You know why Denmark is considered on of the happiest places in the world? Because it's looked down on culturally when you don't say your happy.
Tell us more about how these people are happy because they are oppressed into saying they are happy! I don't know about you but I would be unhappy if I were forced to be happy. But of course this is all BULLSHIT
The real reason the danes are happy is because they have good genes:
This EXACT business model was attempted by dirtpile.com 20 years ago
Any patents on this sort of thing have expired long ago
It's a CRAPPY business model, that's what to be afraid of. People don't want to rent equipment, they want to pay for the service that the equipment provides. Joe the scumbag real estate developer doesn't want to rent a bulldozer to level his lot, he wants to contract with an earth moving company to get the dirt moved. He doesn't want to hire a grunt to drive the bulldozer. He doesn't want to deal with topping off the oil and the hydraulic fluid. He wants a flat piece of land so he can call in the next set of contractors to build houses made out of ticky-tacky.
you have passed the Phoenix University course in business administration. please forward your tuition and we will send along the next lesson on how to manage a lemonade stand
what I was referring to was buying a high end car when you only need to get from a-to-b and a cheaper car would do.
"Cheap" doesn't apply only to the retail price. "cheap" can also apply to the big picture where you also factor in fuel costs, insurance, reliability (breakdowns are very expensive in many ways) and RESALE VALUE. When you combine all of these factors (including the value of your time) then the "cheapest" car may end up being the most reliable car or the one with the best resale value.
Technology is just papering over the basic truism that the humans are the weakness in any security system.
It is in their very nature to be inquisitive about the unknown, hiding secrets is intrinsically difficult for humans, given their social behavior. The human mind is not a secure vault, it can be tricked or forced or otherwise convinced to reveal its secrets in a wide variety of ways.
All of the technology for secrecy is moot when people simply open up and communicate directly with each other.
For example the government spends unknown gazillions protecting secret information and a single person can unravel large portions of it by simply standing in front of a microphone and speaking some words.
I just plug in a USB stick of the OS and away I go.
That's pretty much the procedure for installing cyanogenmod on an android tablet
I shouldn't have to do anything more complex than that for any of the newer class of computing device.
Well, there you go.
Yes indeed I choose automobiles based on how hard it is to change the oil filter, which is way more practical than you, because changing oil filters is something that is done way more often than installing an OS.
The desktop industry will have to adapt at some point
No they don't HAVE to adapt.
the above is honestly the best idea for everyone.
No, it's the best idea for YOU. Your idea SUCKS from a low-cost perspective. Connectors cost MORE than chips, not less. They are the #1 failure mode on computers, each connector adds more risk of failure and warranty expense.
Have you noticed the trend toward FEWER and FEWER connectors on computers? This is why!
And this is from someone that screws around with hardware and the like.
If you eat twinkies every day, does this make you an expert on how to make a better twinkie?
not the computer we know and love here on Slashdot
You CLAIM to speak for all slashdot users, but really you speak of the raw newbies who think computers come in a small metal box with an Intel sticker on it.
unless you like Vendor Lock-in and being told what you can and cannot run on said devices.
WOW you define words based on what you LIKE? And apparently you've ignorant of the fact that many devices can be unlocked and you can install whatever you want on them.
It's not about creature comforts, it's about error rates
Humans are imperfect, they pull the wrong drive out of the wrong server, they forget to power down before pulling, they forget to power back up afterward, they forget to set the BIOS correctly, etc.
If they judge him insane, then he can claim that he was incapable of making the decision to allow the truth serum
If they judge him sane, then he can claim that any information gathered under truth serum is tainted; since he was already sane, the truth serum can only make him less sane.
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Maybe the answer lies in cooperatives where capital and operating costs are borne by members. Or is that just way to left field?
this is a great idea, the people with the money can form cooperatives and everyone else can starve!
You know why Denmark is considered on of the happiest places in the world? Because it's looked down on culturally when you don't say your happy.
Tell us more about how these people are happy because they are oppressed into saying they are happy! I don't know about you but I would be unhappy if I were forced to be happy. But of course this is all BULLSHIT
The real reason the danes are happy is because they have good genes:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2696136/Why-people-Denmark-happy-Study-claims-Danish-DNA-king-pursuit-happiness.html
you can pretend that they have brainwashed each other into happiness but that is probably a result of your brainwashing
This EXACT business model was attempted by dirtpile.com 20 years ago
Any patents on this sort of thing have expired long ago
It's a CRAPPY business model, that's what to be afraid of. People don't want to rent equipment, they want to pay for the service that the equipment provides. Joe the scumbag real estate developer doesn't want to rent a bulldozer to level his lot, he wants to contract with an earth moving company to get the dirt moved. He doesn't want to hire a grunt to drive the bulldozer. He doesn't want to deal with topping off the oil and the hydraulic fluid. He wants a flat piece of land so he can call in the next set of contractors to build houses made out of ticky-tacky.
humans can not stop putting things and other people into groups, categories, classes, etc
There are two kinds of people, those who divide people into groups and those who don't.
of course it fails every where it is implemented
every other species gets along just fine without currency
Perhaps you can explain further why making money is fundamental to the human experience
Perhaps you can explain how the human species evolved and survived before we discovered the pleasures of profit.
Does our DNA have ascii $ characters encoded into it? just curious.
you have passed the Phoenix University course in business administration. please forward your tuition and we will send along the next lesson on how to manage a lemonade stand
communism works great for every living species except human beings
all other life manages to figure out how to feed their young and build their future without relying on currency
but humans starve to death en masse when they fail to maintain the illusion of "value" in their currency
humans are pretty stupid and frail, aren't they?
capitalism appeals to basic human nature,
"basic human nature" evolved to its present state without capitalism
capitalism appeals to the powerful who want more power
"basic human nature" wants human DNA to sustain and survive, all else is programming and brainwashing
equipment in your possession means you pay for maintenance and insurance and storage you provide the skilled operator
far better to simply contract the service of earth moving to professionals
this is why you don't rent equipment, you pay for the service of getting your hole dug, the contractor provides the gear and the personnel.
rent versus own is not the question
the problem with renting special equipment is you also have to have the trained personnel to operate it
mostly you are better off contracting the service of having the earth moved instead of renting the equipment to do it yourself
between liability insurance, government paperwork, dig safe permits etc. you are better off paying a pro to dig your hole for you
Humans share because our DNA has programmed us to share, just like it programs other animals to share
Do animals share food because they "expect a return"??? How bizarre. They share because it is in their genetic programming.
We invented the concepts of "return" and "wealth" as ways of rationalizing our impulses to share
what I was referring to was buying a high end car when you only need to get from a-to-b and a cheaper car would do.
"Cheap" doesn't apply only to the retail price. "cheap" can also apply to the big picture where you also factor in fuel costs, insurance, reliability (breakdowns are very expensive in many ways) and RESALE VALUE. When you combine all of these factors (including the value of your time) then the "cheapest" car may end up being the most reliable car or the one with the best resale value.
Technology is just papering over the basic truism that the humans are the weakness in any security system.
It is in their very nature to be inquisitive about the unknown, hiding secrets is intrinsically difficult for humans, given their social behavior. The human mind is not a secure vault, it can be tricked or forced or otherwise convinced to reveal its secrets in a wide variety of ways.
All of the technology for secrecy is moot when people simply open up and communicate directly with each other.
For example the government spends unknown gazillions protecting secret information and a single person can unravel large portions of it by simply standing in front of a microphone and speaking some words.
to place a keylogger on a computer you need the internet
Only if you buy your keyloggers at radio shack!
And if said computer is never connected to any networks how do you propose to install said keylogger?
With a screwdriver perhaps?
I just plug in a USB stick of the OS and away I go.
That's pretty much the procedure for installing cyanogenmod on an android tablet
I shouldn't have to do anything more complex than that for any of the newer class of computing device.
Well, there you go.
Yes indeed I choose automobiles based on how hard it is to change the oil filter, which is way more practical than you, because changing oil filters is something that is done way more often than installing an OS.
The desktop industry will have to adapt at some point
No they don't HAVE to adapt.
the above is honestly the best idea for everyone.
No, it's the best idea for YOU. Your idea SUCKS from a low-cost perspective. Connectors cost MORE than chips, not less. They are the #1 failure mode on computers, each connector adds more risk of failure and warranty expense.
Have you noticed the trend toward FEWER and FEWER connectors on computers? This is why!
And this is from someone that screws around with hardware and the like.
If you eat twinkies every day, does this make you an expert on how to make a better twinkie?
not the computer we know and love here on Slashdot
You CLAIM to speak for all slashdot users, but really you speak of the raw newbies who think computers come in a small metal box with an Intel sticker on it.
unless you like Vendor Lock-in and being told what you can and cannot run on said devices.
WOW you define words based on what you LIKE? And apparently you've ignorant of the fact that many devices can be unlocked and you can install whatever you want on them.
your anti-social response tells me everything I need to know
i feel like it's gotten easier to just upgrade
Why do people insist on taking their own personal anecdotes and projecting them onto the rest of the industry?
I feel like going for a swim today, does this mean the computer industry should make a waterproof model?
Nearly every person I know who owns a smartphone and/or a tablet also has some sort of PC.
"Acquaintance of a slashdot user" is probably the WORST way to pick a statistical sample, your anecdote is WORSE than USELESS.
> Since poor people get most of the benefits the government hands out, it's only fair that they should pay for them.
Yes indeed it makes lots of sense to give people money and then take it back from them!
Would it not be much less hassle and paperwork to simply not give them the money that they would have paid in taxes?
Or perhaps you like the idea of big government churn?
> If you don't exploit all the loopholes you can then you're a fool and your shareholders will crucify you.
And yet somehow it's okay to pay lobbyists
It's not about creature comforts, it's about error rates
Humans are imperfect, they pull the wrong drive out of the wrong server, they forget to power down before pulling, they forget to power back up afterward, they forget to set the BIOS correctly, etc.
The room for improvement is in fewer errors.
If they judge him insane, then he can claim that he was incapable of making the decision to allow the truth serum
If they judge him sane, then he can claim that any information gathered under truth serum is tainted; since he was already sane, the truth serum can only make him less sane.