The people in power have no more interest in giving you your privacy than they have in compromising their own.
That's my issue with this Transparent Society notion. It's great on paper, but how are you ever going to get actual compliance from the people who run things?
There's a difference between having a broad-based appeal for your product, and pinning your hopes on one aging market segment buying enough product to keep you afloat.
"There are a number of people within the open-source community who spend so much time blathering loudly and publicly about stuff that doesn't actually matter TO ME."
Either small amounts of mercury are dangerous, or they're not. I happen to think "not". But, on the other hand, in order to not contaminate the environment, it's being suggested that we go to extreme lengths to recycle these bulbs (since none of the other recycling methods that are simple and straightforward want anything to do with these bulbs).
It'd be nothing to get worked up over...if the State of Maine was going to foot the bill for the unnecessary cleanup they advised the homeowner to undertake.
As it is, however, I think it's a pretty stupid situation.
So you're storing dangerous amounts of hazardous waste in your home.
I'm not saying that CFLs are a good idea or a bad idea...I'm just trying to understand what the rules are. Use less electricity...good! Break lightbulb...bad!
The proponents of CFLs should be expected to have a plan for how to take care of them.
Me? I'm waiting until LED clusters are available at reasonable prices. Shouldn't be but a year or two.
As much as I hate to say it, the BEST way to introduce the American populace (and, probably, most of the world's populace) to alternative voting schemes would be through a reality TV show.
Heck, most of the shows already have an alternative voting scheme. They open the phone lines, get a bunch of votes, ignore the results, and pick whoever they think is going to give them the best ratings next week.
"Anybody know if that would present any problems?"
Other than the fact that it would require the people in power to expend effort to implement a process that would result in them losing power, I can't think of a thing!
Whereas I think the intention is precisely the same. It is the lust for power. Sure, it's wearing a different frock, but I don't think they're different in the least.
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If that was what happened, you'd be right. Since it's not, I think you're wrong.
The people in power have no more interest in giving you your privacy than they have in compromising their own.
That's my issue with this Transparent Society notion. It's great on paper, but how are you ever going to get actual compliance from the people who run things?
There's a difference between having a broad-based appeal for your product, and pinning your hopes on one aging market segment buying enough product to keep you afloat.
See Oldsmobile.
Ignorant user + Windows installation = plague rat.
Ignorant user + MacOS installation = pretty darn secure.
# of Windows security exposures >>> # of MacOS security exposures.
# of ignorant users >>> # of security conscious users.
Tell me again that it's all the same?
"Grrrrrr, like the "Bomb" or the "Unhappy face" aren't the most cryptic error messages of all?"
Um, have you seen one of those on a machine built in this century? Just checkin'...
How is your line of reasoning different from "We had to destroy the village in order to save it"?
"There are a number of people within the open-source community who spend so much time blathering loudly and publicly about stuff that doesn't actually matter TO ME."
Fixed that for you.
What color is the sky on your planet?
Either small amounts of mercury are dangerous, or they're not. I happen to think "not". But, on the other hand, in order to not contaminate the environment, it's being suggested that we go to extreme lengths to recycle these bulbs (since none of the other recycling methods that are simple and straightforward want anything to do with these bulbs).
Which little wire? Why should I have a separate charger for each device?
That's why I think this is a cool device.
It'd be nothing to get worked up over...if the State of Maine was going to foot the bill for the unnecessary cleanup they advised the homeowner to undertake.
As it is, however, I think it's a pretty stupid situation.
So you're storing dangerous amounts of hazardous waste in your home.
I'm not saying that CFLs are a good idea or a bad idea...I'm just trying to understand what the rules are. Use less electricity...good! Break lightbulb...bad!
The proponents of CFLs should be expected to have a plan for how to take care of them.
Me? I'm waiting until LED clusters are available at reasonable prices. Shouldn't be but a year or two.
"i believe programmer should get pay for writing software like book writer"
I believe a programmer should be free to do whatever he or she wishes, like a book writer.
90% of everything is crap, and you don't get to judge what is or is not crap for other people.
Sorry.
...which are all forms of communication.
Right, because Microsoft would never defraud their shareholders. That'd be naughty!
Yes, I am. It's overused by people who imagine homogeneity in people who disagree.
The American body politic is NOT homogenous in any meaningful way. There is no collective "you" that cares or doesn't care about anything.
"Or are you just here to wave your peckers at each other?"
That's about as bipartisan as it gets, frankly.
(Frankly! HAH! You see what I did there?)
As much as I hate to say it, the BEST way to introduce the American populace (and, probably, most of the world's populace) to alternative voting schemes would be through a reality TV show.
Heck, most of the shows already have an alternative voting scheme. They open the phone lines, get a bunch of votes, ignore the results, and pick whoever they think is going to give them the best ratings next week.
"Anybody know if that would present any problems?"
Other than the fact that it would require the people in power to expend effort to implement a process that would result in them losing power, I can't think of a thing!
"Why don't you care?"
What makes you think that I (me this carbon unit) don't care? What makes you think I can do anything about it?
Arithmetic is not a popularity contest. Politics is. Analogy=FAIL.
Whereas I think the intention is precisely the same. It is the lust for power. Sure, it's wearing a different frock, but I don't think they're different in the least.
"The EU is doing this to eliminate discourse on hate. Whatever the US did was for national security. I'm not sure which one is worse."
What's the difference?
And now Microsoft is doing it, which is why this is news.
Do you see what I did there?