estate taxes and about 1/2 of my state income taxes?
You see, the tax dollars you spend goes to a basic need. If you choose to not use it, you are still free to do so, but your tax money gets spent to create the infrastructure and keep the machine running
I agree with what you are saying, and also wanted to point out to others reading this article, that schools not only provide an education, but also help prevent crime. Look at any society without mandatory education for children - those children are more likely to end up turning to crime to survive if they have no job skills.
Putting our children in school was the smartest thing our government has ever done to help curb crime. I think its good use of our tax dollars.
But it's not working. Mainly for all those people that want non-latin characters. It's been broken from the beginning. Sure, there is historical reasons why we have the system we do, but change is definitely needed. Twomey is right that a change can't be rushed and it needs to be done right (for reasons of security, compatibility, stability, etc). However, the change does need to occur and there needs to be some level of pressure to ensure that it happens.
I'd say its working quite well. I'm sorry that there are 50,000 other characters that you can't use as a doman name, but guess what? There's not room on my keyboard for 50,000 more characters.
Lets give some reasons why it is historical:
1) Westerns invented this technology 2) Westerners were smart enough to shrink their alaphabet to something manageable 3)Trying to include support for these foreign lanauges in a domain name is bad, on a data-entry scale. How are you going to type this? You're not, you're going to use some crappy program that lets you select 1 of the 50,000 characters to enter as your URL, 1 at a time. 4) Don't like it, invent some new internet and get people using that one instead.
5)Someone else pointed out that Kanji is easy to type on a latin keyboard. Thats great. I'll be dammed if I need to switch my from latin to kanji to arabic to kanji to latin just to use the internet every day. Thats why we have 1, universal character set for DNS. And it works quite well, even for non latin based languages.
I'm tired of people saying we're not helping them. We're trashing their heritage. Your lack of support for our lanauges is an insult... Whine whine whine! Get over it people. You come to market first with something, and then perhap's we make accomidations to use your technology.
The whole point about this is that it avoids walled gardens, because the DNS records are still held by ICANN. The alternative is that China decides it's had enough, and creates its own root servers, causing a very real split.
And that would be a travesty how? They don't want to have the internet anyway - it has too many things they deem "inapporiate". I think they it'd just be better off if they did have their own internet. Might make the people rebel a bit faster and overthrow that communist government and get something in there that represents real human rights.
Long legs meant to escape were useless against the new larger predators while short legs became the dominant feature since they increased climbing ability (to trees the predators could not reach).
This could simply be the animals with long legs being eaten at a more frequent rate, so the short legged lizards are the ones surviving and reproducing. This is, at best, micro-evolution. Their genetic makeup isn't changing to accomidate the need for short legs (like evolution would *know* that it needed short legs). Its selective breeding.
The 2nd amendment may have been relavent for this reason at one time, but not anymore...now it's just an excuse for gun-nuts to make sure they can still buy automatic weapons for "hunting"
Check your local DNR (dept of natural resources). Its illegal to hunt with a machinegun.
Get your facts straight before you spout off on pure emotion.
Worse, you don't even seem willing to vote for third-party candidates (their presence next election depends upon their votes in this one).
I'm sorry, but that statement there is the entire reason voting is a HUGE joke. The system is designed to keep those in power, in power.
If you have to spend $50 million on a campaign to win a seat that pays a mere $140,000 a year, then you're not there to help the people. You're there to enjoy the power trip. Our government is so dirty and so "elitist" that the common man is not represented, and our elected officials have absolutely no idea what the average American experiences everyday.
The only thing they care about, is making it difficult for the "average American" to get proper representation, because that would end their reign of power and corruption. It'd end the need to spend $50 million to get elected. It'd end the need to have %5 OF THE VOTE IN THE PREVIOUS election to get ON the ballot the NEXT election.
If voting could actually change things, it'd be illegal.
Be fair - the average goth is more likely to take both pills, and ask you if you can get them some speed.
At least they'd choose... An emo kid would just cry in a corner faced with a decision like that... (or a decision as to what condiment they want on their veggie burger)
They're not the first to use solar power. Fedex installed soloar panels a year or two ago. Other companies are doing it too.. In fact, there was a Modern Marvels show on the History Channel about alternative energy. They said the US could receive ALL of its power requirements, and then some, if the SW Nevada desert was one big solar panel (or Wind farm). Thats pretty impressive for a renewable resource.
There was also mention on that episode of a new "solar paint", using nanotech, that the scientists envision painting buildings with, so the buildings can be self powered and only on the grid for backup power. Neat stuff.
Finally, channels 14-20 might be out (the Commission has asked for more information) because 13 US cities currently use parts of that spectrum for public safety communications.'"
Wouldn't that mean that 13 US cities are currently violating FCC rules? I think they should be fined. Thats a piss poor excuse for the "We can't give you the bandwidth - these 13 cities are using it illegally, and so they need to continue doing so."
The Brits feel trapped. The UK has already taken away their guns...
Fucking gun nuts take every opportunuity to hijack a thread.
Ah yes, the "nuts" are just waiting in the shadows to hijack a thread. It appears that most of the slashdot audience is completely liberal as well, as I've been rated as a troll. Apparently the intelligent discussion of crime is beyond the slashdot audience, as we turn to an emotionally heated debate on what we believe is right, rather than relying on the numbers to speak for themselves.
Good job moderators, show your true liberal colors and keep modding me as a troll. I hope we never have a need to defend ourselves from violent attack, but I'm very glad I am able to do so.
With all due respect to the poster, that's a load of crap.
Despite what rags like the Daily Mail will have you believe, murder rates are still lower in the UK then in the US. I'm not an expert on the subject but I'd bet money that that has something to do with the fact that its far less likely that our lunatics are also gun-toting lunatics.
Then that would be a complete reversal of the situation here in the US. In the US, cities that have very strict gun control (or complete gun control, ie: no guns allowed) have the highest crime rates. In my nation's capital (Washington DC), it is illegal to own a functional gun in your own home. Washington DC has been the top, or near the top of the murder and rape capital of the US for the last 2 decades running.
In this article, it mentions Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles as being the top 3 murder cities in the US, which all have completely banned concealed carry of firearms.
So, is it really a load of crap, or are you of the belief that we should not be able to defend ourselves, and we must suffer the arrival of the police to handle all of our protection needs?
Why aren't the USians fighting back when Bush rape their liberties? They have guns, right? What are they supposed to do with them, EXACTLY? Shoot the president? No? Then what?
You're either not very intelligent, or you need to be modded as a troll. Read my post again and think about what you just said. Here, I'll even quote it for you:
The Brits feel trapped. The UK has already taken away their guns, and (surprise) crime runs out of control through their cities. Most of the Brits have gotten used to the idea that they'll never be allowed to own a gun for personal protection, and thus see this as something that can make their lives safer. It is the best brainwashing the government has ever pulled off.
So, am I abdacating presidential assassintation? Looks to me that my post states the following very clearly:Brits have gotten used to the idea that they'll never be allowed to own a gun for personal protection... So, unless the president is mugging them in the street for their wallets, then no, I'm not suggesting presidential assassintation.
Obviously english is not your first language. If I need to further explain what my post means, I would suggest enrollment into the 3nd grade, as I believe that is where you'll learn about the topic, "reading comprehension."
The Brits feel trapped. The UK has already taken away their guns, and (surprise) crime runs out of control through their cities. Most of the Brits have gotten used to the idea that they'll never be allowed to own a gun for personal protection, and thus see this as something that can make their lives safer. It is the best brainwashing the government has ever pulled off.
I was telling an attorney friend about EDR's and his response was "really? I suppose that means I can subpoena that information and admit it for evidence. Unless it's ruled self-incrimination..."...Is the information on this machine considered part of a persons "papers or effects" or is all information now property of the government court to be surrendered on demand? Is destroying this device considered tampering with evidence... do I have a right to smash up my own car (computer, books, diary, etc.)? If not, I think this intrudes on my property rights. Where does the court's right to information about me end and my rights to my own property and information begin? Is it safe to say "none of your damned business" any more?
I think the government will play their usual thrump card when it comes to driving a vehicle - "Its a privilege, not a right" bullshit, and say that in order to operate a vehicle (since its a privilege), its mandated that you have to have a functional black box. Complete BS. You never see insurance companies going out of business - its a huge money making scam.
It needs to be "Driving is a risk", not their "driving is a privilege" mantra. We need to be responsible for ourselves. The only auto insurance REQUIRED to be carried by an individual is liability, not self-coverage. If you knew "driving was a risk", and only had to cover your ass, there wouldn't exist a huge insurance scam that exists today. You may argue, "Well, if you do away with liability, how do you get money from someone when it is their fault?".. Simple: you sue them. Now, you ask "Isn't that creating more hassle?" For you, maybe. For the legal system, no. Guaranteed your insurance company will demand, argue, and ultimately sue (if needed) to extract money from the other insurance company during an accident.
Whoever came up with having to cover someone else's ass, and not your own for driving must have been an insurance salesman. Its the typical American attitude that its "someone else's responsibility" or the "its not my fault" attitude that has created a mess like this.
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You realize, of course, that if this bill passes, you'll have to register for having contributed to this discussion.
Once again I argue that we need a rating for "sad", as the reality of this isn't all that funny.
Ssh! Stop giving them ideas..
Too late comrade, too late.
Nope, more like the US decided to switch to metric and people complaining that Ford won't replace their English unit speedometer with one that has more prominent markings for metric. In both cases, the product still works but external factors make it less convenient. With Ford you have to look at the smaller metric markings. With Microsoft, you have to manually update the clock for daylight savings time twice a year. Neither case is a malfunction.
But the big picture here isn't being seen.
With Ford, you can replace the speedometer yourself if you choose. Windows (being closed source) doesn't give you that opportunity.
I won't have a problem with this. In fact, I think it's about time as a lot of things that were called Extras were actually needed items so this will be a good thing. The once CD idea rocks too.
Actually, I think this totally sucks. Fedora was the bloated distro, but what was nice about that, is if you were trying to setup a "good for everything" distro, it was the one you reached for, as it was likely to have most everything out of the box that you wanted.
What I hate is sitting down to do an install which is network based. What a waste of bandwidth too on both Fedora's and my side. Why do that? Its much better, if I'm going to be installing this more than once, to give me the damn ISO chock-full of packages, than make me download each @*&^%@! package over and over again off of their servers.
Perhaps my generation was the last one where parents normally bought their children electronics and chemistry sets. Today we would fear that the child would be shocked or chemically burned (regardless of the probability).
When I was 5, I got my first 160 in 1 Electronic Projects Kit from RadioShack. Similar to this item here. That thing was really cool, especially when I was a kid. Have you looked at what Radioshack sells these days as electronic kits? This thing is now sold as the new "rage" in kits. Its like a puzzle. To me, that is dumbing it down to the point of a child not learning anything about electronics, other than "connecting the blue piece to the red pieces makes a buzzing sound".
I bought my nephew one of the kits off of ebay, because thats the only place I could find the kits that actually teach you something about electronics.
Some other poster talked about dangerous toys being sold to weed out the stupid kids, and only let the smart ones survive. He may be on to something... Todays kids use extremely complicated electronic gadgets for their entertainment, and haven't got a clue how they work, nor do they care. Its a scary future.
Where did these people learn to drive? Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood?
On a serious note, do you know they are no longer teaching kids that you SHOULD pull out into the intersection when turning left, when the light turns green? They instead tell the kids to sit there, and not pull out an inch unless they can for sure turn. You know how many kids I've been behind lately that just continue to sit at the damn light during rush hour? They never turn. Of all the stupid things to teach someone!
Sure, if the light had a turn only arrow, that may work, but not all left turn lanes do. The only thing it does do is make everyone behind that person have very strong homicidial thoughts.
So, which portion of my tax dollars do I get back if I don't have children? Can I now opt out of my real estate taxes and about 1/2 of my state income taxes?
You see, the tax dollars you spend goes to a basic need. If you choose to not use it, you are still free to do so, but your tax money gets spent to create the infrastructure and keep the machine running
I agree with what you are saying, and also wanted to point out to others reading this article, that schools not only provide an education, but also help prevent crime. Look at any society without mandatory education for children - those children are more likely to end up turning to crime to survive if they have no job skills.
Putting our children in school was the smartest thing our government has ever done to help curb crime. I think its good use of our tax dollars.
But it's not working. Mainly for all those people that want non-latin characters. It's been broken from the beginning. Sure, there is historical reasons why we have the system we do, but change is definitely needed. Twomey is right that a change can't be rushed and it needs to be done right (for reasons of security, compatibility, stability, etc). However, the change does need to occur and there needs to be some level of pressure to ensure that it happens.
I'd say its working quite well. I'm sorry that there are 50,000 other characters that you can't use as a doman name, but guess what? There's not room on my keyboard for 50,000 more characters.
Lets give some reasons why it is historical:
1) Westerns invented this technology
2) Westerners were smart enough to shrink their alaphabet to something manageable
3)Trying to include support for these foreign lanauges in a domain name is bad, on a data-entry scale. How are you going to type this? You're not, you're going to use some crappy program that lets you select 1 of the 50,000 characters to enter as your URL, 1 at a time.
4) Don't like it, invent some new internet and get people using that one instead.
5)Someone else pointed out that Kanji is easy to type on a latin keyboard. Thats great. I'll be dammed if I need to switch my from latin to kanji to arabic to kanji to latin just to use the internet every day. Thats why we have 1, universal character set for DNS. And it works quite well, even for non latin based languages.
I'm tired of people saying we're not helping them. We're trashing their heritage. Your lack of support for our lanauges is an insult... Whine whine whine! Get over it people. You come to market first with something, and then perhap's we make accomidations to use your technology.
The whole point about this is that it avoids walled gardens, because the DNS records are still held by ICANN. The alternative is that China decides it's had enough, and creates its own root servers, causing a very real split.
And that would be a travesty how? They don't want to have the internet anyway - it has too many things they deem "inapporiate". I think they it'd just be better off if they did have their own internet. Might make the people rebel a bit faster and overthrow that communist government and get something in there that represents real human rights.
Long legs meant to escape were useless against the new larger predators while short legs became the dominant feature since they increased climbing ability (to trees the predators could not reach).
This could simply be the animals with long legs being eaten at a more frequent rate, so the short legged lizards are the ones surviving and reproducing. This is, at best, micro-evolution. Their genetic makeup isn't changing to accomidate the need for short legs (like evolution would *know* that it needed short legs). Its selective breeding.
The 2nd amendment may have been relavent for this reason at one time, but not anymore...now it's just an excuse for gun-nuts to make sure they can still buy automatic weapons for "hunting"
Check your local DNR (dept of natural resources). Its illegal to hunt with a machinegun.
Get your facts straight before you spout off on pure emotion.
Worse, you don't even seem willing to vote for third-party candidates (their presence next election depends upon their votes in this one).
I'm sorry, but that statement there is the entire reason voting is a HUGE joke. The system is designed to keep those in power, in power.
If you have to spend $50 million on a campaign to win a seat that pays a mere $140,000 a year, then you're not there to help the people. You're there to enjoy the power trip. Our government is so dirty and so "elitist" that the common man is not represented, and our elected officials have absolutely no idea what the average American experiences everyday.
The only thing they care about, is making it difficult for the "average American" to get proper representation, because that would end their reign of power and corruption. It'd end the need to spend $50 million to get elected. It'd end the need to have %5 OF THE VOTE IN THE PREVIOUS election to get ON the ballot the NEXT election.
If voting could actually change things, it'd be illegal.
Be fair - the average goth is more likely to take both pills, and ask you if you can get them some speed.
At least they'd choose... An emo kid would just cry in a corner faced with a decision like that... (or a decision as to what condiment they want on their veggie burger)
They're not the first to use solar power. Fedex installed soloar panels a year or two ago. Other companies are doing it too.. In fact, there was a Modern Marvels show on the History Channel about alternative energy. They said the US could receive ALL of its power requirements, and then some, if the SW Nevada desert was one big solar panel (or Wind farm). Thats pretty impressive for a renewable resource.
There was also mention on that episode of a new "solar paint", using nanotech, that the scientists envision painting buildings with, so the buildings can be self powered and only on the grid for backup power. Neat stuff.
Government officials find something else to tax, news at 11.
Finally, channels 14-20 might be out (the Commission has asked for more information) because 13 US cities currently use parts of that spectrum for public safety communications.'"
Wouldn't that mean that 13 US cities are currently violating FCC rules? I think they should be fined. Thats a piss poor excuse for the "We can't give you the bandwidth - these 13 cities are using it illegally, and so they need to continue doing so."
Above the law BS.
Everyone retires or downgrades their career. Most of us even change gears once or twice. Nothing to see, move along.
Yeah, except he should have quit before Howard the Duck.
The Brits feel trapped. The UK has already taken away their guns...
Fucking gun nuts take every opportunuity to hijack a thread.
Ah yes, the "nuts" are just waiting in the shadows to hijack a thread. It appears that most of the slashdot audience is completely liberal as well, as I've been rated as a troll. Apparently the intelligent discussion of crime is beyond the slashdot audience, as we turn to an emotionally heated debate on what we believe is right, rather than relying on the numbers to speak for themselves.
Good job moderators, show your true liberal colors and keep modding me as a troll. I hope we never have a need to defend ourselves from violent attack, but I'm very glad I am able to do so.
With all due respect to the poster, that's a load of crap.
Despite what rags like the Daily Mail will have you believe, murder rates are still lower in the UK then in the US. I'm not an expert on the subject but I'd bet money that that has something to do with the fact that its far less likely that our lunatics are also gun-toting lunatics.
Then that would be a complete reversal of the situation here in the US. In the US, cities that have very strict gun control (or complete gun control, ie: no guns allowed) have the highest crime rates. In my nation's capital (Washington DC), it is illegal to own a functional gun in your own home. Washington DC has been the top, or near the top of the murder and rape capital of the US for the last 2 decades running.
In this article, it mentions Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles as being the top 3 murder cities in the US, which all have completely banned concealed carry of firearms.
So, is it really a load of crap, or are you of the belief that we should not be able to defend ourselves, and we must suffer the arrival of the police to handle all of our protection needs?
What utter bullshit.
Why aren't the USians fighting back when Bush rape their liberties? They have guns, right? What are they supposed to do with them, EXACTLY? Shoot the president? No? Then what?
You're either not very intelligent, or you need to be modded as a troll. Read my post again and think about what you just said. Here, I'll even quote it for you:
The Brits feel trapped. The UK has already taken away their guns, and (surprise) crime runs out of control through their cities. Most of the Brits have gotten used to the idea that they'll never be allowed to own a gun for personal protection, and thus see this as something that can make their lives safer. It is the best brainwashing the government has ever pulled off.
So, am I abdacating presidential assassintation? Looks to me that my post states the following very clearly: Brits have gotten used to the idea that they'll never be allowed to own a gun for personal protection... So, unless the president is mugging them in the street for their wallets, then no, I'm not suggesting presidential assassintation.
Obviously english is not your first language. If I need to further explain what my post means, I would suggest enrollment into the 3nd grade, as I believe that is where you'll learn about the topic, "reading comprehension."
Why aren't the people of the UK fighting back?
The Brits feel trapped. The UK has already taken away their guns, and (surprise) crime runs out of control through their cities. Most of the Brits have gotten used to the idea that they'll never be allowed to own a gun for personal protection, and thus see this as something that can make their lives safer. It is the best brainwashing the government has ever pulled off.
That these would be a fun think to remotely hack? I wonder if they can be programmed via wifi... Oh, the possibilies of public embarrassment! :)
...What happens when we try to make things? Look at what us humans have created:
o Cars
o Computers
o condoms
Everything we make is prone to breaking and screwing up. All we'll end up doing is replacing "Mad Cow Disease" with "Mad Meat Disease".
I was telling an attorney friend about EDR's and his response was "really? I suppose that means I can subpoena that information and admit it for evidence. Unless it's ruled self-incrimination..." ...Is the information on this machine considered part of a persons "papers or effects" or is all information now property of the government court to be surrendered on demand? Is destroying this device considered tampering with evidence... do I have a right to smash up my own car (computer, books, diary, etc.)? If not, I think this intrudes on my property rights. Where does the court's right to information about me end and my rights to my own property and information begin? Is it safe to say "none of your damned business" any more?
I think the government will play their usual thrump card when it comes to driving a vehicle - "Its a privilege, not a right" bullshit, and say that in order to operate a vehicle (since its a privilege), its mandated that you have to have a functional black box. Complete BS. You never see insurance companies going out of business - its a huge money making scam.
It needs to be "Driving is a risk", not their "driving is a privilege" mantra. We need to be responsible for ourselves. The only auto insurance REQUIRED to be carried by an individual is liability, not self-coverage. If you knew "driving was a risk", and only had to cover your ass, there wouldn't exist a huge insurance scam that exists today. You may argue, "Well, if you do away with liability, how do you get money from someone when it is their fault?".. Simple: you sue them. Now, you ask "Isn't that creating more hassle?" For you, maybe. For the legal system, no. Guaranteed your insurance company will demand, argue, and ultimately sue (if needed) to extract money from the other insurance company during an accident.
Whoever came up with having to cover someone else's ass, and not your own for driving must have been an insurance salesman. Its the typical American attitude that its "someone else's responsibility" or the "its not my fault" attitude that has created a mess like this.