America pays a boat load of money on a military to protect its citizens from forigen invaders.
America pays a boatload of money on various law enforcement agencies to protect its citizens from crime.
America pays a boatload of money on fire departments to protect, or at least reduce the impact of fire on its citizens.
For all of these, we don't blink an eye. Nobody is out there saying "If you don't want your house robbed, get a gun and protect it", or "We're not going to send a fire truck to your house (for free) if you're a smoker or someone who uses a fire place." The goal of "protecting" found in all of the above examples are universal; no matter who the citizen is or what lifestyle he or she leads, they will receive free protection.
So why is it such a big deal to suggest that in addition to safety, crime or fire, the government throw in a boatload of money for protecting its citizens from illness?
From personal experience, that's not really all that true. I attended an Obama rally with my wife (both of us white) and we got there early enough to sit behind Obama. The racial makeup of the crowd in that section was mostly reflective of the racial makeup of the country. In fact, we sat next to a very nice African American couple.
You should have looked at the book next to it on the shelf, "Reading about Writing Dummy Books for Dummies". It explained in great detail that it's usually a bad idea.
That wasn't his point. It was pretty obvious that he was comparing Firefox's development with other browser developments (IE etc.).
And it does raise an interesting question about capitalism. Why would they--not just firefox but MS and Google, among others--compete so much to be #1 when they're not charging a dime for the product?
The reason today's computers are so ridiculously slow is because they load a bunch of crap.
Moreover, a lot of that crap is outrageously bloated. Why the heck does my printer need a 80mb driver? 16 years ago, I could print just fine despite only having an 80mb HDD for the whole computer.
Everything in Oregon is weird. We can't pump our own gas, we don't pay sales tax, and we do all of our voting by mail. It makes no sense, and it's ripe for corruption (though nobody has called the "C" word so far. At least not lately)
But it's kind of nice. No computers, no machines, just fill out your ballot and mail it in. I got my ballot in the mail yesterday. I've plenty of time to research the state and local ballot, so I can make an informed decision.
My favorite drink is a gin and tonic, with a splash of lime. I'm not drinking it to get drunk, I'm drinking them to fight off malaria and scurvy. Perhaps I'll take up beer more often now to help with cancer.
I read it the same as well, thinking "once a bear has developed a taste for human cancer, it will not stop until it mauls all the cancer out of you". Then I thought "Gosh, if I go camping, I really hope I don't have testicular cancer".
Will this mean I'll have to buy a new TV set, a new stereo receiver, a new DVD player, a new Cellphone, a new car stereo and reconfigure all of my PCs to be "Merlin enabled"?
Probably not, since whenever someone claims it will be "more difficult to circumvent then current DRM schemes", that seems to be a challenge to some of the more clever programmers to break it.
It works out being good. Those who get mod points who mod insightful or intelligent comments down without understanding of their context don't deserve to be mods, simply because if we can't trust them to distinguish between a good post and something worthy of being modded down, we probably can't trust them to recognize something that deserves to be modded up.
It's all about convergence. It's not unthinkable to believe that in 10-15 years your cellphone WILL be your computer, your media server, your video game console system etc. It'll just depend on what you plug it into.
And your cell provider will become your ISP. And all will be right with the world.
The Federal government has my photo from my passport stored somewhere.
It has my DNA from my stint in the Army.
It has has my fingerprints from security clearance applications and several FBI background checks I've had to go through to be a teacher.
My only solace is, in all of my photos for federal documents I'm frowning like an NFL star posing for a picture, and on all my Facebook pictures I'm smiling.
Though when it comes down to it, if the government goes to crap, I'm screwed.
With NTSC analog TV going away next year, one of our big identifiable sources dies
True, but any alien civilization that has been viewing our broadcasts has been given fair warning of the switch and have been told where they can obtain a digital receiver box with a government coupon.
That theory is backed up by Star Trek. Where there are few alien civilizations that differ than us in their appearance, and they too all speak English (Some of them have their own language, like the Klingons, but they can all speak English very well)
I'm a little bit older, so to me the suffux "2,000" sounds all futuristic and spacey, despite the year 2,000 happened 8 years ago.
Because I'm older, I probably would be in the position to purchase software, so such gimmicks would probably work for me.
Of course, if you really want to get my attention, you need to add a prefix to the software title. Let's say you're developing software that integrates certain proprietary database formats into a universal format, and you call it "Spectraview" or something.
Spectraview 1.0 sounds kind of low rent. Spectraview 2000 sounds shiny, as if it was developed with NASA technology.
But add a prefix, like somebody's name, and you get something like "Tom Clancy's Spectraview 2000". Which sounds pretty darn cool.
You can tell your marketing guys this. Claim the idea as your own. I don't care. I'm still waiting for "Jane Austin's MS Paint 2000" to be bundled with the next version of windows.
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That's why I have all of my servers set to operate without rhythm, so as not to attract the worm.
Here's the thing:
America pays a boat load of money on a military to protect its citizens from forigen invaders.
America pays a boatload of money on various law enforcement agencies to protect its citizens from crime.
America pays a boatload of money on fire departments to protect, or at least reduce the impact of fire on its citizens.
For all of these, we don't blink an eye. Nobody is out there saying "If you don't want your house robbed, get a gun and protect it", or "We're not going to send a fire truck to your house (for free) if you're a smoker or someone who uses a fire place." The goal of "protecting" found in all of the above examples are universal; no matter who the citizen is or what lifestyle he or she leads, they will receive free protection.
So why is it such a big deal to suggest that in addition to safety, crime or fire, the government throw in a boatload of money for protecting its citizens from illness?
From personal experience, that's not really all that true. I attended an Obama rally with my wife (both of us white) and we got there early enough to sit behind Obama. The racial makeup of the crowd in that section was mostly reflective of the racial makeup of the country. In fact, we sat next to a very nice African American couple.
You should have looked at the book next to it on the shelf, "Reading about Writing Dummy Books for Dummies". It explained in great detail that it's usually a bad idea.
Or just use small RC cars rigged with explosives. Perhaps none of the terrorfolk have seen The Dead Pool.
That wasn't his point. It was pretty obvious that he was comparing Firefox's development with other browser developments (IE etc.).
And it does raise an interesting question about capitalism. Why would they--not just firefox but MS and Google, among others--compete so much to be #1 when they're not charging a dime for the product?
I want the old slashdot back!
You must be new here.
That is a cool feature; you get advanced warning (subtle) that the phone is going to ring.
I thought that was an intentional "feature" of the phone. I wonder why they never marketed it as such.
The reason today's computers are so ridiculously slow is because they load a bunch of crap.
Moreover, a lot of that crap is outrageously bloated. Why the heck does my printer need a 80mb driver? 16 years ago, I could print just fine despite only having an 80mb HDD for the whole computer.
Everything in Oregon is weird. We can't pump our own gas, we don't pay sales tax, and we do all of our voting by mail. It makes no sense, and it's ripe for corruption (though nobody has called the "C" word so far. At least not lately)
But it's kind of nice. No computers, no machines, just fill out your ballot and mail it in. I got my ballot in the mail yesterday. I've plenty of time to research the state and local ballot, so I can make an informed decision.
My favorite drink is a gin and tonic, with a splash of lime. I'm not drinking it to get drunk, I'm drinking them to fight off malaria and scurvy. Perhaps I'll take up beer more often now to help with cancer.
I read it the same as well, thinking "once a bear has developed a taste for human cancer, it will not stop until it mauls all the cancer out of you". Then I thought "Gosh, if I go camping, I really hope I don't have testicular cancer".
The article doesn't seem to be very clear.
Will this mean I'll have to buy a new TV set, a new stereo receiver, a new DVD player, a new Cellphone, a new car stereo and reconfigure all of my PCs to be "Merlin enabled"?
Probably not, since whenever someone claims it will be "more difficult to circumvent then current DRM schemes", that seems to be a challenge to some of the more clever programmers to break it.
Does this mean the trademark will be auctioned off to the public like many other Federally seized assets?
If so, my knitting club is looking for a new logo. Calling ourselves the Mongols would be neat too.
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Except for the simple fact that the Boy Scouts of America are a highly discriminatory hate group due to their views on homosexuality.
So, if you affiliate with them, you are, in fact, affiliating yourself with people KNOWN for blatant discrimination against gays.
Taking their IP from them is the only way to ensure you know what kids to throw rocks at.
So you're saying that if I lived in Florida, I *can* use my clothes drier to get the wet off my electronics? Neat!
It's pretty humid here. I'm going to go throw my water-damaged laptop into the dryer for a few hours.
It works out being good. Those who get mod points who mod insightful or intelligent comments down without understanding of their context don't deserve to be mods, simply because if we can't trust them to distinguish between a good post and something worthy of being modded down, we probably can't trust them to recognize something that deserves to be modded up.
Man that was a long sentence.
It's all about convergence. It's not unthinkable to believe that in 10-15 years your cellphone WILL be your computer, your media server, your video game console system etc. It'll just depend on what you plug it into.
And your cell provider will become your ISP. And all will be right with the world.
The Federal government has my photo from my passport stored somewhere.
It has my DNA from my stint in the Army.
It has has my fingerprints from security clearance applications and several FBI background checks I've had to go through to be a teacher.
My only solace is, in all of my photos for federal documents I'm frowning like an NFL star posing for a picture, and on all my Facebook pictures I'm smiling.
Though when it comes down to it, if the government goes to crap, I'm screwed.
With NTSC analog TV going away next year, one of our big identifiable sources dies
True, but any alien civilization that has been viewing our broadcasts has been given fair warning of the switch and have been told where they can obtain a digital receiver box with a government coupon.
That theory is backed up by Star Trek. Where there are few alien civilizations that differ than us in their appearance, and they too all speak English (Some of them have their own language, like the Klingons, but they can all speak English very well)
Ever sign a non-disclosure agreement? You've just signed away your constitutional right to free speech.
You shove your laptop, camera and phone up your ass?
I knew what you were talking about. I was trying to make my own joke back, but I've realized I'm the only one who will ever get it.
I'm a little bit older, so to me the suffux "2,000" sounds all futuristic and spacey, despite the year 2,000 happened 8 years ago.
Because I'm older, I probably would be in the position to purchase software, so such gimmicks would probably work for me.
Of course, if you really want to get my attention, you need to add a prefix to the software title. Let's say you're developing software that integrates certain proprietary database formats into a universal format, and you call it "Spectraview" or something.
Spectraview 1.0 sounds kind of low rent.
Spectraview 2000 sounds shiny, as if it was developed with NASA technology.
But add a prefix, like somebody's name, and you get something like "Tom Clancy's Spectraview 2000". Which sounds pretty darn cool.
You can tell your marketing guys this. Claim the idea as your own. I don't care. I'm still waiting for "Jane Austin's MS Paint 2000" to be bundled with the next version of windows.