What kind of idiot OS do you run? Mac OS X will switch to the faster network interface automatically, even in the middle of a transfer (if the end-point is reachable over both). No user interaction required.
Perhaps if your system was designed for usability, you wouldn't need a silly hardware button.
The US Navy is doing the research. What the hell do you think they are going to use it for?
The process requires a tremendous amount of energy and seawater. Where else are you going to find that combination except on a nuclear-powered ocean-going vessel?
Protecting property shouldn't be necessary at all. Once someone is trying to steal my belongings, they have waived any rights to safety they might have had. To give the criminal rights while they are committing a crime is to remove all rights from the victim. That is not just.
But I have known for many years that there is no justice in the United States.
Those would be reasons they don't want to comply. Not reasons they are unable to.
It seems to me that a simple solution is to make it legal to pirate (to use the vernacular) any content received with these boxes. Actually encode into law that any media transmitted to these boxes automatically enters the public domain for as long as the software's license is violated. They'd clean up really fast or lose their market.
That's not really true at all. There is almost no hardware in a typical Dell that is not supported by Linux. I can't speak for BSD, but Dell doesn't bundle any version of BSD.
What drives down the cost for the Windows bundle is all the extra software included with the OEM image, such as trials for McAfee or Symantec AV products. Software publishers pay Dell to include those, so Dell charges consumers less in order to attract more business.
I hope you and everyone you care about are killed painfully. You are such a danger to everyone on this planet that this would simply be the best way to warn others to not be so stupid.
You support the destruction of millions of lives simply because you are an asshole. You have no compassion and you support terrorism. You deserve no mercy.
I agree. If it turns out such people really have no choice, we should feel free to kill them as soon as they step out of line. After all, we know they have no choice, so if they do something wrong once, we have to assume they will do it again.
We put down rabid dogs because we know of no cure. Why should rabid humans be any different?
I'd say huge FAIL. An app should have no need to know about http to get an image from any program to an image editor. What would happen if you dragged it out of an email attachment? Would gimp use imap to retrieve it?
Linux GUI usability is a huge FAIL compared to its commercial competitors.
I fail to understand the moral or ethical basis for extended copyright.
Modern copyright has nothing to do with fostering creativity and is concerned only with guaranteeing income in perpetuity. I absolutely despise entitlement and those who stand up for copyright deserve to die penniless.
So far, none of the cures for "Global Climate Change" are better than the problem.
It seems to me to be a fact that life would only get worse for me if we were to implement any of the more drastic solutions. As most everyone on the planet feels the same way, there's no logical reason to do anything.
The absolute worst possible outcome is that we consume all technologically-related resources and have to fall back on subsistence living. That's only a tragedy if you happen to be alive during the change.
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What kind of idiot OS do you run? Mac OS X will switch to the faster network interface automatically, even in the middle of a transfer (if the end-point is reachable over both). No user interaction required.
Perhaps if your system was designed for usability, you wouldn't need a silly hardware button.
Where the fuck do you live where you have more than 2 viable choices for an ISP?
What universe do you live in where the "competition" would realistically compete on this feature?
Or possibly you're the greatest idiot to ever grace slashdot. While that's not all that likely, you certainly rank near the top (bottom?).
The US Navy is doing the research. What the hell do you think they are going to use it for?
The process requires a tremendous amount of energy and seawater. Where else are you going to find that combination except on a nuclear-powered ocean-going vessel?
You are a naive idiot.
Protecting property shouldn't be necessary at all. Once someone is trying to steal my belongings, they have waived any rights to safety they might have had. To give the criminal rights while they are committing a crime is to remove all rights from the victim. That is not just.
But I have known for many years that there is no justice in the United States.
Those would be reasons they don't want to comply. Not reasons they are unable to.
It seems to me that a simple solution is to make it legal to pirate (to use the vernacular) any content received with these boxes. Actually encode into law that any media transmitted to these boxes automatically enters the public domain for as long as the software's license is violated. They'd clean up really fast or lose their market.
That's not really true at all. There is almost no hardware in a typical Dell that is not supported by Linux. I can't speak for BSD, but Dell doesn't bundle any version of BSD.
What drives down the cost for the Windows bundle is all the extra software included with the OEM image, such as trials for McAfee or Symantec AV products. Software publishers pay Dell to include those, so Dell charges consumers less in order to attract more business.
You don't have to agree to a EULA before using the stereo.
The article does not claim that software faults have caused plane crashes.
The article merely states: "Or, much scarier, you might be on a plane and there's a problem with the board computer."
Thus, I have proven that you have failed to understand simply English.
Obviously the mods didn't read the article either, or you would have been modded redundant. Or simply stupid.
I hope you die. Really. I can't say it enough.
You just listed 3 cases where checks are used and still declare them dead?
Your grasp on logic and/or language seems to be extremely tenuous.
And you're an idiot of the first degree.
In the US, there is a huge difference between what corporations are required to do and what corporations actually do.
If you believe that the credit scoring business is any different, I hope you fall victim to it and die as a homeless vagabond.
I hope you and everyone you care about are killed painfully. You are such a danger to everyone on this planet that this would simply be the best way to warn others to not be so stupid.
You support the destruction of millions of lives simply because you are an asshole. You have no compassion and you support terrorism. You deserve no mercy.
I hope you are brutally murdered by a police officer who is "just doing his job".
The US has severe forest fires, tornadoes, blizzards and hurricanes. What does Finland get? A bit of snow?
That is an extremely stupid thing to write.
Innocence or guilt is a matter of fact, not of proof.
Jobs is worth millions, if not Billions. You post on slashdot. Who made the mistakes here?
I agree. If it turns out such people really have no choice, we should feel free to kill them as soon as they step out of line. After all, we know they have no choice, so if they do something wrong once, we have to assume they will do it again.
We put down rabid dogs because we know of no cure. Why should rabid humans be any different?
Umm, no. Software that hashes the BIOS for comparison purposes will be reading the flash itself, not relying on the BIOS at all.
I'd say huge FAIL. An app should have no need to know about http to get an image from any program to an image editor. What would happen if you dragged it out of an email attachment? Would gimp use imap to retrieve it?
Linux GUI usability is a huge FAIL compared to its commercial competitors.
Birds fly in patterns to optimize the effort required. They take advantage of slip-streams and the like.
Humans have never been pack animals. Rather we are social.
I only have a PAYG cell phone that I carry in my bike bag to use if I get stranded out in the middle of nowhere. Haven't used it yet.
I fail to understand the moral or ethical basis for extended copyright.
Modern copyright has nothing to do with fostering creativity and is concerned only with guaranteeing income in perpetuity. I absolutely despise entitlement and those who stand up for copyright deserve to die penniless.
So far, none of the cures for "Global Climate Change" are better than the problem.
It seems to me to be a fact that life would only get worse for me if we were to implement any of the more drastic solutions. As most everyone on the planet feels the same way, there's no logical reason to do anything.
The absolute worst possible outcome is that we consume all technologically-related resources and have to fall back on subsistence living. That's only a tragedy if you happen to be alive during the change.