"Playing games for a living sounds great, but anything loses its luster once you are chained to it if you want to eat and have a place to live."
How about learning to enjoy a variety of things? Food and shelter are nice! Getting them in exchange for gaming instead of pumping porta-johns is a screaming deal!
Better make robust systems if you expect to replace paper. While my home experience is similar to yours, work is different.
The paper format is currently better in many ways for some aspects of military aircraft maintenance. The paper loose-leaf forms binder (781s for the military folks) survives being dropped much better than an Itronix or a Toughbook, and costs only a few dollars to replace. Data recovery when damaged is much easier. Paper checklists, checksheets, maps, and diagrams are convenient. They don't need batteries, advanced skills to operate, etc. The green memoranda books I've used through 26 years wouldn't amount to the cost of a cheap PDA. When I dig one out of a locker after years of disuse, it is already "powered on".
Current computers are fragile, unreliable, power hungry, and heavy. We will know when they are ready to replace paper, because they will have done it without us noticing.
Moving the pollution to a location where it may be precisely controlled has advantages over dispersed sources of less-controlled pollution maintained by their owners. When improved, less-polluting energy sources become available, it is vastly more efficient to replace individual power plants than a dispersed vehicle and vehicle support infrastructure. A central plant can be micro-managed easily.
"The simple truth is that private vehicle ownership will have to end one day, " Nice asserted conclusion, but there is no simple truth to solve the different transportation needs of communities and individuals.
"A conversion to run your existing car on methanol or something similar would do more to help the environment." Unless the methanol is produced by agribusiness who use corn which is fertilized heavily with petroleum products. Ethanol ICEs use conventional crankcase oil and anti-freeze, both sources of pollution that require periodic replacement and servicing. Batteries OTOH are easily recycled (the lead-acid variety can be scrapped at any recycler) and their material efficiently reused.
Good, make sure they get it and distribute it thoroughly. Saying that this sort of trojan is bad means nothing to the clueless. Proving that it is bad is the only way to wield a cluebat with sufficient force for effect. Nothing proves a point like public failure.
Spamhaus can elect to publish an ONTB (Ordered Not To Block) list as well as a block list. What I as an administrator choose to do with that info is up to me!
The concept of "enemy" or "friend" is too simplistic to ba applied here. Chinese government and businesses have a variety of behaviors that range from those useful to us to those damaging to us.
"If you're a democracy and liberty loving citizen, then yes, the Chinese regieme represents oppression and injustice and stands against you and your way of life."
It has also brought prosperity and economic progress unmatched in Chinese history, and all of that progress has been since 1948!. Who are we to say that an immediate and unguided transition to democracy would do better?
"However, if you're a corporate shareholder, or one of their shills in public office, then the Chinese regieme represents untold potential to shaft billions and make billions in the process. Ergo, you'll want to keep them sweet."
If those billions would only work for Western wages they could not compete and would not have the opportunity to be "exploited" by corporations. Sure, many of them work in sweatshops. Point being, they are WORKING, and the Chinese economy is booming. That is what was required to move the US and Europe into their current prosperity, so why should China be different?
"Imagine if Honda struck back against Aftermarket makers, using the DMCA, and telling people that only "Honda certified" parts are allowed in the vehicles honda bought."
If Honda did this, the only customers they would have left would be the ignorant and the fanbois. Car buyers expect choice and become angry when they don't get it.
As if we won't find out if/when the units are fielded and serviced. The company site is short on content and as useless as the article. Blue ISO containers, meh.
Giving people free stuff does not address ideological conflict. If an ideological opponent gave ME free stuff in hope that I could be bribed, I'd thank the nice man and then use it against him. If someone to whom I was indifferent gave me free stuff, I would thank the nice man and then question their motive.
The new wave of Hispanics seems to be locating outside tradtitonal areas of stagnation and choosinq areas offering different opportunity. Plenty of them are living in the South, which is where the refugees from the Rust Belt are also headed. Barrios make the news but Hispanics are all over. Desirable does not always mean urban and upscale. The growth in the South of service industries to support the population shift means jobs for Hispanics combined with a very reasonable cost of living and gentle climate. I like the idea, since if we don't breed new Americans we need to import them, and the Hispanic work ethic is impressive.
A DVD/full-featured CD install is convenient for doing additional machines, and when it's a live disk you can take advantage of that for rescue, hardware compatibility checking, and having your OS of choice portable to any machine you like. My install media weigh the same if I burn Damn Small Linux or a full DVD worth of software.:)
When their wealth is sufficient to make buying that building trivial, why shouldn't they indulge themselves? There is a difference of scale here, but it gives humans pleasure to indulge now and then. I might buy a faster computer that I need to do work, they might buy a building or several. In proportion to income, my PC is a far greater indulgence.
All the recipients need to "get" from the message is "food that advertises, nice atmosphere, come and git it!"
What underlies the (IMO incredibly arrogant) assumption that if we contact sufficiently superior beings they will regard us as anything but a useful resource?
"And don't even get me started on chemical and biological weapons"
Chems are not strategic, repeat not strategic, weapons. They don't suddenly take out cities, even the town Halabja took a lot of effort. You can dress for chems, they blow away, deteriorate in sunlight, etc. I can't wear a mask and suit that will take a nuclear blast.
BW could make a mess, but one nice (?) thing about it is the odds are decent it will spread to the attacker, and the victim can help make that happen. Another plus is that high-tech societies are less vulnerable to BW than their low-tech enemies who would use it.
"I bring my computer to you, and you fix it, but install a bunch of software I don't ask for"
I have done exactly this for many users and have never had a complaint, have beaucoup happy repeat customers, and will continue to do this for appropriate (home user) clients. I don't take away anything they were using, but I show them the new progs and point out if they don't care for them they certainly need not use them. I don't say much or anything about OSS, I just tell them the stuff is free, not trialware or adware, and it works. They use the apps, and express happiness at getting useful stuff for free.
I really DO like my happy users. When I reload Windows machines they get FireFox, OpenOffice (much handier than Works, which their bottom line boxes often come with) and VLC. When they come back for maintenance (it IS Windows after all) they say they use the software, like it, and want it back when I reload their boxes. OSS that works on Windows and Linux IMO is THE way to convert people. When they can replace their APPLICATIIONS with OSS, switching the OS will be fairly painless.
And so stumbles on the...Procurement Death Spiral....fewer planes, higher cost per unit, unstable procurement, and thrashing confusion during "Transformation".
The Navy got great use out of the F-14, but replaced it with the less-capable F-18 due to cost. It's all fun and games until someone loses a carrier..
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"Highly, highly recommended."
Especially with the Cool Desktop Switcher module.
"You say LIB-E-YA, I say LABIA, let's call the whole thing off!"
"Playing games for a living sounds great, but anything loses its luster once you are chained to it if you want to eat and have a place to live."
How about learning to enjoy a variety of things? Food and shelter are nice!
Getting them in exchange for gaming instead of pumping porta-johns is a screaming deal!
Better make robust systems if you expect to replace paper.
While my home experience is similar to yours, work is different.
The paper format is currently better in many ways for some aspects of military aircraft maintenance. The paper loose-leaf forms binder (781s for the military folks) survives being dropped much better than an Itronix or a Toughbook, and costs only a few dollars to replace. Data recovery when damaged is much easier.
Paper checklists, checksheets, maps, and diagrams are convenient. They don't need batteries, advanced skills to operate, etc. The green memoranda books I've used through 26 years wouldn't amount to the cost of a cheap PDA. When I dig one out of a locker after years of disuse, it is already "powered on".
Current computers are fragile, unreliable, power hungry, and heavy. We will know when they are ready to replace paper, because they will have done it without us noticing.
Moving the pollution to a location where it may be precisely controlled has advantages over dispersed sources of less-controlled pollution maintained by their owners. When improved, less-polluting energy sources become available, it is vastly more efficient to replace individual power plants than a dispersed vehicle and vehicle support infrastructure. A central plant can be micro-managed easily.
"The simple truth is that private vehicle ownership will have to end one day, "
Nice asserted conclusion, but there is no simple truth to solve the different transportation needs of communities and individuals.
"A conversion to run your existing car on methanol or something similar would do more to help the environment."
Unless the methanol is produced by agribusiness who use corn which is fertilized heavily with petroleum products.
Ethanol ICEs use conventional crankcase oil and anti-freeze, both sources of pollution that require periodic replacement and servicing.
Batteries OTOH are easily recycled (the lead-acid variety can be scrapped at any recycler) and their material efficiently reused.
The distributed storage model seems to be working fine, and is more fault-tolerant.
Thanks for your concern!
Good, make sure they get it and distribute it thoroughly.
Saying that this sort of trojan is bad means nothing to the clueless. Proving that it is bad is the only way to wield a cluebat with sufficient force for effect. Nothing proves a point like public failure.
Spamhaus can elect to publish an ONTB (Ordered Not To Block) list as well as a block list.
What I as an administrator choose to do with that info is up to me!
"What would the point of those be? Why would anybody waste their time setting one up? To watch a bunch of Windows-specific breakin attempts fail?"
No, to provide contrasting examples for the public.
The project was not aimed at convincing geeks.
The concept of "enemy" or "friend" is too simplistic to ba applied here.
Chinese government and businesses have a variety of behaviors that range from those useful to us to those damaging to us.
"If you're a democracy and liberty loving citizen, then yes, the Chinese regieme represents oppression and injustice and stands against you and your way of life."
It has also brought prosperity and economic progress unmatched in Chinese history, and all of that progress has been since 1948!.
Who are we to say that an immediate and unguided transition to democracy would do better?
"However, if you're a corporate shareholder, or one of their shills in public office, then the Chinese regieme represents untold potential to shaft billions and make billions in the process. Ergo, you'll want to keep them sweet."
If those billions would only work for Western wages they could not compete and would not have the opportunity to be "exploited" by corporations.
Sure, many of them work in sweatshops. Point being, they are WORKING, and the Chinese economy is booming. That is what was required to move the US and Europe into their current prosperity, so why should China be different?
"Imagine if Honda struck back against Aftermarket makers, using the DMCA, and telling people that only "Honda certified" parts are allowed in the vehicles honda bought."
If Honda did this, the only customers they would have left would be the ignorant and the fanbois.
Car buyers expect choice and become angry when they don't get it.
As if we won't find out if/when the units are fielded and serviced.
The company site is short on content and as useless as the article. Blue ISO containers, meh.
Giving people free stuff does not address ideological conflict.
If an ideological opponent gave ME free stuff in hope that I could be bribed, I'd thank the nice man and then use it against him.
If someone to whom I was indifferent gave me free stuff, I would thank the nice man and then question their motive.
"Not that I suppose anybody would want to watch it anyway... but STILL!"
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The new wave of Hispanics seems to be locating outside tradtitonal areas of stagnation and choosinq areas offering different opportunity.
Plenty of them are living in the South, which is where the refugees from the Rust Belt are also headed. Barrios make the news but Hispanics are all over. Desirable does not always mean urban and upscale.
The growth in the South of service industries to support the population shift means jobs for Hispanics combined with a very reasonable cost of living and gentle climate.
I like the idea, since if we don't breed new Americans we need to import them, and the Hispanic work ethic is impressive.
A DVD/full-featured CD install is convenient for doing additional machines, and when it's a live disk you can take advantage of that for rescue, hardware compatibility checking, and having your OS of choice portable to any machine you like. :)
My install media weigh the same if I burn Damn Small Linux or a full DVD worth of software.
When their wealth is sufficient to make buying that building trivial, why shouldn't they indulge themselves?
There is a difference of scale here, but it gives humans pleasure to indulge now and then. I might buy a faster computer
that I need to do work, they might buy a building or several. In proportion to income, my PC is a far greater indulgence.
All the recipients need to "get" from the message is "food that advertises, nice atmosphere, come and git it!"
What underlies the (IMO incredibly arrogant) assumption that if we contact sufficiently superior beings they will regard us as anything but a useful resource?
Too bad the Firesomething extension is out of date.
"And don't even get me started on chemical and biological weapons"
Chems are not strategic, repeat not strategic, weapons.
They don't suddenly take out cities, even the town Halabja took a lot of effort.
You can dress for chems, they blow away, deteriorate in sunlight, etc.
I can't wear a mask and suit that will take a nuclear blast.
BW could make a mess, but one nice (?) thing about it is the odds are decent it will spread to the attacker, and the victim can help make that happen. Another plus is that high-tech societies are less vulnerable to BW than their low-tech enemies who would use it.
"I bring my computer to you, and you fix it, but install a bunch of software I don't ask for"
I have done exactly this for many users and have never had a complaint, have beaucoup happy repeat customers, and will continue to do this for appropriate (home user) clients.
I don't take away anything they were using, but I show them the new progs and point out if they don't care for them they certainly need not use them. I don't say much or anything about OSS, I just tell them the stuff is free, not trialware or adware, and it works.
They use the apps, and express happiness at getting useful stuff for free.
I really DO like my happy users.
When I reload Windows machines they get FireFox, OpenOffice (much handier than Works, which their bottom line boxes often come with) and VLC. When they come back for maintenance (it IS Windows after all) they say they use the software, like it, and want it back when I reload their boxes.
OSS that works on Windows and Linux IMO is THE way to convert people. When they can replace their APPLICATIIONS with OSS, switching the OS will be fairly painless.
And so stumbles on the...Procurement Death Spiral....fewer planes, higher cost per unit, unstable procurement, and thrashing confusion during "Transformation".
The Navy got great use out of the F-14, but replaced it with the less-capable F-18 due to cost.
It's all fun and games until someone loses a carrier..
"Also, it would be nice if one could use WMP to rip CDs without crippling DRM."
:)
Only onerous DRM will drive consumers who are not geeks to demand something different. Bring it on!
It isn't going to be pretty when all these submarine patents surface and open fire.