When someone hacks into a computer and causes someone to die or destroys some military asset as a direct result of that hack, then I will consider it to be "warfare"
Just to play devil's advocate for a minute:
That idea is very similar to the concept of "put the stop light in after someone gets killed at the intersection, and not before"
While I agree that it will probably be a lot more entertaining for a lot of people, consider the collateral damage that will undoubtedly be inflicted against a lot of other people (ie, techs who actually understand the internet). If congress ever actually gets their heads around the idea that the internet is almost impossible to control there will be attempted crackdowns and all manner of hell before they give up.
Depends on which country you are talking about. We owe China a lot of money. On the other hand, plenty of countries in Africa and the Middle East "borrow" money from us all the time (which we likely will never get back). So you're right, America is not the world's creditor. We don't really lend that much money at all, since lending implies that we'll get it back.
(This post sounds a little like flamebait, and I apologize for that. I'm not trying to anger anyone, just trying to point something out).
Besides, Walmart dwarfs every other individual retailer, and yet you can still shop elsewhere. All you're saying is that Apple is the Walmart of smartphones and tablets.
I dislike Apple as much as the next guy, but making a comparison between them and Walmart is just cruel... Their products are nowhere near that bad.
To be fair, both Apple and Amazon are involved in many other markets then mobile phones/tablets. They can afford to even lose money/marketshare on their tablets. Nokia and Motorola, on the other hand, cannot.
1. Open the app store doors a bit more. (This isn't technical they just need to change their rules to allow more apps in the do things they are currently rejecting)
2. Allow Android comparability. Android Apps are Java Based. Apple can put in a java interpreter and run Android apps. (So to the buyer... This things runs Android and iOS apps while this only runs Android... I guess I will pick the first one)
I really don't think Apple would ever do either of these things. It's just not how they operate. Then again with Jobs gone they may change some of that culture...
A lot of PC developers get around that by releasing a beta preview (or do as Google does and just release everything as beta). Then they get tons of usage data, and most people realize it's in beta, it will break sometimes. But from what I can tell there isn't really an easy mechanism for doing this with phones (and people would get much more upset if apps broke).
Eh, I think they would stop peanut butter. I had my toothpaste taken away from me by the TSA, and that, like peanut butter, is a soft-paste-like thing. Maybe peanut butter frozen solid?
Hmm, just out of curiosity, imagine if they did actually did this. Doesn't that mean the domain would be unavailable for Gingrich to use himself? Maybe they'd add in some sort of clause in SOPA for reactivating a takedown domain.
For the much more regular tasks, such as regular software updates, bittorrent is rather useless, as it has no real support for frequently changing collections of small files
Most major Blizzard games (including WoW) use p2p for updates. A good deal of other popular multiplayer games do as well.
If you declared a law that everything over 200k a person makes would go to the government it would be about 2 trillion dollars or enough to run the country for less then 2 months
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even China get aid.
Nowadays we call it "loan repayments" :P
Oh i fully agree with you.
And the poster in question isn't right anyway... The countries that "hate" the US aren't the ones asking for aid...
When someone hacks into a computer and causes someone to die or destroys some military asset as a direct result of that hack, then I will consider it to be "warfare"
Just to play devil's advocate for a minute:
That idea is very similar to the concept of "put the stop light in after someone gets killed at the intersection, and not before"
While I agree that it will probably be a lot more entertaining for a lot of people, consider the collateral damage that will undoubtedly be inflicted against a lot of other people (ie, techs who actually understand the internet). If congress ever actually gets their heads around the idea that the internet is almost impossible to control there will be attempted crackdowns and all manner of hell before they give up.
Depends on which country you are talking about. We owe China a lot of money. On the other hand, plenty of countries in Africa and the Middle East "borrow" money from us all the time (which we likely will never get back). So you're right, America is not the world's creditor. We don't really lend that much money at all, since lending implies that we'll get it back.
(This post sounds a little like flamebait, and I apologize for that. I'm not trying to anger anyone, just trying to point something out).
If only they'd declared a war on pirating....
Wasn't that THIS year?
Besides, Walmart dwarfs every other individual retailer, and yet you can still shop elsewhere. All you're saying is that Apple is the Walmart of smartphones and tablets.
I dislike Apple as much as the next guy, but making a comparison between them and Walmart is just cruel... Their products are nowhere near that bad.
To be fair, both Apple and Amazon are involved in many other markets then mobile phones/tablets. They can afford to even lose money/marketshare on their tablets. Nokia and Motorola, on the other hand, cannot.
Most web developers are moving away from Java/Flash and towards HTML5.
1. Open the app store doors a bit more. (This isn't technical they just need to change their rules to allow more apps in the do things they are currently rejecting) 2. Allow Android comparability. Android Apps are Java Based. Apple can put in a java interpreter and run Android apps. (So to the buyer... This things runs Android and iOS apps while this only runs Android... I guess I will pick the first one)
I really don't think Apple would ever do either of these things. It's just not how they operate. Then again with Jobs gone they may change some of that culture...
A lot of PC developers get around that by releasing a beta preview (or do as Google does and just release everything as beta). Then they get tons of usage data, and most people realize it's in beta, it will break sometimes. But from what I can tell there isn't really an easy mechanism for doing this with phones (and people would get much more upset if apps broke).
What were they supposed to do, tear up their entire crop? Generally most farmers can't afford to do that.
Um, they're not turning off _your_ mail server, they're just turning off their own.
If you're a VW employee then in all likelihood your mail server IS their mail server, at least for corporate email.
Eh, I think they would stop peanut butter. I had my toothpaste taken away from me by the TSA, and that, like peanut butter, is a soft-paste-like thing. Maybe peanut butter frozen solid?
Step 4 - Get fired from your job.
This.
That's genius. I imagine even now a high level TSA official is scratching his/her head as they try to decide if they should allow ice or not.
Does that force Windows to allow any login? Seems to me like it would just lock up the entire system and no one would be able to get in.
Hmm, just out of curiosity, imagine if they did actually did this. Doesn't that mean the domain would be unavailable for Gingrich to use himself? Maybe they'd add in some sort of clause in SOPA for reactivating a takedown domain.
For the much more regular tasks, such as regular software updates, bittorrent is rather useless, as it has no real support for frequently changing collections of small files
Most major Blizzard games (including WoW) use p2p for updates. A good deal of other popular multiplayer games do as well.
There's a very large comment thread above discussing this exact thing. Apparently they CAN be used for hunting (which is news to me as well).
"You're going to kill me? With a soup cup?"
"It's tea, actually"
"What's that?"
"I'm going to kill you with my teacup."
FTFY
Hmm, by that logic, isn't it really physics that kills people?
If you declared a law that everything over 200k a person makes would go to the government it would be about 2 trillion dollars or enough to run the country for less then 2 months
Ahhh but you forget! Corporations are people too.
Cool! Thanks for the info.