they built the machine to create an atmosphere as a sort of test for humankind; if we activated it, then we were creators, kind/benevolent/wise/etc. if not, then we were greedy and stupid and wasteful. who knows what they were going to do next...
it was built for a human hand.
if you go back and look, you'll see that the switch had thumb, then index/middle fingers together, then ring, then pinky. there was also a slight curve to the angle of the fingers (iirc).
the identification scheme was a human hand upon the switch to activate it. they weren't picky which human, they just wanted *a* human to do it.
Its not a fun idea, or a ggood practive in my opinion, but I dont think its illegal or wrong. People can look
at the situation, asses the costs and risks of Win2k, and choose it or not. They are by no means limited to
only Win2k or Microsoft products
i agree. when i think about what the boss or the secretary would do if you slapped a dell/redhat box down in front of their desk instead of a windows machine, i think they would tend to do much the same that they've always done: play solitaire, check email, browse the web, and pester internal support with stupid questions.
really, to most people, what's the difference? they'll be missing the basic tidbits like being able to download realplayer8 or whatever and have it automagically work (they may have to fiddle a few things and pester internal support a bit), but my basic point here is that they'll learn a little bit, achieve a basic modicum of skill with the environment they're working with, and most likely not go very much past that point. they'll put in their 9 to 5, tell their coworker that they just don't understand how this stupid computer works (something they'd do anyway), put the phone on busy, and go home.
bad programming on the part of the virus writer, thank god. if he was smart he would've set it up to tell you to send the message on to everyone on your mailing list, and THEN delete everything on your hard disk. oh well.;)
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i'm guessing that you've never played Redneck Rampage , eh?
eudas
i suppose if you wanted to be semantic you could say that no, the internet did not exist, but the arpanet did...
(this is just going off of info from other ppl's posts, and not any inherent knowledge or research of mine. flame away...)
eudas
i've had dreams of halflife:counterstrike where i'm running around shooting people/things with a .50cal desert eagle...
eudas
makes you wonder what porn stars dream about.
eudas
(+1, funny)
eudas
can someone tell me why a Lego is the icon for this subject? toys maybe? ...?
eudas
if you have to ask 'do we have the right to do this', then yes, you do.
eudas
well, at that point, it becomes 'well, if there wasn't before, there is NOW...' :)
eudas
nah, that's Agent Smith saying that humankind 'is a virus... and we are the cure.'
same concept, diff wording. shrug.
eudas
...remember that crashed NASA probe?
eudas
Because It's There (tm).
eudas
see my other posts/replies on this subject...
eudas
they built the machine to create an atmosphere as a sort of test for humankind; if we activated it, then we were creators, kind/benevolent/wise/etc. if not, then we were greedy and stupid and wasteful. who knows what they were going to do next...
eudas
it was built for a human hand.
if you go back and look, you'll see that the switch had thumb, then index/middle fingers together, then ring, then pinky. there was also a slight curve to the angle of the fingers (iirc).
the identification scheme was a human hand upon the switch to activate it. they weren't picky which human, they just wanted *a* human to do it.
eudas
really, to most people, what's the difference? they'll be missing the basic tidbits like being able to download realplayer8 or whatever and have it automagically work (they may have to fiddle a few things and pester internal support a bit), but my basic point here is that they'll learn a little bit, achieve a basic modicum of skill with the environment they're working with, and most likely not go very much past that point. they'll put in their 9 to 5, tell their coworker that they just don't understand how this stupid computer works (something they'd do anyway), put the phone on busy, and go home.
just my $0.02...
eudas
s/there/they\'re
eudas
if you're curious, é is alt-130.
eudas
you laugh now...
watch it happen tomorrow.
eudas
er, why? (i haven't been there.)
eudas
wasn't 3dNow! just amd's hacktogether response to MMX?
eudas
...and the problem is...??
eudas
bad programming on the part of the virus writer, thank god. if he was smart he would've set it up to tell you to send the message on to everyone on your mailing list, and THEN delete everything on your hard disk. oh well. ;)
eudas
no, i would learn to associate cause and effect. do thing X, be punished. if don't want punishment, don't do thing X.
eudas
the point isn't 'how would you like it', the point is 'what would you learn from it?'. the answer that is the GOAL of the exercise is 'not to do it'.
eudas
then he wrote:
does anyone else see the irony in this?
(oh, and btw, guy: use a spellchecker, would ya?)
eudas