Yes, we all wish that the computer world was free from attacks. That would be a great world. But since we live in this world, the environmental metaphor is apt.
Have we conclusively shown that relativity isn't quite exactly right? Or do you just mean that relativity hasn't been rectified with quantum mechanics?
Well, okay, I don't know if you got to my second paragraph, but like I said, I'm not particularly interested in internet in my car, at least not for browsing while I'm driving.
The significant conveniences of home, of which I speak, are a heater, a radio, a big cushy seat, cup holders -- you know, the stuff that adds "bloat" to a car. I like that bloat.
And I don't have these myself, but other things would be nice like heated seats, satellite radio, a nice soft suspension, stuff like that.
You seem to have some serious anger. I'm not sure why that is, but try to get some perspective.
Yeah. It makes me crazy too. I had a leisurely five minute walk to my previous job, and I liked that. Alas, commute time is a tradeoff with other things. Still, I have it far better than some.
Look, to be honest, I don't use FireFox because it is awesome, although it is pretty awesome. I use FireFox because it has AdBlock, which is the killer app for websites. Without AdBlock, the internet becomes immediately useless, with too much noise-to-signal. Other browsers have less compelling ad-blocking extensions; not compelling enough to use. My opinion of this "JetPack" thing will rise or fall with the success of AdBlock.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Modern cars have expected lifetimes of way way more than five years -- more like thirty years. Are you sure you didn't flip your facts? Cars from the 70s and 80s didn't last nearly so long as modern cars, which have all sorts of special materials which break down far slower than older cars.
It's true that old 'classic' cars were easier to fix, because they were less subtle and complicated, and all of the parts were human-scale instead of microchip-scale. That is indeed a benefit to backyard mechanics, but everyone else benefits from the superior workmanship, materials, and safety systems of modern cars and trucks. In fact one part of the problem faced by auto manufacturers are that they last so long that a person need not buy a new car so often.
I also call shenanigans on your claim to know people who used up six cars in thirty years. The only way that could be possible is if you are referring to six *used* cars, which of course negates the statistic.
I spend an hour a day in the car. I spend about six waking hours a day in my home. So it makes sense to me that a car should have a significant portion of the conveniences of home.
This particular convenience, however, doesn't interest me.
Wow, it's been a long time since I met somebody who didn't know the difference between a computer and a paycheck. To me, the difference is so obvious that I forget how some people might be confused.
You should realize that twelve percent is big in some contexts, and small in some other contexts, and medium in some other contexts.
Oh, yes! I was using an ATM one time and it crashed, straight up crashed, like blue-screen-of-death-style crashed. It blinked off and automatically rebooted, and I excitedly thought to try to give it input during the boot sequence (pure shenanigans). But as you would hope, nothing I pressed had any effect. It booted, showed a desktop (which was very weird on an ATM screen), then automatically started the ATM software, which then showed me the main ATM screen. I got cash.
Uh huh. Okay, that's fine. You can keep track of time that way, and good luck communicating with the rest of the people in the world. Also, good luck celebrating decades and centuries and millenia one year after everyone else. Those are both equally valid and silly things to do.
Whoa. You just blew my mind by suggesting that we were isolationists during WW2. All I can say is that you and I clearly have different notions isolationism, since yours somehow includes "the hugest mobilization of a military to fight in a foreign war in the history of the world".
There is no reason for us to continue this discussion, since there is no way you will convince me that we were isolationist during WW2. Good luck with your theory.
No, no. What I'm saying is that decades and millenia, like the days of a week, do not depend on the "beginning" date of a calendar. We don't restart the days of the week at the beginning of the year (or at the beginning of year 1), and nor is there any reason we must begin decades or millenia there. Obviously, the vast majority of people do not, in fact, begin decades and millenia at year 1. It's fine if you want to do so, and celebrate a year after everyone else, but the rest of us chortle at your attempt to call us "wrong". We're not wrong, and neither are you. You start counting one place, we start counting another. It's fine either way, but you don't have a monopoly on the interpretation of the passing of time.
The fact is, the people of the US were better off when we were mostly isolationist
In what alternate reality was the 1800s better for America than the 1900s? Are you aware of the 1900s being called "The American Century"? Is it warm and sunny inside your imagination?
The fact is, no people of any country have ever been better off with "extremely limited foreign trade partners".
Besides, I don't think even in the 1800s were we "mostly isolationist". We've had aggressive foreign policy since pretty much the beginning.
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Yes, we all wish that the computer world was free from attacks. That would be a great world. But since we live in this world, the environmental metaphor is apt.
Your nuts? Whose nuts?
Hmmm, I don't think "peer review" can be satisfied by "amateur review". Amateurs can sometimes make some interesting contributions, but not usually.
If you allow special pleading, then nothing can ever be proved wrong. That's why science doesn't allow it.
By the way, I have a pet dragon.
Have we conclusively shown that relativity isn't quite exactly right? Or do you just mean that relativity hasn't been rectified with quantum mechanics?
Well, okay, I don't know if you got to my second paragraph, but like I said, I'm not particularly interested in internet in my car, at least not for browsing while I'm driving.
The significant conveniences of home, of which I speak, are a heater, a radio, a big cushy seat, cup holders -- you know, the stuff that adds "bloat" to a car. I like that bloat.
And I don't have these myself, but other things would be nice like heated seats, satellite radio, a nice soft suspension, stuff like that.
You seem to have some serious anger. I'm not sure why that is, but try to get some perspective.
Yeah. It makes me crazy too. I had a leisurely five minute walk to my previous job, and I liked that. Alas, commute time is a tradeoff with other things. Still, I have it far better than some.
Look, to be honest, I don't use FireFox because it is awesome, although it is pretty awesome. I use FireFox because it has AdBlock, which is the killer app for websites. Without AdBlock, the internet becomes immediately useless, with too much noise-to-signal. Other browsers have less compelling ad-blocking extensions; not compelling enough to use. My opinion of this "JetPack" thing will rise or fall with the success of AdBlock.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Modern cars have expected lifetimes of way way more than five years -- more like thirty years. Are you sure you didn't flip your facts? Cars from the 70s and 80s didn't last nearly so long as modern cars, which have all sorts of special materials which break down far slower than older cars.
It's true that old 'classic' cars were easier to fix, because they were less subtle and complicated, and all of the parts were human-scale instead of microchip-scale. That is indeed a benefit to backyard mechanics, but everyone else benefits from the superior workmanship, materials, and safety systems of modern cars and trucks. In fact one part of the problem faced by auto manufacturers are that they last so long that a person need not buy a new car so often.
I also call shenanigans on your claim to know people who used up six cars in thirty years. The only way that could be possible is if you are referring to six *used* cars, which of course negates the statistic.
I spend an hour a day in the car. I spend about six waking hours a day in my home. So it makes sense to me that a car should have a significant portion of the conveniences of home.
This particular convenience, however, doesn't interest me.
Obviously, because phones can't be marketed as "social media", even though, really, they absolutely are.
It's hard for me to be sure, but I think that was the point the OP was trying to make in an ironic way. Or, maybe not. /shrugs
Here's some that you didn't consider:
Golly, there are so many ways that Apple is irrelevant!
read up on developer's issues with the Android platform
Yes, yes, but it's hard to choose just one developer when there are so many!
Wow, it's been a long time since I met somebody who didn't know the difference between a computer and a paycheck. To me, the difference is so obvious that I forget how some people might be confused.
You should realize that twelve percent is big in some contexts, and small in some other contexts, and medium in some other contexts.
So... it's not a niche because you are inside the niche?
You got modded troll for that comment? Sheesh, tough crowd.
Oh, yes! I was using an ATM one time and it crashed, straight up crashed, like blue-screen-of-death-style crashed. It blinked off and automatically rebooted, and I excitedly thought to try to give it input during the boot sequence (pure shenanigans). But as you would hope, nothing I pressed had any effect. It booted, showed a desktop (which was very weird on an ATM screen), then automatically started the ATM software, which then showed me the main ATM screen. I got cash.
Uh huh. Okay, that's fine. You can keep track of time that way, and good luck communicating with the rest of the people in the world. Also, good luck celebrating decades and centuries and millenia one year after everyone else. Those are both equally valid and silly things to do.
Whoa. You just blew my mind by suggesting that we were isolationists during WW2. All I can say is that you and I clearly have different notions isolationism, since yours somehow includes "the hugest mobilization of a military to fight in a foreign war in the history of the world".
There is no reason for us to continue this discussion, since there is no way you will convince me that we were isolationist during WW2. Good luck with your theory.
No, no. What I'm saying is that decades and millenia, like the days of a week, do not depend on the "beginning" date of a calendar. We don't restart the days of the week at the beginning of the year (or at the beginning of year 1), and nor is there any reason we must begin decades or millenia there. Obviously, the vast majority of people do not, in fact, begin decades and millenia at year 1. It's fine if you want to do so, and celebrate a year after everyone else, but the rest of us chortle at your attempt to call us "wrong". We're not wrong, and neither are you. You start counting one place, we start counting another. It's fine either way, but you don't have a monopoly on the interpretation of the passing of time.
The fact is, the people of the US were better off when we were mostly isolationist
In what alternate reality was the 1800s better for America than the 1900s? Are you aware of the 1900s being called "The American Century"? Is it warm and sunny inside your imagination?
The fact is, no people of any country have ever been better off with "extremely limited foreign trade partners".
Besides, I don't think even in the 1800s were we "mostly isolationist". We've had aggressive foreign policy since pretty much the beginning.
So who is the dictator with complete power, the President or the Governor of NJ?
I mean, really, you make a quaint point, but I hope you intended for the rest of us to roll our eyes at the hyperbole.
Why not? It's a creative work that has value.