I find it interesting that, in quest of featuritis, designers implement consumer-quality systems that lack VERY SIMPLE safeguards. Direct physical connection of steering columns, braking systems, and throttles (so they act as a stopcock, it's good enough for jet fighters!) should be mandatory.
Yes, I know some commercial systems have done acceptably, but consumer shit will NEVER be of that quality due to price competition, and consumers won't maintain their vehicles like aircraft.
After Ars sold out (kudos to the creators for making money on a very good site) this was inevitable.
Dear website management everywhere:
I block what annoys me. I'M the CUSTOMER for your content. I'm all about me. If I like you, because you please me, I will be supportive. If I like the content but your adverts irk me, I will block them and browse anyway. I don't care what you like. Know that.
Please me or fuck you, that simple. No, I don't really care if your business model fails. That's Capitalism. The market decides. I'm the market.
I can use convictions to pre-emptively exclude those convicted. That does in NO WAY mean that I'd take no precautions regarding people who have not been convicted. Living in a "good" neighborhood does not ensure one will avoid being a crime victim, but makes more sense than living in a "bad" area. Just as I choose economic segregation to protect MY interests, I would prefer to not extend myself to those I can exclude as threats.
It does not serve ME to have animal (or human) abusers in my space because their willingness to abuse indicates they are fundamentally toxic, Since this is all about me, not them, I want access to useful information that serves MY interests. The people I choose to exclude can go live their lives without my assistance, and nothing is lost thereby. I don't wish to foment hysteria, but don't try to imply that I have any obligation to such folk other than that set out in law.
Drugs outside school are a police problem, but easy enough to interdict in school. Run K-9 units through every day, have lockers with screens instead of opaque doors, and turn problem schools into mini-police states because nothing else works.
Expel the bad kids in order to save the good ones who don't deserve to live in a Hellmouth. If one must pretend there is hope for the total thugs, send them to a school where they won't ruin things for the youth who actually want a future.
Imposed discipline is the foundation of self-discipline. That's why basic military training produces people with a high degree of self-mastery and public schools in the US don't produce much at all.
This is also why we should have school choice legislation. Parents who care enough about their kids to help them escape the system shouldn't have to support the system at the same time.
"The only really important thing to know is how much of a risk the person is to society "
One way to minimize that risk is to give other humans the tools to choose if they will embrace or reject the folks on the list. You are perfectly free to hire, rent to, and otherwise seek economic and physical closeness with whoever you wish, criminal record or not.
Why should I not be free to know the _criminal_conviction_ history of those I have dealings with and decide for myself?
"Beware those who would deny you Information. For in their heart they dream themselves your master."
Convictions for animal abuse are public record. They should be available so those of us who wish to know their employees, neighbors, or renters background can avoid being blindsided by some psycho. "Paying your debt to society" doesn't in any way equate to "being a permanently changed person".
It is also entirely possible that your hospital leadership is corrupt and being rewarded for their choice. That inference is always reasonable and there is no reason not to assume they may be on the take.
"How many of these kids who may have grown up to enjoy classical music are turned off by it forever?"
Who cares about what chavs enjoy? Repel them and be done with it. Such folks don't change, at least for the better. Those who are worthy to appreciate good music will self-select without assistance.
I like classical, and would take advantage of going where it repels those who do not.
[quote] In Korea, only old people use Windows. Then they get arrested for promoting capitalism. [/quote] If that's what it takes to get LOTD, don't kvetch!
You'll still get screwed by paying for the other business users who pass their expense on to you.
PCs with malware should be shut off by the ISP, and, ideally, crackers should start writing destructive viruses to break unsecured machines.
People who can't be bothered to secure their toys should have them taken offline (preferably rendered unbootable) rather than used as weapons against the rest of us. Nothing else will work, we know nothing else will work, so we should start advocating what will work. Enough with being nice.
There is no hope for peaceful change so there is no reason to advocate peaceful change.
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The discipline should be performance testing.
You either master your subject or you do not, and if you choose to fail the course then it's on you.
"Want to bet that Novell becomes a litigation factory eventually?"
SCO is dead. Long live SCOvell!
This thread is worthless without pics!
"Then implementing something that requires your servers to be available 24/7 OR ELSE is patently stupid."
So is buying a game from such a company...
I find it interesting that, in quest of featuritis, designers implement consumer-quality systems that lack VERY SIMPLE safeguards. Direct physical connection of steering columns, braking systems, and throttles (so they act as a stopcock, it's good enough for jet fighters!) should be mandatory.
Yes, I know some commercial systems have done acceptably, but consumer shit will NEVER be of that quality due to price competition, and consumers won't maintain their vehicles like aircraft.
To be fair, browsing the Web using Windows is high-risk.
If you can't abide Linux due to gaming, use a Linux browser appliance and browse with that. It won't be enough load on a gaming PC to matter.
"Paywall here we come!!!"
Buh-bye!!!
After Ars sold out (kudos to the creators for making money on a very good site) this was inevitable.
Dear website management everywhere:
I block what annoys me. I'M the CUSTOMER for your content. I'm all about me. If I like you, because you please me, I will be supportive. If I like the content but your adverts irk me, I will block them and browse anyway. I don't care what you like. Know that.
Please me or fuck you, that simple. No, I don't really care if your business model fails. That's Capitalism. The market decides. I'm the market.
I can use convictions to pre-emptively exclude those convicted. That does in NO WAY mean that I'd take no precautions regarding people who have not been convicted. Living in a "good" neighborhood does not ensure one will avoid being a crime victim, but makes more sense than living in a "bad" area. Just as I choose economic segregation to protect MY interests, I would prefer to not extend myself to those I can exclude as threats.
It does not serve ME to have animal (or human) abusers in my space because their willingness to abuse indicates they are fundamentally toxic, Since this is all about me, not them, I want access to useful information that serves MY interests. The people I choose to exclude can go live their lives without my assistance, and nothing is lost thereby. I don't wish to foment hysteria, but don't try to imply that I have any obligation to such folk other than that set out in law.
Drugs outside school are a police problem, but easy enough to interdict in school. Run K-9 units through every day, have lockers with screens instead of opaque doors, and turn problem schools into mini-police states because nothing else works.
Expel the bad kids in order to save the good ones who don't deserve to live in a Hellmouth. If one must pretend there is hope for the total thugs, send them to a school where they won't ruin things for the youth who actually want a future.
Imposed discipline is the foundation of self-discipline. That's why basic military training produces people with a high degree of self-mastery and public schools in the US don't produce much at all.
This is also why we should have school choice legislation. Parents who care enough about their kids to help them escape the system shouldn't have to support the system at the same time.
"The only really important thing to know is how much of a risk the person is to society "
One way to minimize that risk is to give other humans the tools to choose if they will embrace or reject the folks on the list. You are perfectly free to hire, rent to, and otherwise seek economic and physical closeness with whoever you wish, criminal record or not.
Why should I not be free to know the _criminal_conviction_ history of those I have dealings with and decide for myself?
Those examples are not of _convictions_ by a court of law.
Precisely why shouldn't PUBLIC information, be conveniently PUBLIC?
"The concept of doing this gradually over time seems, if anything, more humane."
Feature erosion is common in marriage. One gets used to it over time...
"Lets make a public registry for every felony"
An excellent idea.
Practical enough, and the very public knowledge of criminal tendencies would leave criminals fewer places to hide.
Your sig, sir:
"Beware those who would deny you Information. For in their heart they dream themselves your master."
Convictions for animal abuse are public record. They should be available so those of us who wish to know their employees, neighbors, or renters background can avoid being blindsided by some psycho. "Paying your debt to society" doesn't in any way equate to "being a permanently changed person".
"By doing this it allows them to exert control over people who have served their time. These registries are bad news."
Not to those of us who want to ensure they never hire or patronize such folk.
What SHOULD be included is specific case info so viewers can sort bullshit convictions from appropriate punishment.
It is also entirely possible that your hospital leadership is corrupt and being rewarded for their choice. That inference is always reasonable and there is no reason not to assume they may be on the take.
"How many of these kids who may have grown up to enjoy classical music are turned off by it forever?"
Who cares about what chavs enjoy? Repel them and be done with it. Such folks don't change, at least for the better.
Those who are worthy to appreciate good music will self-select without assistance.
I like classical, and would take advantage of going where it repels those who do not.
Possibly the customers they don't want. Young chavs will become old chavs, and no more desirable as clientele.
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In Korea, only old people use Windows. Then they get arrested for promoting capitalism.
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If that's what it takes to get LOTD, don't kvetch!
"Sadly, I can't think of any viable solution to the problem."
Live elsewhere and laugh as their economy crashes? They voted and are getting exactly what they asked for.
I've now found my ideal barrier plant! :)
Thank you.
"And we've all been there, right?!?"
That bottle was hell to get out. Damn Grolsch with the ceramic stopper....
"only to prolong his pathetic existence."
He's rich, and the only people who consider him pathetic are exactly the folks he doesn't care about.
You'll still get screwed by paying for the other business users who pass their expense on to you.
PCs with malware should be shut off by the ISP, and, ideally, crackers should start writing destructive viruses to break unsecured machines.
People who can't be bothered to secure their toys should have them taken offline (preferably rendered unbootable) rather than used as weapons against the rest of us. Nothing else will work, we know nothing else will work, so we should start advocating what will work. Enough with being nice.
There is no hope for peaceful change so there is no reason to advocate peaceful change.